...for He hath said, If any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. And he that putteth his hand to the plough and looketh back, is not fit for the kingdom of heaven ; but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved. Be not ashamed of Him, for if any...

...made a public profession of religion ; since, as our Lord tells us—" He that putleth his hand lo the plough, and looketh back, is not fit for the kingdom of heaven." (Luke ix. 62.) For, in the words of our text, to " sow and not to reap," denotes to be instructed...

...turn aside from the holy commandment?" Is there nothing awful in that asseveration, " he that putteth his hand to the plough, and looketh back, is not fit for the kingdom of God." Consider not this admonition as harsh. The Lord God bears witness that I wrote it with emotions «f...

...it is simple — it declares that " he that is not with them is against them" — " he that putteth his hand to the plough, and looketh back, is not fit for the kingdom of God." Felix, who probably perished in his sins, was " almost persuaded to be a Christian" — the young man,...

...abundantly, with copious streams from the fountain of "living waters." O! H — , remember, "he that putteth his hand to the plough and looketh back, is not fit for the kingdom of God." Indecision in religion is ruin to the toul! There, it may most truly be said, "the woman (or man) that...

...be induced to decline the employment, when they perceive how perilous it is : but " he that putteth his hand to the plough, " and looketh back, is not fit for the kingdom of " God." When Israel went forth to war, the priest was ordered to proclaim that the cowards might return home...

...a standard is a crime ; and the words of our Saviour recur forcibly to the mind — " whoso putteth his hand to the plough, and looketh back, is not fit for the kingdom of God." The principle causes to which this desertion must be attributed, are most probably these : — They...

...then they are not permitted to return to their parents any more, because Christ said, Whoso putteth his hand to the plough and looketh back is not fit for the kingdom of God. They did so with two young gentlemen of Alsace, who were only fifteen years of age. And when these...

...then they are not permitted to return to their parents any more, because Christ said, Whoso putteth his hand to the plough and looketh back, is not fit for the kingdom of God. They did so with two young gentlemen of Alsace, who were only fifteen years of age. And when these...

...bear this holy Mission, to the scene of its labours, and trials, and eventual triumphs. He who putteth his hand to the plough and looketh back, is not fit for the kingdom of heaven: least of all is he fit for an office in this kingdom so holy as that of the Missionary; for...