...St. Paul and Silas sang praises to God in the prison of Phillippi ;" to the north-east, " St. Paul kneeled down, and prayed with them all, and they all wept sore." But I need not enlarge ; may the Lord, our Saviour, return to bless and consecrate this degenerate...

...loss— that they wept sore, and, after the patriarchal custom of their age and nation, " fell upon his neck and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the...words which he spake, that they should see his face no more." Between the unworthy individual who now addresses you, like Paul, for Ithe last time, and that...

...When, at Miletus, " Paul kneeled down and prayed with the brethren, they all wept sore, and fell on his neck, and kissed him ; sorrowing most of all for the...words which he spake, that they should see his face no more." But think of Christ ! What s benefactor, what a master was he ! How had he endeared himself...

...tsars. The scene reminded us of St. Paul taking leave of the elders of Ephesus, who all wept sore, sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. Are not these wonderful things, and do we not see the Lord's hand io themt When we compare the...

...but is now gathered up by St. Paul as one of the fragments that had fallen from the Master's table. "And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down and...words which he spake, that they should see his face no more." How deeply affecting must not such a parting as this have been! the last time they should see...

...persecution. Here they met — to paît for ever. After an exceedingly affectionate and earnest address, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. And they...which he spake, that they should see his face 'no more.' " But it may be some speculation, whether the melancholy anticipation of the future is at all...

...feelings can scarcely read without the tears stealing to his eyes: "And they all wept sore, and fell upon Paul's neck, and kissed him, sorrowing most of all...words which he spake, that they should see his face no more." What tender affection is displayed on both sides! what sincerity shines through the whole address...

...theirs for him, is best illustrated by the interesting narrative of Paul's farewell at Miletus : ' And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, sorrowing most of all that they should see his face no more.' Young soldiers and veterans of the cross were bowed with grief...

...to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. 36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. 37 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, 38 Sorrowing most of all for the...

...give than to receive." He prayed over them while exhorting them : he shows it both by action, — " And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all," (v. 36) — he did not simply pray, but with much feeling : (катат^шс): great was the consolation...