A Sermon for the Rich to Buy : That They May Benefit Themselves And the Poor ..
A Sermon for the Rich to Buy : That They May Benefit Themselves And the Poor ..
Ezra Stiles Ely
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Where is the man, who would have continued to purchase luxuries, but when asked to^ give, for Christ^s sake, a bible or a sermon to the destitute, excused himself by saying, " these appli^ cations for religious charity never end V* If they are to be found in heaven, you will find them among the least in the kingdom ; among a company scarcely saved: among the vessels of a small size, that contain but a litdc grace. They are the gill measures of- heaven. Where now is the poor widow, who served Go...d according to what she had, and not according to what she had not? Yondo*, behold her with Ruth, who protected the aged Naomi ; Hannah, who nursed Samuel for God ; Eunice, who taught Timothy the Scriptures; Dorcas, who made garments for the poor; Mary, who washed her Saviour's feet with tears, and anointed him for burial; and Mary, the mother of Jesus^ There is a higher and a lotver seat in heaven ; but although it would be bliss to abide for ever on the threshold of glory, yet he is a mean spirited believer who would not humbly aspire to eminence among the luminaries that surround the throne of God.
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