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(1) Business relations: (2) social relations: 

 (.'{) personal relations. 



Text. — "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will 

 give thee a crown of life. " — Rev. 2:10. 



Intro: — No virtue without effort. Polycarp, 

 burnt liii;. Smyrna. Faithful in every- 

 thing up to death. 



I. Faithful 



(a) In reproving sin: (1>) in supporting holiness; 

 (c) in our devotion to our religious intelli- 

 gence: (dj in defending the doctrines of 

 Scripture: (e) faithful in the spiritual 

 progress for life unto death. 



II. Crown of life. 



(a) No sia; (b) nosorrow; (c) no care: (d) no 

 disappointments; [e) no end. — Anne of Aus- 

 tria to Richelieu. 



Text. — "My kingdom is not of this world." — St. 

 John 18:36. 



Intro: — Jesus Christ the only religious teacher 

 disclaiming worldly power. 



I. The conditions for citizenship are calculated 



to divorce one from the world. 



II. The principles and laws of the kingdom are 



unworldly. 



III. The successes are unsatisfactory to the world. 



IV. The ruler is Jesus. 



V. The result and terminus are a real, enduring. 



eternal kingdom. 



Text. — "As it is appointed unto men once to die. 

 hut after this the judgment. " — Heb. 9:27. 



Intro: — Life and death are mysterious. 

 I. Death is an appointment of God. 



