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Title: The Words of Jesus

Author: John R. Macduff

Release Date: April 9, 2009 [EBook #28547]

Language: English

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Transcriber's Note

Minor punctuation errors and inconsistencies have been silently corrected.

The following minor typographic corrections have also been made:
p8: "al" changed to "all"
p13: "sorrrow" changed to "sorrow"
p81: "trom" changed to "from"
p112: "Mat." changed to "Matt." for consistency
p122: "striken" changed to "stricken"

THE

WORDS OF JESUS.

by the author of

"THE MORNING AND NIGHT WATCHES,"
"THE FAITHFUL PROMISER," ETC.

Taken from the last London Edition.

New York:
STANFORD & DELISSER,
No. 508, BROADWAY.
1858.

The Words of Jesus.

"A word spoken in season," says the wise man, "how good it is!" If this
be true regarding the utterances of uninspired lips, with what devout
and paramount interest must we invest the sayings of Incarnate
Truth--"the WORDS OF JESUS!"

We have, in the motto-verses which head the succeeding pages a few
comforting responses from the Oracle of heavenly Wisdom--a few grapes
plucked from the true Vine--living streams welling fresh from the Living
Fountain. Every portion of Scripture is designed for nutriment to the
soul--"the bread of life;" but surely we may well regard the recorded
"_Words of Jesus_" as "the finest of the wheat." These are the "Honey"
out of the true "Rock," with which He will "satisfy" us. "The WORDS that
I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life."

The following are selected more especially as "_Words for the
Weary_"--healing leaves for the wounded spirit falling from the Tree of
Life. Jesus was divinely qualified for this special office of speaking
"many