...him honour, commensurate with the great things which He had done for them, " The time," they said, " is not come, " the time that the Lord's house should be " built." The building and adorning of habitations for themselves to dwell in, seemed, in their eyes, of greater...

...the time is not come, the time that Jehovah's house should be builded. Then came the word of Jehovah, by Haggai, the prophet, saying, Is it time for you,...ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste ? Now, therefore, thus saith Jehovah of Hosts ; consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and...

...convenient season you will senil for them. You are ready (o say, as the people did, (Hag. i. 2.) The time is not come, the time that the Lord's house should be built. You think you must build your own first; and what comes of those delays ? Satan, ere you are aware,...

...he thy father that hath bought thee ? hath he not made thee, and established thee ? HAGGAI i. 4. — Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste ? JER. v. 22. — Fear ye not me ? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which...

...read the word of the Lord to Haggai the prophet, and if they be rich, let them answer to this l, — Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste ? O ! let such consider their ways, lest the heaven now, as then, be stayed from dew, and...

...of Jerusalem, or to count the number of the years of their captivity, and were perhaps saying, " the time is not come, the time that the Lord's house should be built." They had lost that pious zeal which prompted their devout king to exclaim: — a day in thy courts...

...of all to whom the gospel is proclaimed, to believe it! while senior ministers were saying— " the time is not come •- the time that the Lord's house should be built;" and those in younger years—" there is more than enough to do at home." As early as 1784, indeed,...

...perceive it. God reproves such neglect. " Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord's house should be built. — Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses and this house lie waste ? — Therefore...

...London. x SERMON, HAGGAI, i. 2 — 4. " Thus speaketh the Lord of Hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord's house should...ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste ?" THE period at which the prophet Haggai was raised up by the Lord, to speak these words...

...purpose has he placed so much wealth in your hands ? Surely not to consume it in self-indulgence. ' Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house to lie waste ? Now, therefore, thus saith the Lord, consider your ways.' Look abroad over your assembled...