| William King Tweedie - Christian life - 1857 - 440 pages
...Saviour said, " Few there be that enter by the strait gate." He has found out the meaning of the words, " When the Son of man cometh, will he find faith on the earth?" and, influenced by all this, the young Christian often hastens to the conclusion that there can be... | |
| 1857 - 1824 pages
...his brethren to consider a more important question than the one he had been engaged with, namely, " When the Son of Man cometh, will he find faith on the earth ?" And then, he adds, " This is surely more worthy of our attention, and carries us to loftier eminences,... | |
| John Hullett - 1859 - 528 pages
...seems like an hereditary disease, descending from father to son. It will continue so to the end, for when the Son of man cometh will He find faith on the earth ? Gather together Christendom — the Roman Church — the Greek Church— the Protestant Church —... | |
| Jessie Aitken Wilson - Chemistry - 1860 - 620 pages
...blessed Lord and Saviour, I know not where we shall find it. Often do I think of those startling words, ' When the Son of man cometh, will he find faith on the earth ? ' If men, instead of fretting themselves because their neighbours are foolish religionists, would... | |
| 1861 - 838 pages
...blessed Lord and Saviour, I know not where we shall find it. Often do I think of those startling words, ' When the Son of man cometh, will he find faith on the earth ?' If men, instead of fretting themselves because their neighbours are foolish religionists, would... | |
| John Peter Lange - 1864 - 470 pages
...therefore inscrutably ? I tell you that He will avenge them speedily.' The closing words, ' Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, will He find faith on the earth?' express the same thought in the strongest manner. God will not only respond to the prayers of His elect,... | |
| Ashton Oxenden (bp. of Montreal.) - 1864 - 368 pages
...finishes with these remarkable words, " Nevertheless " — notwithstanding God's promise to His people — "when the Son of man cometh, will he find faith on the earth ? " He knew there was at that time not much faith in the world. And, looking forward to His coming... | |
| François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - Meditations - 1864 - 386 pages
...REFLECTIONS FOR EVERY DAY IN THE MONTH. FIRST DAY. ON THE LITTLE FAITH THAT THERE IS IN THE WORLD. " When the Son of Man cometh, will he find faith on the earth i" — LUKE xviii. 8. IF he were to come at this moment, would he find it in us ? Where is our faith... | |
| Johann Peter Lange - 1864 - 468 pages
...therefore inscrutably ? I tell you that He will avenge them speedily.' The closing words, ' Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, will He find faith on the earth?' express the same thought in the strongest manner. God will not only respond to the prayers of His elect,... | |
| Jesse Aitken Wilson - 1866 - 408 pages
...blessed Lord and Saviour, I know not where we shall find it. Often do I think of those startling words, ' When the Son of Man cometh, will he find faith on the earth 1 ' If men, instead of fretting themselves because their neighbours are foolish religionists, would... | |
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