...trials of faith and patience occur. We know that our Great Master is represented as saying : — " I have laboured in vain, and spent My strength for nought and in vain ; yet surely My judgment is with the LORD, and My work with My GOD." If any are honoured in rescuing...

...that I was desirous to see advance to a flame. Disappointed in my expectation, I was ready to say, 1 have laboured in vain, and spent my strength for nought, and in vain. But reflection corrects the conclusion. — Oh no, it was not in vain. lie is not a minister in the...

...was a faithful, so he was a successful minister of the New Testament. In his own соп^гсjTilion, a number claimed him for their spiritual father, and...he often left the servant to cry, " I have laboured iu vain, aud spent my strength for nought, and in vain." To the duties of the minister were added those...

...subjects? This, too, must be granted ; for the Saviour complains of his own personal ministry, saying, " I have laboured in vain, and spent my strength for nought and in vain;" vet, through means of John, he had bis followers. But, 3d. Were " Jerusalem and all Judea, and all...

...exhausted my resources in the effort to saw, these dear, these much loved young people : but, ah ! / have laboured in vain, and spent my strength for nought and in vain. They have closed their eyes, that they will not see ; they have stopped their ears, that they will...

...the sweetness and felt the power of what he delivered."* In his own congregation, small as it was, a number claimed him for their spiritual father ; and others acknowledged him to be the helper of their faith and joy. Nor was it only at home that he was instrumental in doing...

...hated me and my Father," John 5. 24. And hence came these complaints, even where the gospel is : "1 have laboured in vain, and spent my strength for nought and in vain." Isaiah 49. 4. And, " Who hath believed our report, and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed ?" Isaiah...

...for man, there should be a people given to him from amongst the tribes of Israel, he replied, " Then I have laboured in vain, and spent my strength for nought and in vain :" and then the promise was enlarged to him, " It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant,...

...Formerly, a retrospect of his toils imparted no joy to his heart, and he was ready to exclaim, " Surely I have laboured in vain, and spent my strength for nought and in vain : " but the tidings of Titus had the same effect on him which the * 2 Cor. ii. 14 ; vii. 4, I tasting...

...Formerly, a retrospect of his toils imparted no joy to his heart, and he was ready to exclaim, " Surely I have laboured in vain, and spent my strength for nought and in vain:" but the tidings of Titus had the same effect on him which the * 2 Cor. ii. 14 ; vii. 4. tasting of...