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...profit. For how should you profit, by a voice which ye understand not ?" [3.] Ver. 7. Yet even the things without life giving sound, whether pipe or...sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped ? " And why do I say," saith he, " that in our case this is unprofitable, and that only useful, which...

...profit. For how should you profit, by a voice which ye understand not ?" [3.] Ver. 7. Yet even the things without life giving sound, whether pipe or...give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be knoicn what is piped or harped ? " And why do I say," saith he, " that in our case this is unprofitable,...

...preaching, and of this great plainness of speech in delivering God's word or message, the apostle says, " For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?" The figure of the text may seem to be used by the apostle incidentally, but it is one to which those...

...against their enemy, and a martial spirit in the bosoms of his countrymen. In this he never faltered, " for, if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle ?" But in thesf impassioned strains of war, it is beautiful to perceive the poet's heart essentially...

...be therefore clear, distinct, and stirring, as the .«.omul of a trumpet, but a well-blown trampet, for if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle — that battle which is ever fighting, ever bite fought, as we go forward (lisp wieg our wny step...

...with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you by revelation or by knowledge ? And even things without life, giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a dis* John iii. 8. t Ib. iii. 8. t Matt. vii. 9. § 1 Cor. xiii. 10. tinction in the sound, how shall...

...unedifying confusion arises, which is often felt rather to disturb than to aid devotion. If there is " no distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped ?" Except the congregation " utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known...

...juxtaposition of bane and antidote in this number at greater length. I shall conclude with simply asking, "if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?" and also, whether it would not be advisable, before he assumes to direct the views of the public on...

...five points whkh I propose to bring before you, and I shall speak of them plainly and without reserve. "If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?" (1 Cor. xiv. 8.) I. First and foremost, the times require of us a bold and unflinching maintenance...