...publish a confession of their faith, especially as St. Peter admonishes us ' always to be ready to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us with meekness and fear.' " This confession is of a more practical character than any of the preceding : it inculcates, at great...

...religion from every injurious imputation? We, my brethren, in particular, should 'be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us, with meekness and fear.' "To the want of this readiness and ability one may ascribe, in a great measure, at least, the corruption...

...of Christian evidence to our own minds, and of the " answer that we should be ready always to give to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us, with meekness and fear."4 The study of unfulfilled prophecy — if it be a general duty — is not in all cases the immediate...

...the historv of the Gospel, that it not only enables us, but commands us, to be ready always to givc an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in vs. But after all, we must allow, that the great majority of believers in every country, profess...

...intellect and knowledge can supply. We must " be ready to give an answer," on every point, "to every one that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us." Be careful, then, not to consider your ministry as an office transmitted passively, and which leaves...

...furniture for conversation with the well-disposed inquirer, as means for " giving an answer to every one that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us." We shall thus feel the ground on which we stand. We shall be fortified against the impressions of scorn....

...the attention of others ; but if we are called to " be always ready to give an answer to every one that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us, with meekness and fear," 1 Peter 3 : 15, we should, in like manner, have a reason to give for any part of our principles or...

...upon the conclusion ; and then shall we be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh a reason of the hope that is in us, with meekness and fear. Secondly. Not only does this study require thought, it moreover requires that we should know what we...

...Him the foolish reveries of his own fancy. If we are truly inspired, we shall be ever ready to give, to every man that asketh us, a reason of the hope that is in us, with meekness and fear. We are influenced by no rash and headlong confidence when we boast in hope of the glory of God ; nor...

...Spirit. You will remember, however, that the apostle Peter has exhorted us to " be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh us, a reason of the hope that is in us."* If, therefore, we embrace a hope for which we have no reason to give, we transgress this apostolical...