...[thought to do me mischief. 3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying. I am doing a great work, so that 1 of the priests npo; their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem 6 And so did he i 4 Yet they sent unto me fourtimcssfterthlasort; and 1 answered tlirm after the same manner. 5 Then...

...anxious were they to get him, if possible, into their power. Nehemiah's answer was to the purpose : " I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down...work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you ?" This Scripture narrative is given for our instruction : doubtless the perseverance of Nehemiah is...

...travail for the prosperity of the great cause ; I am clearly of the mind that the reply should be, " I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down...work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you?" Now the work that is wanted, as far as I have in this and some other favoured seasons had capacity...

...insignificance. In reference, then, to such pursuits, we may well adopt the language of Nehemiah, and say, " I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down;...work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you ?" (Neh. vi. 3.) But while we thus devote ourselves principally to our ministry, it is necessary still...

...travail for the prosperity of the great cause ; I am clearly of the mind that the reply should be, " I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down...work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you ?" Now the work that is wanted, as far as I have in this and some other favoured seasons had capacity...

...would decoy us from this straightforward path of duty and of safety, we shall readily make answer, " why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you ?" Though they repeat their solicitations, we shall still answer them after the same manner. If they...

...different times, messengers come soliciting an interview : and in each instance, Nehemiah replies, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down....work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you I In applying the text to ourselves, as engaged in a revival of religion, I propose the following inquiries....

...different times, messengere come soliciting an interview : and in each instance, Nehemiah replies, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down...work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you 1 In applying the text to ourselves, as engaged, in a revival of religion, I propose the following...

...eternity, and they send messengers to you to come down, reply, (for they " think to do you mischief,") " I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down...work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?" And though they send more than "four times after this sort," yet " answer them still after the same...

...the subject, which called forth an admirable discourse from him one sabbath morning, on Neh. vi. 3, " I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down;...work cease whilst I leave it and come down to you ?" This sermon, affectionately applied, totally silenced every complaint, and excited in the church...