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Matthew 5:3-5 - Homilies By J.a. Macdonald

The triumphs of humility.

The originality of Christ is evinced in these first sentences of his discourse. "Nothing," says David Hume, "carries a man through the world like a true, genuine, natural impudence." Sturdy qualities are approved by men of the world, and quiet virtues are despised. Christ places these in the forefront, and associates with them benedictions in a manner which astonishes the poets, philosophers, and sages of antiquity. Let us—

I. REVIEW THE QUALITIES HERE COMMENDED .

1 . Poverty of spirit.

2 . Mournfulness.

3 . Meekness.

II. MEDITATE UPON THEIR BLESSEDNESS .

1 . The kingdom of heaven is for the poor in spirit.

2 . There is comfort for the mourner.

"'Midst blessings infinite,

Be this the foremost, that my heart has bled!"

"It is better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting."

3 . The meek shall inherit the earth.

Let us qualify for this blessedness by cultivating the virtues that may claim it.—J.A.M.

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