Simeon, M. Whatever power can afford to rest, the power of evil never grows weary.3. Encouraging to know this. )Perseverence in religious duties enforcedG. He gives to every man according to his work exactly what he deserves. H. WELL-DOING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH AIDS OFFERED IN THE GOSPEL. We all desire change, Monotony is irksome. W. Beecher.When I dug my well, I knew that there were rocks below, and when I had thrust down the pick and spade through the easily yielding earth until they struck the rock I found no water. Take heed of those things which will stop the current of tears. "(Bright: Notes on the Canons, pp. "For, in due season, ye shall reap if ye faint not." The third principle of unwearied stedfastness and increase in the work of the Lord, is a conviction of the evil of sin. And to address it to me, who felt so often tired, and yet by His grace was enabled to persevere! 3. The path is as much the king's highway as ever; its banks as green, its turns as beautiful, its trees as picturesque: but you have become weary, and your footsteps have flagged. Only a few weeks elapsed when ten of the twelve young ladies openly professed faith in Christ.4. SOME PLACES WHERE WE ARE LIABLE TO GROW WEARY.1. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth Doing Good to All'As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all. Will meet with its reward.1. First, the rivalry of other workers forbids weariness.1. We find Daniel, in the reign of Cyrus, saying "In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three full weeks; I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled." Two travellers crossing the Alps were freezing to death. 1 The love of sin. Christ has become the power of God to us.1. The reaping time will come.2. (4)Feeling is not doing.1. These are of great extent; they are many in number, and important in their nature. And surely that is not a small thing. 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. "The work of righteousness shall be peace, and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever." The waterman seizes the tide, the moment it turns; the sailor seizes the breeze, the moment it springs up; Christ, the day in which the Father sent Him to execute His will. 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. "Even the youths shall faint and be weary but they that wait on God shall renew their strength" (Isaiah 60:30).4. And the boy looks from the beginning of his arithmetic through to the last page, and says: "I shall never get through that."2. Lift up Rev. Keep Christ in full view. It was when Peter followed from afar that he denied Him. The sculptor may die, and his bust half finished be his most significant monument. And this brings me to the second thought suggested by this part of our text, namely: That the reward connected with the fulfilment of the Christian vocation awaits its bestowment at an appropriate period. The soldier it is natural to him to be amongst bullets, and to mount up cliffs, in order to plant his standard upon castles and difficult places. (1)The seed you sow is the truth. .'--GAL. )PeopleGalatians, PaulPlacesGalatiaTopicsAbate, Courage, Desponding, Due, Faint, Faint-hearted, Grain, Grow, Harvest, Heart, Lose, Proper, Reap, Reward, Season, Tired, Weariness, Weary, Well-doingOutline1. So in His "own season" that is, the season which is peculiarly adapted for the purpose; the season which God knows to be the most appropriate; the season that shall best fit in to all the other declarations which God shall make of His majesty, His justice, and His power, as well as His love, His mercy, and His grace: at that time "we shall reap, if we faint not." 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. There may be, of course, work left unfinished through necessity. God knows this tendency of man's mind, and has provided for it for what is there that does not change? If a man should set himself to improve his mind and manners simply out of a desire to be something better than he had been, he would still, in the doing, be helping others, for he would become a more valuable member of society. In the same passage he informs us that this treatise was undertaken during the years in which he was occupied with his great work on the Saint Augustineour lord's sermon on the mountAll that is Born of the Flesh must be Born of the Spirit. Thus, the Christian, in all his conduct, acts agreeably to the dictates of religion.2. A third thought suggested by the view given us in the text of the Christian's vocation is that the believer is endowed, by God, with the capacity for imparting blessing to his fellow-men. The third principle of unwearied stedfastness and increase in the work of the Lord, is a conviction of the evil of sin. The spirit that can thus sing patiently and sweetly in a world of discord, must, indeed, be of the purest kind. The Christian owes his own salvation to unwearied love and infinite sacrifice.2. )PeopleGalatians, PaulPlacesGalatiaTopicsAbate, Courage, Desponding, Due, Faint, Faint-hearted, Grain, Grow, Harvest, Heart, Lose, Proper, Reap, Reward, Season, Tired, Weariness, Weary, Well-doingOutline1. One of the places where the Spirit has promised to yield 30, 60, 100 fold is in the teaching of God's Word. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth October 20. (4)Saturating the whole population with religious truth.(C. 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. Brown, B. A.In such a complicated social state as ours, those who do not know how to do good probably outnumber those who do not care. 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. 'For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love.'--GAL. I reply something is to be attributed in this tendency to the love which the human mind has for novelty. There is temptation to weariness in "well-doing" from the very number of methods by which it may be persued.IV. My little nephew was out in the garden one evening with his father sowing peas; next morning he took a basket and was going out to gather the crop, and was greatly disappointed when told the peas were not yet grown. He glories in nothing, save in the cross of Christ.Dictionary of Bible ThemesGalatians 6:94464harvest5418monotony5582tiredness5635work, and redemption5883impatience8418endurance8713discouragement9130future, theGalatians 6:6-105603wagesGalatians 6:7-94506seed5499reward, divine8255fruit, spiritualGalatians 6:9-106672grace, in relationships8262generosity, human8442good worksLibrarySeptember 19. 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. "Let us not be weary in well-doing" (Gal. The original means "loosened." IS WELL-DOING.1. Having trouble logging into your account? The undying activity of the world. The harvest will come in due season.4. We may grow weary in our work and yet be most anxious for the success of it. . We find Daniel, in the reign of Cyrus, saying "In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three full weeks; I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled." A third thought suggested by the view given us in the text of the Christian's vocation is that the believer is endowed, by God, with the capacity for imparting blessing to his fellow-men. "Be not weary," FOR THE MOTIVES TO CONTINUANCE IN THE RIGHT COURSE ARE AS POWERFUL AS THE MOTIVES TO COMMENCEMENT. W. Beecher.I. 19. W. Beecher.When I dug my well, I knew that there were rocks below, and when I had thrust down the pick and spade through the easily yielding earth until they struck the rock I found no water. The painter may be paralyzed, and his unfinished canvas be the best expositor of his malady. 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. . M. Merry.I. In the first place, it refers individually to ourselves doing well, or doing good, with regard to ourselves. I say there is no change in the motives to diligence and duty, which abide as at first; and if, after having gone a little way, or a long way, in the course of well-doing, whatever its peculiar form, you have become weary, it is you who have altered, and not the course. "Brethren, the time is short." Baptist. Go and do likewise. 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. vi. Who are we, that the Lord of all should let us labour for Him? It is nothing for Him to speak to that child that you cannot affect, and the work is done. that silken cocoon! THE CHRISTIAN MAN'S VOCATION IN THE PRESENT WORLD, II, THE MOTIVE TO PERSEVERANCE IN IT, ARISING FROM THE ASSURANCE OF FINAL REWARD.I. "(Bright: Notes on the Canons, pp. We learned from Numbers vi, GOD'S requirements of those who desire to take the privileged position of separation to Himself. )The beauty of a Christian is to hold on in pietyT. In conclusion:1. The first reason is, that the Cross is commonly recognised as the weak point in our Christianity. 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. The Hindrances to MourningWhat shall we do to get our heart into this mourning frame? 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. What is grace, as the term is here used? 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. In judicious labour.2. Well-doing must respect the Church. The mighty name by which we are called.III. A Due Reaping. The Christian owes his own salvation to unwearied love and infinite sacrifice.2. The struggle after a better Christian life.3. Zeal is sometimes without knowledge, and zeal is often without patience; we look for the oak, without giving the acorn time to germinate; we desire to gather the cool and delicious fruit, forgetful of the preliminary processes of vegetation. vi. To restrain natural passions and propensities.3. I have done so much that at least I may be satisfied. Merry. 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