...but is it so ? we know that usually it is not. Well might the prayer of a wise man be : " Give me not riches, lest I be full, and deny Thee, and say, Who is the Lord ?" The very abundance, therefore, of God's gifts to man is so perverted by the cold, hard hearts of...

...as well as it does me, "(jive me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me ; lest I be full and deny thee, and say. Who is the Lord ?orlestlbe poor, and steal,and take the name of my God in vain." Prov. xxx. 8, 9. — Old Na " I AM...

...but is it so ? we know that usually it is not. Well might the prayer of a wise man be : " Give me not riches, lest I be full and deny Thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? The very abundance, therefore, of God's gifts to man is so perverted by the cold, hard hearts of...

...observation of the world, there is a deep significance and a true philosophy in the prayer of Agur : " Give me neither poverty nor riches .... lest I be full and deny thee .... or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." There are few who do not regard...

...happiness to its possessor. Its peculiar influence upon the character, is set forth in the text. " Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord?" Pride and infidelity, are the besetting sins of those who are in the possession of great wealth. The...

...thus, Prov. xxx. 8, 9, " Give me neither poverty, nor riches, feed me with food convenient for me ; lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ?" — The smiling world is apt to betray men into pride, and a high conceit of themselves, forgetting...

...give me neither poverty nor riches." He feared both as being circumstances of temptation—riches, " lest I be full and deny Thee, and say, Who is the Lord"—poverty, " lest I steal and take the name of my God in vain." * Temptation was dreaded because...

...full to this purpose : " Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me ; lest I be full and deny thee, and say, • Who is the Lord T or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." From what hath been said I shall,...

...have always deplored, and which Christianity has fully condemned. If the prayer be a proper one, — " Give me neither poverty nor riches,* lest I be full and deny thee, * " Aurea mediocritas."— Eor. Cam., ii. 10. " Molestissimus et occupatissimus, et si profundius inspicias,...

...denies that the aversion of rich men to the Gospel, in the primitive age, was produced by anything in the Gospel to which this class of men are peculiarly...I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord 1 or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain ;" — contrasting and deprecating...