| Joseph Perry (of Thorpe.) - 1721 - 580 pages
...lived and afted for God in the WorU, according to the Service they have done for Chrift. Then it is, that a Cup of cold Water, given In the Name of a Difciple, Jhall be rewarded. Mat. y. 42. Yea the leaft Service of Love, done for Chrift, and the good... | |
| George Whitefield - 1771 - 476 pages
...kindnefles lies yet upon my heart, and I always endeavour to rememher them before Him, who has promiled that a cup of cold water given in the name of a difciple, (hall in no wife lofe its reward. Had I time equal to my will, I would write many letters,... | |
| David M'Clure, Elijah Parish - 1811 - 392 pages
...the small pittance, which the poor widow cast into the treasury, and by which also he lets us know that a cup of cold water given in the name of a disciple shall be estimated—then, I doubt not, I shall hear the account of their books, each one his volume... | |
| Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah), Sarah Trimmer - 1811 - 436 pages
...relieve, arid the poor themselves-have frequent opportunities of helping ;hose who are miserable. 'Even a cup of cold water given in the name of a disciple 'shall not •loiM.*' its reward . Only let us keep in 'our minds what our Saviour has recommended,... | |
| 1848 - 752 pages
...others too leniently, in the work to which Christ has called us. With him all depends on motive : " A cup of cold water given, In the name of a disciple, shall not lose its reward." But the most costly offerings will be an abomination in his sight, if they... | |
| 1817 - 610 pages
...due for their kindness and generosity; but for a recompense we can only point them to that day, when a "cup of cold water given in the name of a disciple," shall receive its eternal reward. INSTALLATIONS. {The fbOomnf notiaet were communicated toon after... | |
| Joshua Huntington - 1817 - 194 pages
...a pattern of humility. Despise not the poor, but administer to their necessities as far as you can. A cup of cold water given in the name of a disciple, shall not lose its reward. Love retirement and be more fond of being alone, than of letting your tongue... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 1844 - 638 pages
...that solemn morning, when the long, deep slumber of the grave shall be broken by the trump of God, and a cup of cold water given in the name of a disciple shall be remembered, how worthless will the diadem of earth's proudest monarch appear, when compared... | |
| 1859 - 1200 pages
...required. For about twenty-five years, they invariably found a hearty welcome at her table. She knew that "a cup of cold water, given in the name of a disciple, shall in no wise lose its reward :" nor did she miss her part of the gracious recompense ; for their... | |
| William Gilpin - 1822 - 476 pages
...value even to the mite. And in another place, the same doctrine is inculcated, where we are told, even a cup of cold water given in the name of a disciple, shall have its reward, the motive, not the value of the gift, is considered. Who would not endeavour... | |
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