...forgive, and GOD becomes their debtor; they spare, and are spared ; they forgive and are forgiven : so are the children of this world wiser in their generation than the children of light, that is, when they are regenerated to GOD, and renewed to a spiritual life. " And I say unto...

...question to be answered, which has, I dare say, already occurred to your minds, namely, in what are the children of this world wiser in their generation than the children of light ? Now by the children of this world our Lord means those whom we daily see, not only engaged...

...were they afraid, not only of enmity one against another, but of strangeness one to another! Thus are the children of this world wiser in their generation than the children of light. The builders of Babel can join hands and hearts in building a monument of iniquity, when...

...Where can you find that fool to hie party ? The devil's votaries are always true to their master ; and the children of this world wiser in their generation than the children of light." From the temper of the times, Ue Foe had strong apprehensions of the ascendancy of Tory...

...Where can you find that fool to his party 1 The devil's votaries are always true to their master ; and the children of this world wiser in their generation than the children of light." From the temper of the times, De Foe had strong apprehensions of the ascendancy nf Tory...

...field-preaching 1" Gilfillan again smiled scornfully as he made this indirect answer, — " Even thus are the children of this world wiser in their generation than the children of light !" " However, sir," said the Major, " as you are to take charge of this gentleman to Stirling,...

...for participating in the work of reformation, if they do not utterly preclude any reformation at all. The children of this world, wiser in their generation than the children of light, have it for one of their maxims, that a knowledge of existing facts is the first preparation...

...painful as the description must be to the Christian's mind, it has its lessons of instruction. Are not ' the children of this world wiser in their generation than the children of light ? How ingenious are the devices of these sellers and buyers, the one to sell their goods,...

...already asked ? It is an aggressive expedition into an enemy's territory ; and here I may ask, Are not the children of this world wiser in their generation than the children of light ? This country is at this moment at war with a mighty empire. Suppose you were to send forth...

...fieldpreaching ?" Gilfillan again smiled scornfully as he made this indirect answer, — " Even thus are the children of this world wiser in their generation than the children of light !" " However, sir," said the Major, " as you are to take charge of this gentleman to Stirling,...