...persevering labor are necessary to bring them up to a proper standard of liberality. They must have ' line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little'; and these are just what I have been giving them for the last three days. This is one of tbe very hot, as...

...He will accommodate himself to my wants, and weakness. He will repeat his lessons. He will give me line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, and there a little — and upbraid not. Thus he taught his immediate disciples, as they were able to bear it, and loved them to...

...absorbed by the cares or the amusements of life. What abundant need is there then, in such a world, of line upon line, precept upon precept; here a little, and there a little! and, blessed be God, these are afforded us; especially those of us who are favoured with a religious education,...

...mistake the meaning of one passage, we shall be set right by that which follows it : we shall have line upon line, precept upon precept— here a little and there a little ; and though human weakness may mistake one or two passages, nothing but wilful and systematic perversion...

...husbandman, he must wait with patience for the early and the latter rainc." He must be content to give " line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little." And if, in return for all his kindness, he meet with nothing but reproach and persecution, he must still...

...mistake the meaning of one passage, we shall be set right by that which follows it ; we shall have line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little, and though human weakness may mistake one or two passages, nothing but wilful and systematic perversion...

...room for something more to be said about it. Of all subjects, this is one respecting which we require line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little, and this is the reason why I wish it to absorb our attention this evening. And thinking perhaps that in...

...adequately express. And again : — It is not lecturing or teaching alone that will train children, but " line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little," and " as thou walkest by the way, as thou sittest down, and as thou risest up." The trainer, therefore,...

...of the people in doing good, and the necessity it lays upon their teachers of incessant repetition, line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little, and always urging forward. Along with their poverty, it may keep them yet a long time from supporting their...

...any channel for dispensing sound, Protestant, Evangelical truth. Now, more than ever, is required—" line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, and there a little:" and if but a few can be led to Christ, and keep near to Christ, through his instrumentality, he knows not...