...himself shall be abased ; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. In another place he says: How hardly shall they who have riches enter the kingdom of heaven ; and the young man who came to Jesus was not accepted because his heart was still set upon riches....

...into compassion, and his fortitude amid the flames strengthened the cause of the gospel in Metz. " How hardly shall they who have riches enter the kingdom of heaven?" was the saying of our Lord at the beginning of the new dispensation. We have the saying strikingly...

...pause a moment to contemplate, in contrasted lights, two men — the bishop and the wool-comber. " How hardly shall they who have riches enter the kingdom of heaven ! " was the saying of our Lord at the beginning of the Gospel If Leclerc's zeal had been indiscreet,...

...Blessed are the poor." " Go to, ye rich men, weep and howl, for ye have received your consolation." " How hardly shall they who have riches enter the Kingdom of Heaven." Doubtless this doctrine is as unphilosophic as the antipodal doctrine in the Old Testament. When and...

...Blessed are the poor." " Go to, ye rich men, weep and howl, for ye have received your consolation." " How hardly shall they who have riches enter the Kingdom of Heaven." Doubtless this doctrine is as unphilosophic as the antipodal doctrine in the Old Testament. When and...

...avowed object of worship. " Why do you say that?" asked the friend to whom the remark was addressed. 72 "You know the Scriptures," was the confident answer....say so ?" was warmly objected. " Isn't the promise everywhere to the poor? To whom was the gospel sent?" " The rich and poor spoken of in the word of...

...appreciate the humanity of those less fortunate than themselves, and of the least fortunate of all. " How hardly shall they who have riches enter the kingdom of heaven ! " — ie, the kingdom of wide human sympathies. It is true of every kind of riches, — material,...

..."The spirit of the Lord is upon me to preach the Gospel to the poor"; "Woe unto you who are rich"; "How hardly shall they who have riches enter the Kingdom of Heaven"; "Blessed be ye poor" — as evidences of his Socialism, is sheer distortion of the record. Nothing...

...Jesus, and whom he loved, had gone away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. Jeans had then said, " How hardly shall they who have riches enter the kingdom of heaven!" Peter had then come and said, "Lord, we have left all and followed thee, what shall we have therefore...