Love of truth, honour, goodness, are contained in it, as well as (v. 10) help to humanity around. What is proof of growth in grace. D. Work on, work ever.(J. Then the assumption is, that we have begun "well-doing," because he who has not begun to do well, can never be said to be in any risk or danger of being weary in it.2. In our sowing, an absence of apparent results will beget weariness. HAS ITS DIFFICULTIES.1. Listen to what Job says: "When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.II. The sculptor may die, and his bust half finished be his most significant monument. THE MOTIVE. I encouraged her to "labour and to wait." . I pray you read them. Love is the sovereign attribute of God in relation to man. )The reward of unwearied diligence in the work of the LordR. In all the well-doing of the Christian, in all the toil of the earnest worker for God, there is alliance with the power of the Holy Spirit, and with the purposes of God; and it would seem that the sovereignty of God has included the labours of man in its own far-reaching penetration. In order to do good it is necessary 1. In a broad view of the Christian profession, it is a volunteer service for the help of Christ in lifting the burden of the sin and misery of mankind. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth October 20. He moves them to deal mildly with a brother who has slipped,2. YOUR WORK IS WELL DESCRIBED IN THE TEXT.1. The Christian owes his own salvation to unwearied love and infinite sacrifice.2. 19. If left to itself--to the undisturbed development of G. As a sinful being the new-born infant is not in the Way of Salvation. (2)Doing implies toil, and human nature is fond of ease. He was born in Shropshire, England, December 18, 1864, and graduated from Richmond College, London University, in 1889. Does not death still stalk, sword in hand, over the great battle-field of life?II. Help others. God knows this tendency of man's mind, and has provided for it for what is there that does not change? For those who are bound in wedlock are to be admonished that, while they take thought for each other's good, they study, both of them, so to please their consorts as not to displease their Maker; that they so conduct the things that are of this world as still not to omit desiring the things that are of God; that they so rejoice in present good as still, with earnest Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatForms Versus Character'Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.' )Reaping in due seasonT. The undying activity of the world. And surely that is not a small thing. R. Reynolds, B. A.Consider the victims of falsehood and idolatry. YOU WILL MEET WITH EVILS IN YOUR SERVICE, AND BE LIABLE TO WEARINESS AND FAINTNESS.1. IV. There may be, of course, work left unfinished through necessity. )The difficulty of well-doingH. The reaping time will come.2. Love may be compared to the rod of myrtle in the traveller's hand, which refresheth him, and keeps him from being weary in his journey. To be engaged in doing good is to sympathize with the feelings, and to imitate the conduct of all God's saints on earth. I can hardly wonder that the best stand appalled before the mass of the misery and sin of society. Go, learn yourself, before you teach others; how can you place yourself in such a position, to teach others the way to heaven?" Patience, industry, and perseverance: are the three great elements of success in life. vi. Nor is this all there is the spirit of self-complacency. vi. Well-doing is an important feature of the Christian character. The mighty name of "Christian" combines many of the strongest arguments to unwearying service.1. (4)The want of appreciation. .'--GAL. 9). And so we sow only that which we can reap now or that which the children in our households can reap here on earth. The insidious character of our temptations to weariness.IV. He began to shovel it away, but there seemed to be such a mountain of it he threw down his shovel in despair saying: "I can never clear away all that snow." To fully realize our obligation to do good.II. One morning a man found the snow all piled up before his door. He has VariousThe World's Great Sermons, Volume 10On Mysteries --God Gives them Here in Reality. He was born in Shropshire, England, December 18, 1864, and graduated from Richmond College, London University, in 1889. They toiled a good while and got nothing. No, says God, that is not what I mean for you. Smyth. 9). (3)Fellow Christians are cold and indifferent. We become discouraged and weary when we do not see immediate fruits of our labour. About that there is no doubt. "I must work the works of Him that sent Me, while it is day; the night cometh, when no man can work/' So said He, who could do more work in a minute, than we can do in a whole life. The second thing to regard is, the manner in which this duty is to be performed; that is to say, unweariedly: "Let us not be weary in well-doing." What, however, we have to do is to be faithful, to endure patiently our burdens, and to press onward in the strength of faith and hope.2. Study the history of Jesus of Nazareth. Paul bore the conditions of Christ on his body. By well-doing here we are to understand, in general, the duties we owe to God, our neighbour, and ourselves. . ship: for thou mayest be no longer steward."III. The difficulty of the work. VII. If we would not grow weary, let us pray for persevering grace. The beauty of a thing is when it comes to be finished; the beauty of a picture is, when it is drawn out in its full lineaments, and laid in its orient colours; the beauty of a Christian is, when he hath finished his faith.(T. There is not a single relation we sustain to God, or to each other, but what is fruitful of a variety of these duties. W. Beecher.When I dug my well, I knew that there were rocks below, and when I had thrust down the pick and spade through the easily yielding earth until they struck the rock I found no water. Watson.The husbandman doth not desire to reap till the season; he will not reap his corn while it is green, but when it is ripe; so we shall reap the reward of glory in due season; when our work is done, when our sins are purged out, when our graces are come to their full growth; then is the season of reaping; therefore let us not be weary of well-doing, but hold on in prayer, reading, and all the exercises of religion; we shall "reap in due season, if we faint not."(T. There are abundant opportunities for everybody.3. Macknight, D. D.1. The sentiment we describe is, moreover, quickened by fellow-feeling with the Saviour of man, who, laying aside the form of God, gave Himself up to sorrow, and suffering, and death, for sin. "Let us not be weary for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." Perhaps some were arguing that they are free in Christ and can use their money for other things. True, the prospect may appear to us far off, though to some it may be nearer than they think. "Everything is beautiful in its season." Take heed of those things which will stop the current of tears. "(James Sherman. Listen to what Job says: "When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.II. In a broad view of the Christian profession, it is a volunteer service for the help of Christ in lifting the burden of the sin and misery of mankind. HOW TO PREVENT WEARINESS IN WELL-DOING.1. )The reward of unwearied diligence in the work of the LordR. )Soul cultureD. vi. Help others. But this is not the meaning of the word in the common and popular sense of it. W. Beecher.When I dug my well, I knew that there were rocks below, and when I had thrust down the pick and spade through the easily yielding earth until they struck the rock I found no water. The lesson of constant, patient, Christlike effort, learnt once, is learnt for eternity. The great controversy which embittered so much of Paul's life, and marred so much of his activity, turned upon the question whether a heathen man could come Alexander MaclarenRomans, Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. The third persevering grace is love. all the glory of thy salvation belongs to Jesus,--none to thyself; every jewel in thine eternal crown is His,--purchased by His blood, and polished by His Spirit. (5)The difficulty of the work.III. A. H. Spurgeon.s: I. If you say a man is doing well, you mean to say that a man is increasing in his wealth, his influence, or his connections. We shall reap the growth effectuated by His Holy Spirit, though we may not always understand the nature of the gracious sheaves that we are bringing in our bosom. The original sense, "a straight rod" or "line," determines all its religious applications, which begin with St. Paul's use of it for a prescribed sphere of apostolic work (2 Cor. Rhys Jenkins.)WearinessH. A word in season. Direct you to the motive adverted to by the apostle. An active creature as man is, there is still in him a love of ease, of repose, of luxurious rest. "We shall reap."1. Help others. )The beauty of a Christian is to hold on in pietyT. "We shall reap, if we faint not."2. To restrain natural passions and propensities.3. The apostle doubtless understood that while the end is the first in God's purpose, it is the last in manifestation. )Christian enduranceW. 9). Love makes a man that he is never weary. Believer! Take heed of those things which will stop these channels of mourning; put yourselves upon the use of all means that will help forward holy mourning. The expression "due season," then, I conceive refers to a time which is known only to the Father, who hath put the times and seasons in His own power. (1)Some are constitutionally wavering and unsettled. 5. If we turn from the unwearying work of the busy world to contemplate the great power of evil, if we try to realize its presence, to separate it in thought from the world which it defiles and seeks to ruin, we are appalled by its ceaseless efforts to accomplish its deadly purpose. By well-doing here we are to understand, in general, the duties we owe to God, our neighbour, and ourselves. In judicious labour.2. 'For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love.'--GAL. Does not every effort to help on the one hand, depress and deprave on the other? Again: It will be a full reward. Another principle of unwearied well-doing and increasing righteousness, is the conviction that holiness is necessary as a qualification of the Christian fellowship. L. Galton, M. What is proof of growth in grace. Learn from the devotee of many a false god; from the worshipper of Siva, who, drunk with opium, swings on the flesh-hook at some horrid festival, or prostrates himself before the advancing car of Juggernaut, making this revolting self-sacrifice to pacify the raging of a guilty conscience, or to gain the ephemeral applause of an ignorant mob; even he is not weary with his work.(H. "Even the youths shall faint and be weary but they that wait on God shall renew their strength" (Isaiah 60:30).4. Let us inquire, what is THE NATURE OF THE EVIL AGAINST WHICH WE ARE GUARDED IN THE TEXT. .'--GAL. That we may hold on a Christian course, let us labour for three persevering graces. As a sinful being the new-born infant is not in the Way of Salvation. III. . "Let us not be weary in well-doing" (Gal. That is, you will deeply regret using that tone of voice. A third thought suggested by the view given us in the text of the Christian's vocation is that the believer is endowed, by God, with the capacity for imparting blessing to his fellow-men. Hugh BinningOf MysteriesOf Mysteries It may be objected, that, by this method, we shall have no mysteries imprinted on our minds: but it is quite the reverse; for it is the peculiar means of imparting them to the soul. The apostle means by this charge that we are not to allow any kind of weariness in right doing to arrest us in the discharge of duty, or to force us away from its path. "Everything is beautiful in its season." The second persevering grace is hope. vi. We find St. Paul praying thrice that the thorn in the flesh might be extracted, before he received that answer which caused his soul to thrill with holy joy. Will meet with its reward.1. and not weary of well-doing.12. Let us consider it, secondly, As URGING HIM TO PERSEVERANCE IN THAT VOCATION BY THE PROMISE OF ULTIMATE REWARD. The want of spirituality of mind.7. I shall pursue the following method: I. On account then of these either occupations of the servants of God, or bodily infirmities, which cannot be altogether wanting, not only doth the Apostle permit the needs of saints to be supplied by good believers, but also most wholesomely exhorteth. Viney, D. D.)The danger signalGeorge H. Smyth.I. It is evident the apostle referred not first to his labours. Watson. Brown, B. And, on the other hand, no man can set himself to do good to others without receiving good himself. Working from wrong impulses.(1)Praise.(2)Pride. A day is hastening on, when works, and not wishes, or projects, will determine your eternal reward. Beecher. God knows this tendency of man's mind, and has provided for it for what is there that does not change? B. Weight, M. A.I. Weariness. God acts not without a plan.3. THE CHARGE OF THE APOSTLE,.1. And as the farmer has long patience, so ought we to have long patience. IV. 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