As they skirt a perilous precipice he cannot pray, Lord, hold up my goings in a safe path, that my footsteps slip not, but as to my guide and companions, they must look out for themselves.' THE MOTIVE THE TEXT ASSIGNS. There is infinite goodness in this arrangement, inasmuch as it opens to us one of the richest sources of happiness; for what joy is comparable to that of bringing joy to others?II. The want of love to Christ.6. More valuable than body, so ought to be more regarded. He waits with long patience for it to sprout and come forth; but he faints not, knowing that harvest as well as seed-time is an ordinance of God and cannot fail. 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. Study the history of Jesus of Nazareth. The rivalry of other workers.II. On account of the indolence of our nature.2. Discouragement.3. A Due Reaping. Then the assumption is, that we have begun "well-doing," because he who has not begun to do well, can never be said to be in any risk or danger of being weary in it.2. Ye grow weary and give up sometimes on the eve of reaping, and lose the harvest. I do not say that this help is the one evidence of a Christian calling, but it is essential, and never more so than in these days. (1) When we do not make progress m our religious course. The sixteenth chapter of the second book of that memorable review of his literary career, contains corrections of certain points on which he believed that he had not been sufficiently accurate in these discussions. Will not the love of Christ constrain him?3. I. underneath is the pure white of immortality. To give you an instance of the use which is always made of it, I may mention the place where we are told that the Jews found fault with Christ because He made Himself equal with God, saying that God was His Father: "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." The original sense, "a straight rod" or "line," determines all its religious applications, which begin with St. Paul's use of it for a prescribed sphere of apostolic work (2 Cor. The second persevering grace is hope. The conditions.2. Diverse dispositions in those with and for whom we work.5. Listen to what Job says: "When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.II. Renew the fight, endure the strain. Coming to this country about 1895 he was appointed pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Metropolitan Tabernacle, New York. They were less thoughtful than when she took charge of them. My Father worketh hitherto, and I work."3. The first-fruits here. 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. And sometimes God favours those, who thus enter upon the work zealously and affectionately, in their first efforts, with remarkable success. Thomas, D. D.)I. And surely there is disgrace. You've lost heart. This is the health-lift of the soul. The promotion of the public good in Sunday Schools, mission work, etc.5. The text speaks of "fainting." VI. (2)Doing implies toil, and human nature is fond of ease. This is the health-lift of the soul. Then, thirdly, this weariness springs from the trials, to which "well-doing" frequently exposes individuals.4. "In due season ye shall reap if ye faint not." All holy men have been acquainted practically with well-doing. Study the history of Jesus of Nazareth. ship: for thou mayest be no longer steward."III. The reaping time will come.2. Beecher. The Christian has a persevering enemy to slay.2. Does not death still stalk, sword in hand, over the great battle-field of life?II. And now let me request your attention to the last suggestion derivable from this text: That the assurance of certain reward, in connection with the fulfilment of the Christian vocation, is a sufficient motive to perseverance therein under every temptation to weariness.(C. 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. 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. M. To be engaged in doing good is to sympathize with the feelings, and to imitate the conduct of all God's saints on earth. But if we walk in light, or righteousness, then we have communion with the Father and His Son; and, cherished by the rays of Divine light from the Sun of Righteousness, graces spring up, and virtues flourish in our lives, as the tender herb with the fostering warmth and dew of heaven.5. (4)Saturating the whole population with religious truth.(C. "He is Faithful that Promised." Study the history of Jesus of Nazareth. The Christian has a persevering enemy to slay.2. 14. It will be objected that, by this way, mysteries will not be made known. No doubt the work is hard; yet you should not despair. Do the men of the world even respect a backslider? How animating the motive to perseverance and progress in grace, that the fruit of these things shall be peace and joy unspeakable for evermore!(R. We are too ready to suppose that our exertions for the present and future benefit of our fellow-creatures are utterly without success, because we do not see the success. It is something more than attention to our personal condition.2. The man who is resolved to ruin himself has the evil propensities of his fallen nature to help him. Christ has become the power of God to us.1. Who are we, that the Lord of all should let us labour for Him? Well-doing must respect ourselves. M. . If you say a man is doing well, you mean to say that a man is increasing in his wealth, his influence, or his connections. And is it not love, that at this moment we think, and feel, and hear, and see, amidst the enjoyment of the light of the sun, all the means of temporal being, and everything that sweetens life? There may be, of course, work left unfinished through necessity. Recollect that the time is short, and that you cannot afford to be weary.5. Constancy and perseverance. In the third place, the text furnishes us with most encouraging motives for perseverence: "In due season we shall reap, if we faint not." I might appeal on the ground of self-interest only in well-doing can we develop our own natures into the fulness of their powers. The confession of time will be the ascription of all eternity: "By the grace of God I am what I am!" As they skirt a perilous precipice he cannot pray, Lord, hold up my goings in a safe path, that my footsteps slip not, but as to my guide and companions, they must look out for themselves.' The expression "due season," then, I conceive refers to a time which is known only to the Father, who hath put the times and seasons in His own power. Get the love of God in your hearts, and you will run in His ways, and not be weary.(T. Could we get it all in a small compass, as Job had it (Job 29:11-17), we could put our hands to it with some hope of success. He could see that his own season might not be God's season. Only by waiting and persevering to the end does the toiler secure his harvest. The mighty name of "Christian" combines many of the strongest arguments to unwearying service.1. THE CHARGE OF THE APOSTLE,.1. (2) The largeness of the problem. "Be not weary," FOR THE MOTIVES TO CONTINUANCE IN THE RIGHT COURSE ARE AS POWERFUL AS THE MOTIVES TO COMMENCEMENT. VII. Constancy and perseverance. One lay down to die; the ether, seeing his awful condition, began to rub, chafe, and rouse him. As to the "WELL-DOINGS" of the apostle, scarcely any doubt can be left on the mind with reference to these, if we attentively peruse the records of his commission. Everything worth having requires a struggle.III. 2 and 3.) (3) The immense difficulty and intricacy of the work, and the evil it brings in its train. Hope breeds patience, and patience breeds perseverance. A. Good accomplished 1. Then I might urge the exhortation by a reference to the self-discipline which is secured by perseverence especially perseverence in a course of self-denial.4. 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. 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." V. What is not proof of growth in grace. The sixteenth chapter of the second book of that memorable review of his literary career, contains corrections of certain points on which he believed that he had not been sufficiently accurate in these discussions. But who can be sure? Was it not love, to form man after the image of God, and to breathe into him a thinking, reasonable, immortal spirit? vi. The want of faith.II. Then I might urge the exhortation by a reference to the self-discipline which is secured by perseverence especially perseverence in a course of self-denial.4. And this brings me to a third source of weariness and discouragement in well-doing our narrow and inadequate views of life. He began to shovel it away, but there seemed to be such a mountain of it he threw down his shovel in despair saying: "I can never clear away all that snow." ITS NATURE.1. H. BeibitzGloria Crucis21ST DAY. Renew the fight, endure the strain. 9). A. We find St. Paul praying thrice that the thorn in the flesh might be extracted, before he received that answer which caused his soul to thrill with holy joy. Brethren, it is true with regard to the world, "so long as thou doest well to thyself, men will speak good of thee;" it is true with regard to God, so long as you do well in His sight, shall you have His sanction and His smile.1. 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. 9). You will be tempted to grow weary. Often pray to God. The harvest will come in due season.4. Again: It will be a full reward. The wants of the world and the wants of the Church demand action. The want of faith.II. Reflect that the work and weariness will soon be over in that land of rest where we shall be burdened no more.(H. 'As we have therefore'--that points a finger backwards to what has gone before. (c)You strike at the root of sin in seeking the regeneration of a child.2. The Hindrances to MourningWhat shall we do to get our heart into this mourning frame? Let us inquire, what is THE NATURE OF THE EVIL AGAINST WHICH WE ARE GUARDED IN THE TEXT. We grow languid sometimes in prosperity. By His visitation alone we are preserved.4. It was necessary to drill and blast a foot, two feet, six, ten, eighteen, twenty feet, and then I struck a spring. 17. The Greek Samuel DavidsonThe Canon of the BibleThe Beautiful HagueWhen we came to the Hague, though we had heard much of it, we were not disappointed. Cultivate the grace of forbearance.3. iii. HAS ITS DIFFICULTIES.1. He shows what they intend that preach circumcision.14. 9). The third principle of unwearied stedfastness and increase in the work of the Lord, is a conviction of the evil of sin. Our sentiments may embrace the beyond, our opinions, actions, plans, purposes are too much controlled by the example set us by the men whose creed is "let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die." Coming to this country about 1895 he was appointed pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Metropolitan Tabernacle, New York. 5. There are at least two reasons, unconnected with Holy Week, why the subject of the Cross of Christ should occupy our attention. He gives to every man according to his work exactly what he deserves. This work is well-doing, because (1)It is in accordance with the will of God. A Due Reaping. )Soul cultureD. The want of faith.II. Now, the duty of "well-doing" embraces much of inner thought and of outward action; it embraces every Christian virtue that can be mentioned every good work that is worthy of the name; and among the many good things it includes, it most assuredly numbers among them the duty of supporting, of advancing the interests of "the house of God," as a means to an end, as an agency which the Almighty is pleased to adopt for the accomplishment of His own Divine ends, whether in the way of His Spirit or of His providence. 10. The PROSPECT OF REWARD. Viney, D. D.It is the part of religion to teach man to do well. Further incentives to perseverance may be found in the peculiar and insidious character of the temptations to which well-doing is exposed.1. A. The sixteenth chapter of the second book of that memorable review of his literary career, contains corrections of certain points on which he believed that he had not been sufficiently accurate in these discussions. F. Will meet with its reward.1. 9). 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. Merry. "Fear not, Daniel; for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard." 10, 11, &c.--"Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah," &c. It is strange to think what mercy is mixed with the most wrath like strokes and threatenings. If, then, we say we have fellowship with Him while we walk in darkness, that is sin, "we deceive ourselves," says the apostle. vi. On account then of these either occupations of the servants of God, or bodily infirmities, which cannot be altogether wanting, not only doth the Apostle permit the needs of saints to be supplied by good believers, but also most wholesomely exhorteth. Let me say to you, "Be not weary in well-doing," because YOU HAVE THE MOST NOBLE EXAMPLES TO CONSTANCY AND DILIGENCE. VII How to grow in Charles Grandison FinneyLectures on Revivals of ReligionPrincely Service. Does any one ask, "Why is this what are its causes?" Live in unseen communings.II. For every man shall bear his own burden.'--GAL. Further incentives to perseverance may be found in the peculiar and insidious character of the temptations to which well-doing is exposed.1. ship: for thou mayest be no longer steward."III. The Christian owes his own salvation to unwearied love and infinite sacrifice.2. And so we sow only that which we can reap now or that which the children in our households can reap here on earth. The original means "loosened." H. BeibitzGloria Crucis21ST DAY. III. Then the brevity of our time is another reason for perseverance. how can you expect to be blessed? What was the issue of his labours amongst the Gentiles and Jews? THE MOTIVE. Watson. What the apostle means by his expression, "due season." If you say a man is doing well, you mean to say that a man is increasing in his wealth, his influence, or his connections. II. Now, there is a double link of connection between the preceding words and our text; for 'do good' looks back to 'well-doing,' and the word rendered 'opportunity' is the same as that rendered 'season.' Christ Himself lives and works within the Christian by the power of His Spirit.III. 'For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love.'--GAL. Now mark, brethren, what the text says, "Let us not be weary in well-doing." They toiled a good while and got nothing. If we turn from the unwearying work of the busy world to contemplate the great power of evil, if we try to realize its presence, to separate it in thought from the world which it defiles and seeks to ruin, we are appalled by its ceaseless efforts to accomplish its deadly purpose. 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. In these cases there is distress, indeed, but no disgrace; pity, but not scorn: but let a work be begun, and left through vacillation of purpose a great work be undertaken, and be unfulfilled through childish waywardness, and no wonder if they that go by "begin to mock," while the artificer is ashamed and distressed. Our duty. R. Reynolds, B. A.Consider the victims of falsehood and idolatry. (4) The measure in which the sorrow is mixed with sin. The prospect of a happy issue of our labours is a strong support.4. The Christian owes his own salvation to unwearied love and infinite sacrifice.2. But though "all be of grace," thy God calls thee to personal strenuousness in the work of thy high calling;--to "labour," John Ross MacduffThe Faithful PromiserCadman -- a New Day for MissionsS. I do not say that this help is the one evidence of a Christian calling, but it is essential, and never more so than in these days. Reflect that the work and weariness will soon be over in that land of rest where we shall be burdened no more.(H. The first thought which claims our attention here, is this: That the present life is not designed to be a merely contemplative thing.2. The apostle means by this charge that we are not to allow any kind of weariness in right doing to arrest us in the discharge of duty, or to force us away from its path. It was when Peter looked on the waves that he began to sink.2. The want of faith.II. Do he must and will. 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