...life before He entered on His public ministry ; we may say we have its general character in the words, He "increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favour with God and man." His doing of the Father's will, His following God as a dear child, had then that attraction in...

...life (a thing which, in his own measure, could also be said, I doubt not, of our departed friend-), is that " He increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favour with -God and man." As a man, I have no hesitation in saying, that WILLIAM YOUNG was one of the most unblameable and amiable...

...is after this same spirit, therefore, that Jesus' history may be interpreted, when it is said of Him that "He increased in -wisdom and in stature, and in favour with God and man." I mean, it may be interpreted to convey this truth, that in the followers of Jesus the usual...

...to him those words with which the Evangelist calls up before us an Image of consummate beauty, — " he increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favour with God and man." I did not seek a cure in Eiverton. Indeed, the course of events soon released me from the necessity...

...but honoured household- where the mysterious child whom Joseph and Mary brought hither from Egypt, "increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favour with God and man." We love to think of Him following his mother to that well in the outskirts of the town, which...

...full the blessedness of an assured sympathy with our LORD ; for not only does the Scripture say of Him that He ' increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favour with GOD and man,' but also that ' He learned obedience by the things which He suffered ; and being made perfect...

...Nazareth, and was subject unto them ; but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favour with God and man." — A beautiful preparation — the ideal for every child's life. Nazareth was the birthplace...

...from the temple "he went down with his parents, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them ; and he increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favour with God and man." Perhaps, dear young friends, if you understand and feel the meaning of that one verse, and try...

...this Divine Person, placed under the law of development as much as in any human person, for " Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favour with God and man." The only possible evasion, therefore, of the doctrine of Christ's impeccability is to claim a...

...excepted. As he grew in bodily stature, so he grew in the rational and moral faculties of the soul. He "increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favour with God and man." (Luke ii. 52.) This scripture confutes at once the notion that Christ's human soul pre-existed...