vi. "I must work, said Jesus, the works of Him that sent Me while it is day. Does not every effort to help on the one hand, depress and deprave on the other? Not entirely of course, but too much. Two travellers crossing the Alps were freezing to death. What you want is, to get fresh impulse by a reconsideration of the motives by which at first you were impelled.2. Weariness in well-doing is part of the universal weariness; the slow movement of the flesh under high compulsions; the deadness of the soul itself to truth, and Christ, and the eternal world. It is just the contrary; they are given to the soul in reality. . Smyth. What was the issue of his labours amongst the Gentiles and Jews? Love makes a man that he is never weary. The confession of time will be the ascription of all eternity: "By the grace of God I am what I am!" Love of truth, honour, goodness, are contained in it, as well as (v. 10) help to humanity around. I encouraged her to "labour and to wait." 9). The mighty name by which we are called.III. The rivalry of other workers.II. Who are we, that the Lord of all should let us labour for Him? The love of sin makes sin taste sweet and this sweetness in sin bewitches the Thomas WatsonThe Beatitudes: An Exposition of Matthew 5:1-12Introductory. That season may not be ours, as, doubtless, many times it is not: that season may not be ours, not the one which we, in our fleshly wisdom, should choose; but it is the season which God chooses, the season which is best adapted, which is most peculiarly suited for the purpose of mercy and truth meeting together, and righteousness and peace kissing each other. In a broad view of the Christian profession, it is a volunteer service for the help of Christ in lifting the burden of the sin and misery of mankind. If God does this, despite our sin, it is our honour, and shall be our life, to stir ourselves to do likewise; for it is the human dignity and bliss to think, feel, and live like God. (1) And in the first place, we are bound to regard the bodies of our fellow-creatures. He was thinking not only of the fickleness of the Galatian Church, but upon the general possibility of paralysis common to the whole family of man. The third persevering grace is love. The seasons revolve, and each appears clad in a different garb. It is just the contrary; they are given to the soul in reality. If we would not grow weary, let us pray for persevering grace. The want of faith.II. In doing good we obtain good.2. V. What is not proof of growth in grace. The next day his comrade that remained found a nugget of gold that supported him until he made a fortune. "In Due Season we Shall Reap if we Faint Not" (Gal. Forcing a way through it, and not resting in it, he finds sunshine and air and life more abundantly. It represents the element of definiteness in Christianity and in the Philip SchaffThe Seven Ecumenical CouncilsHow the Married and the Single are to be Admonished. Watson.The husbandman doth not desire to reap till the season; he will not reap his corn while it is green, but when it is ripe; so we shall reap the reward of glory in due season; when our work is done, when our sins are purged out, when our graces are come to their full growth; then is the season of reaping; therefore let us not be weary of well-doing, but hold on in prayer, reading, and all the exercises of religion; we shall "reap in due season, if we faint not."(T. Clay Trumbull The pious Quesnel says that "God Edward M. BoundsThe Essentials of PrayerExcursus on the Use of the Word "Canon. (5)The difficulty of the work.III. VI. To resist the evil world.III. Our narrow views of life account for much of our weariness in well-doing. vi. The only proper prayer in such a case is, Lord, hold up our goings in a safe path; for if one slips all of us may perish.'"--H. Whatever power can afford to rest, the power of evil never grows weary.3. The reward promised to patient labour. Jesus Christ, to whom it is abandoned, and whom it follows as the Way, whom it hears as the Truth, and who animates it as the Life, impressing Himself upon it, imparts to it His own condition. It is very important when we hear an exhortation to consider the character of the person who gives it. Faith keeps from fainting; faith gives a substance to things not seen, and makes them to be as it were present, As a perspective glass makes those things which are at a distance near to the eye, so doth faith: heaven and glory seem near. 9). A. "I must work, said Jesus, the works of Him that sent Me while it is day. R. Reynolds, B. Learn from the devotee of many a false god; from the worshipper of Siva, who, drunk with opium, swings on the flesh-hook at some horrid festival, or prostrates himself before the advancing car of Juggernaut, making this revolting self-sacrifice to pacify the raging of a guilty conscience, or to gain the ephemeral applause of an ignorant mob; even he is not weary with his work.(H. It was David's prayer, "hold Thou me up and I shall be safe;" and it was Beza's prayer, "Lord, perfect what Thou hast begun in me." In a broad view of the Christian profession, it is a volunteer service for the help of Christ in lifting the burden of the sin and misery of mankind. He shows what they intend that preach circumcision.14. NUMB. Differently to be admonished are those who are bound in wedlock and those who are free from the ties of wedlock. Conditions of growth in grace. We constantly forget that this life of ours is, as to everything mental and spiritual, the sowing time, not the time of reaping. Many of the houses are exceedingly grand and are finely intermixed with water and wood; yet are not too close, but so as to be sufficiently ventilated by the air. We learned from Numbers vi, GOD'S requirements of those who desire to take the privileged position of separation to Himself. We found also in the conclusion of the same chapter the overflow of GOD'S love in the rich and comprehensive blessing which so appropriately follows, and forms the connecting link between Nazarite separation and the princely service set forth in Chap. Watson. Seek to understand the hidden laws of that outward and inward life. Let us look at that expression a moment. The language was written, as we find, under inspiration, by Paul to the Church at Galatia. could say, when commanded to deny Christ, "I have served Him these six and eighty years, and He has never hurt me, and shall I deny Him now?" We may, like the caterpillar, spin a very beautiful cocoon and call it our home, but even the caterpillar will teach us, if we will listen, that if he were to remain satisfied in that silken ball which he has woven, it would become not his home, but his tomb. (1) And in the first place, we are bound to regard the bodies of our fellow-creatures. If the least of us could only anticipate the eternal issues that will probably spring from the humblest services of faith, we should only count our sacrifices and labors unspeakable heritages of honor and opportunity, and would cease to speak of trials and sacrifices for God. Oh I to hear my Master "say in that day, "Well done, good and faithful servant!" How are we to get that competence to feel the invisible in the visible which a Wordsworth possessed so royally, which makes Ruskin the high-priest of the beautiful to the age in which he lives? "Let us not be weary in well-doing" (Gal. (1) The weight of the flesh. The human body is, as well as the soul, the purchase of the blood of Christ. The next day his comrade that remained found a nugget of gold that supported him until he made a fortune. Let me say to you, "Be not weary in well-doing," because YOU HAVE THE MOST NOBLE EXAMPLES TO CONSTANCY AND DILIGENCE. What, however, we have to do is to be faithful, to endure patiently our burdens, and to press onward in the strength of faith and hope.2. One lay down to die; the ether, seeing his awful condition, began to rub, chafe, and rouse him. (b)Particularly to children, for prevention is better than cure. 'For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love.'--GAL. Perseverence will bring success, success will inspire courage, courage will bring victory, and victory will be followed by glory.3. God knows this tendency of man's mind, and has provided for it for what is there that does not change? The great law of communion with Christ is that of light, purity, and righteousness, in opposition to the spiritual darkness of corruption and sin. Yet he was not weary in well-doing.II. Recollect that you are working together with a God who is unweariable.6. Let us consider it, secondly, As URGING HIM TO PERSEVERANCE IN THAT VOCATION BY THE PROMISE OF ULTIMATE REWARD. (2)Others fear that it will prove a failure. iii. Again: unwearied continuance in "well-doing" has the distinct promise of success.(G. So, then, two thoughts Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureThe Owner's BrandI bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.'--GAL. 9. L. Galton, M. v. 6. The Christian has a persevering enemy to slay.2. AugustineOf the Work of Monks. (2)Because this is the great end of our regeneration, that we may live to God. Was there any symptom of yielding, of inconstancy there?3. THE NECESSITY OF PERSEVERANCE IN WELL-DOING. 18. AugustineOf the Work of Monks. Rhys Jenkins.)WearinessH. They include all that the sacred oracles mean by piety towards God; by justice, benevolence and humanity towards our neighbour, and by sobriety and temperance in our conduce towards ourselves. It may be found in the wide waste of sands, in the vast wilderness, where the tent of the pilgrims is erected, and from beneath the spread of its canvas may be heard the earnest breathings of a humble and contrite spirit. 13, 15), or a regulative principle of Christian life (Gal. We become discouraged and weary when we do not see immediate fruits of our labour. If the least of us could only anticipate the eternal issues that will probably spring from the humblest services of faith, we should only count our sacrifices and labors unspeakable heritages of honor and opportunity, and would cease to speak of trials and sacrifices for God. Was there any symptom of yielding, of inconstancy there?3. (3)Fellow Christians are cold and indifferent. "Be not weary in well-doing," BECAUSE AN UNFINISHED ENTERPRISE, OR A WORK INCOMPLETE THROUGH INCONSTANCY IS BOTH A DISTRESS AND A DISGRACE. Evil-doers shall also reap wretchedness and anxiety here, and eternal woe hereafter.2. The same motives enforce constancy. If it be a true and an approved maxim in common things to be ever active in laudable pursuits is the distinguishing characteristic of a man of merit in a high and peculiar sense may it be asserted of real Christians, that they "cease from evil, and learn to do well."II. It is quite true that we cannot very well separate these, for, as Seneca says, "He that does good to another man does good also unto himself, not only in the consequences, but in the very act of doing it, for the conscience of well-doing is an ample reward." The great controversy which embittered so much of Paul's life, and marred so much of his activity, turned upon the question whether a heathen man could come Alexander MaclarenRomans, Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. Varying ideas have been attached to them. Jesus Christ, to whom we are abandoned, and whom "we follow as the way, whom we hear as the truth, and who animates us as the life" (John xiv. If Paul could only know the consolation and hope that he has ministered to the countless generations who have marched along the pathway from the cross to the Kingdom above, he would be willing to go through a thousand lives and a thousand deaths such as he endured for the blessing that has followed since his noble head rolled in the dust by the Ostian gate of Rome. At last one threw down his tools and said: "I will leave here before we starve," and he did leave. . Is a source of genuine joy.(D. vi. 9). In this respect a good man partakes of the Spirit of that holy and righteous Being who hateth the workers of iniquity, and with whom evil cannot dwell. Death alone must terminate exertion and fidelity.3. It is, indeed, beautiful beyond expression. We find Jacob wrestling with the wondrous angel of God's covenant through the entire night, and prevailing not till the morning began to break. At length his faith, his patience, and his submission received their rich reward: "behold, a certain man clothed in linen" appeared to him and said. THERE IS WELL-DOING OR GOODNESS THAT IS INCUMBENT ON US, viz., sowing to the Spirit. Well-doing is not the doing of the superstitious, the formalist, the exclusive, the recluse, nor the training of any peculiar faculty of the soul, but the training of the entire man under the master impulse of love. R. Reynolds, B. A.Consider the victims of falsehood and idolatry. V. What is not proof of growth in grace. The reward promised to patient labour. 14. R. Reynolds, B. A.Consider the victims of falsehood and idolatry. Slowly He works, but surely, and fast enough. (1)Some by constitution are inapt. "The work of righteousness shall be peace, and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever." Galatians 1:6,9; 5:1,13; 6:1-10). She received us with that easy openness and affability which is almost peculiar to Christians John WesleyThe Journal of John Wesley"Hear the Word of the Lord, Ye Rulers of Sodom, Give Ear unto the Law of Our God, Ye People of Gomorrah,"Isaiah i. The energies of goodness never rest nor take their ease.II. Twenty-one days successively Mr. Thornton paid his visit to thee cottage, and on the twenty-second his perseverance was rewarded. It was David's prayer, "hold Thou me up and I shall be safe;" and it was Beza's prayer, "Lord, perfect what Thou hast begun in me." Watson. The love of sin is like a stone in the pipe which hinders the current of water. Study the history of Jesus of Nazareth. Sunday School teaching is sowing. As a sinful being the new-born infant is not in the Way of Salvation. "Even the youths shall faint and be weary but they that wait on God shall renew their strength" (Isaiah 60:30).4. There is no prophet whose office and commission is only for judgment, nay, to speak the truth, it is mercy that premises threatenings. "Be not weary," FOR THE MOTIVES TO CONTINUANCE IN THE RIGHT COURSE ARE AS POWERFUL AS THE MOTIVES TO COMMENCEMENT. That season may not be ours, as, doubtless, many times it is not: that season may not be ours, not the one which we, in our fleshly wisdom, should choose; but it is the season which God chooses, the season which is best adapted, which is most peculiarly suited for the purpose of mercy and truth meeting together, and righteousness and peace kissing each other. "Due season" is God's time, not ours. Hope breeds patience, and patience breeds perseverance. 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