...welfare of mankind, is sufficiently evident from the answer of Abraham to the rich man, when he said, " If they will not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead." After this assurance of the inutility of visitations from...

...occurrences have no moral adaptation whatever, to renovate the minds of men; "for, if they believe not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, though one rose from the dead." All that such dispensations are appointed to effect is, as we have * Ezek. xxxvii. 26, 27. 13 already...

...to come to them from the dead, they would be converted ; and Abraham said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe though one rose from the dead," Luke xvi. 29, 30, ?1. 457. When the spirit of a man, first enters the world of spirits, — which takes...

...parable of Dives and Lazarus, proceeds from the mouth of the patriarch, Abraham, " If they believe not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe though one rose from the dead." * No sooner had Sin entered into the world, and brought upon our race death and sorrow, than it pleased...

...communications of divine grace. I thought of the words of our blessed Saviour : " If they believe not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe though one rose from the dead." As I advanced in my circuitous uphill path, many beautifully formed insects were on the wing. The industrious...

...the fact, that more spiritual influence, not other means, is the blessing needed. " If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, though one rose from the dead." If the present instruments do not accomplish the desired work, there is no reason to believe that more...

...torment would fain have Lazarus sent to warn his kindred of their danger; but Abrah'am tells him, " that if they will not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded" to leave their sins, " though one rose from the dead," Luke xvi. 19 — 31. 39 Q. How...

...even this will not satisfy them, unless they have the " understanding heart." " If they believe not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, though one rose from the dead." 7 The refusal, therefore, of our Lord, to grant the sign which the Pharisees demanded, was the consequence...

...faithless and perverse generation seeketh a sign, but none shall be given it ; " If they believe not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they believe, though one rose from the dead." Rise from the dead, did I say ? Even this, in due course, I believe, shall be vouchsafed them : but...

...is not apparitions and visions which can make a man believe. As it is written, " If they believe not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe though one rose from the dead." No ; a man must have faith in his heart already. A man must first be accustomed to discern right from...