...poverty, or his so emptying himself of that glory " which he had with the Father before the world was," that " though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor ; so poor, that as he 14 himself says by the lips of the inspired Psalmist, " I am a worm, and no man,...

...gentleness of Christ. . . . We have the mind of Christ." . ..." Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that yo through his poverty might be rich." These few texts, copied with but slight care of selection,...

...for them. Poor men were His first disciples, and the grace of His example is specially seen in this, that "though He was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor, that we through His poverty might become rich." Those years at Nazareth would teach Him the needs of...

...are His Church, the Church which He died to save. " Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ ; how that, though He was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor, that we, through His poverty, might be made rich." And because He thus humbled and emptied Himself,...

...; the grace of God the Son, " for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesua Christ," says the apostle, " that though He was rich yet for our sakes He became poor, that we, through His poverty might be made rich," 2 Cor. viii. 9, and the grace of God the Holy Ghost,...

...Christlike humbleminded- j-jj^^ ness :— humility. ' ' For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might become rich." " Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus...

...true teaching of Jesus and his disciples. Of Jesus himself, as our example, it was incessantly cited, that "though he was rich yet for our sakes he became poor ; " that he kept himself free from all domestic ties ; that he voluntarily took upon him the condition...

...Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,' " began Christian ; and little Friedel joined in, " ' that, though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.' " " That's it. If we have him for our friend, we need ask...

...my father. Gen. xxvii. 34. Disinterested beneficence:—Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor, that ye, through His poverty, might be rich. 2 Cor. viii. 9. The superficiality of the seen and the...

...death, even the death of the cross." 2 Cor. viii, 9, " For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich." Rom. viii, 32, " He that spared not his own Son, but delivered...