...trials ? [Not so much as one hasty word escaped him ; nor one angry feeling betrayed itself in him : " when he was reviled, he reviled not again : when he suffered, he threatened not ; but committed himself to Him that judgeth righteously." Truly " he was as a lamb led...

...charity, which ' suffereth long, and is kind ; which is not easily provoked, and thinketh no evil. When he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not ; but committed himself to Him that judgeth righteously.' " Whether he was insulted...

...went about doing good. He never discovered a single instance of selfishness during his natural life. When he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not ; and while we were yet enemies, in due time, Christ died for the ungodly. Though betrayed,...

...or more comprehensively expressed, than in the words of his Apostle St. Peter : — " He did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth. When he was...reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not ; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously." The illustrious example here...

...is brought as a lamb to the slaughter ; and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. When he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously." Look at his concern for others....

...Saviour was afforded by his conduct under persecutiop. " He was led as a lamb to the slaughter;" " when he was reviled, he reviled not again; when he suffered he threatened not." Even martyrs dying for the truth have not always been able to avoid the prediction...

...wipe away the mourners' tears, by giving back to their arms the child or brother who had died ; but " when He was reviled, He reviled not again ; when He suffered, He threatened not, but committed himself to Him that judgeth righteously ; — His own self bare our sins...

...unruffled patience, every indignity that malice could invent, and relentless cruelty perpetrate :—" when he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to Him that judgeth righteously." Yes, in every stage of his...

...surrounded bv higotted priests, by malignant rulers, by a ferocious soldiery, and a low and brutal rabble. " When he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not, but in all things submitted himself to Him who judgeth righteously." It was this that,...

...He suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps: he committed no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth : when he was...he threatened not; but committed himself to Him who judges righteously. He exemplified the wisdom that is from above,— pure, peaceable, gentle, easy...