In
one of his discourses, as found in the twentieth chapter of Acts, Paul reminds his listeners of these words of Christ Jesus: "It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Recent
events lead one to think much upon Jerusalem past and present, and to recall the psalmist's words: "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
It
is probable that throughout Christendom and in all Jewry the deliverance of Jerusalem has caused men to study with care Ezekiel's thirty-sixth chapter.
In
the closing verses of the twelfth chapter of Matthew we find a wonderful sermon which has appealed to Christian people in all the centuries since the words were uttered by the master Christian.
In
the forty-fifth psalm we have a wonderful presentation of the spiritual idea, which marks a strong contrast between mortal concepts and that which is conceived of Spirit.
