...the Head, even Christ'. Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ'. Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and be ready...the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear". Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom, .teaching aud admonishing one another in...

...understanding in religious inquiries, from 1 Peter iii. 15 : "Be always ready to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear." On Thursday evening he met some of the principal prejudices to our body with great ability, from John...

...remedy of it. In .this, divine light is needful, and here we have it in the following verse. Ver. 15. But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts ; and be...of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear. IN these words we may consider these three things— I. this respect of God, as it is here expressed,...

...punishment he always concedes to the tribunal of the last day. " Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with with meekness and respect." (1 Pet. Hi. 15.) But the Scripture no where says, When the unbeliever states...

...doctrine. "Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts," says he, in the third chapter of his first epistle; "and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you." And, again, in. the first chapter of his second epistle, he exhorts believers...

...support of the truth •when it may be assailed in his own person. " Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear." (2.) Let each Christian aim at preparing the rising generation for the due maintenance of the faith,...

...Psal. cv. 2. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him : talk ye of all his wondrous works. 1 Pet. iii. 15. But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts ; and be ready always to -give an answer to every one that asketh a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear. Micah iv. 5. For...

...of our religion : which we find recommended in the writings of Christ's Apostles. Says St., Peter : But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asheth you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear. • That...

...those who profess with Friends to inform themselves thoroughly of the basis of our distinctive views, " and be ready always to give an answer to every man...the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear," as commended by the Apostle Peter. They also wish to have the co-operation of the members at large...

...men."* The same apostle also has added this farther direction : "Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear."* Answer him with meekness, as being sensible of your own entire dependance on the grace of Christ; —...