 | Daniel McCalla, William Hollinshead - 1810 - 458 pages
...own. If it be harder for a rich man, through the temptations which accompany affluence, to enter into the kingdom of heaven, than for a Camel to pass through the eye of a needle, then blessed are the poor, for that poverty which exempts them from the embar'•... | |
 | 1818 - 594 pages
...it should be more difficult; will you toil through life to make it more difficult, for your children to enter the kingdom of heaven, than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle?" If, indeed, the possession of property were. the. supreme good, a judicious parent... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1833 - 596 pages
...dispositions which are generated by carnal ease, render it " more difficult for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven, than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle." Hence you read, that "not many mighty, not many noble, are called r." But what do... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1855 - 592 pages
...dispositions which are generated by carnal ease, render it " more difficult for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven, than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle." Hence you read, that "not many mighty, not many noble, are called 1." But what do... | |
 | John Francis Maguire - 1863 - 590 pages
...Gospel of the day, which proclaims the startling announcement, that it is more difficult for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle. His principal auditor of this his first sermon was a village magnate and millionaire,... | |
 | Elia Benamozegh - 1873 - 160 pages
...asks to follow him, Jesus says: " Go sell all thou hast and give to the poor ; it is harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle." We do not here investigate the effect of this condemnation of wealth upon social... | |
 | 1876 - 1088 pages
...who said, " Woe be to you rich : ye have received your reward"? and again, " It is harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle " ? Did he not take Lazarus to his bosom when Dives was in hell ? " Blessed are ye,"... | |
 | william francis ainsworth - 1876 - 732 pages
...less than once they were. Times are very mush altered since it was said that it was harder for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle. The change in the conditions of society has fortunately taken from the rich and great... | |
 | 1876 - 1088 pages
...who said, " Wenbe to you rich: ye have received your reward"? and again, " It is harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle " ? Did he not take Lazarus to his bosom when Dives was in hell ? " Blessed are ye,"... | |
 | Charles Hallowell Mitchener - 1876 - 370 pages
...it all to the society, heeding in all probability the Bible admonition that it is harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven, than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle. The following is a copy of his will, inserted here for the benefit of all heads of... | |
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It is harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle! 
