...of intellectual worlds which a populous city furnishes the means of creating, they have found, that 'as iron sharpeneth iron, so doth the countenance of a man his friend.' It is in this contact of mind with mind, that these men of renown have become their country's ornaments,...

...long series of years, his susceptible mind felt deeply the forcible application of Solomon's words : " As iron sharpeneth iron, so doth the countenance of a man his friend." Subsequent to the meeting of Synod, he remained for a short time with a much-esteemed friend at Stirling,...

...is poured upon the crown of the head, and descends to the skirts of the garment. Here it is that, " as iron sharpeneth iron, so doth the countenance of a man his friend." And you may observe in the outward, in regard to a natural fire, if the wood or brands are separated,...

...their eternal concerns. Strong feeling is naturally contagious ; and if, as the Wise Man observes, as iron sharpeneth iron, so doth the countenance of a man his friend; the combined effect of countenance, gesture, and voice, accompanying a powerful appeal to the understanding...

...their eternal concerns. Strong feeling is naturally contagious ; and if, as the Wise Man observes, as iron sharpeneth iron, so doth the 'countenance of a man his friend; the combined effect of countenance, gesture, and voice, accompanying a powerful appeal to the understanding...

...their eternal concerns. Strong feeling is naturally contagious ; and if, as the Wise Man observes, as iron sharpeneth iron, so doth the countenance of a man his friend; the combined effect of countenance, gesture, and voice, accompanying a powerful appeal to the understanding...

...on their eternal concerns. Strong feeling is naturally contagious; and if, as the Wise Man observes, as iron sharpeneth iron, so doth the countenance of a man his friend; the combined effect of countenance, gesture, and voice, accompanying a powerful appeal to the understanding...

...children walked in the truth, (1 Thess. iii. 1, 2,6,) seems to have made good the scriptural truth, " As iron sharpeneth iron, so doth the countenance of a man his friend." The help of their presence seems to have constrained him with more than common zeal, to have passed...

...either obtained, or improved, as by communication, and close intercourse, with those who possess them. ' As iron sharpeneth iron, so doth the countenance of a man, his friend : ' Solomon said some true things ; and this is not the least important of them. You say, that, ' it...

...that are operating in the solitary breast, acquire a deeper interest by their being communicated. " As iron sharpeneth iron, so doth the countenance of a man his friend." And the mutual interest that is thus awakened cannot fail to promote spirituality. The scattered embers...