...to Ananias, when at the time of Paul's conversion the Lord appeared unto him in a vision, saying, " I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake." (Acts ix. 16.) It is obvious that in every thing christians are to imitate Christ alone, and as sinners...

...promises. When the blessed Paul was taken into the Christian profession, we heard it said of him, " I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake ;" * as if it were a grant and a privilege to a man to suffer, provided it is in the way of a Christian,...

...heaven, yet thou wouldest not be exempt from suffering : for of St. Paul himself, his Redeemer said : " I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake." To suffer, therefore, is thy portion ; and to suffer patiently and willingly, is the great testimony...

...probably have made him a secular churchman, and even an intolerant persecutor, Christ had said of him, " I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake/' Let us now trace the influences and events which brought about in the mind and outward circumstances...

...vessel f unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and Ttings, and the children of Israel : for I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake. And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and, laying his hands on him, said, Brother Saul,...

...was a chosen vessel to bear his name before the Gentiles, and kings, and children of Israel, for " I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake." Many men are courageous, and will face dangers, upheld by a certain buoyancy of hope, that they will...

...probably have made him a secular churchman, and even an intolerant persecutor, Christ had said of him, " I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake." Let us now trace the influences and events which brought about in the mind and outward circumstances...

...my name," said Christ to Ananias, " hefore the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: for I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake." With a decision and fortitude unparalleled in the history of mankind, he detached himself from all...

...chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel; for I will show him how great things he must suffer for my sake" (Acts ix. 16). God was about to accomplish the purposes which he had long before announced by...

...and respecting whom, he who lias all power in heaven and earth, in the day of his conversion, said, "I will show him how great things he must suffer for my n irne's sake." From that hour to the onu when he gave expression to the words before us, embracing...