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I. THE INSIGNIFICANCE OF THE GOSPEL IN ITS ORIGIN.

1. In its introduction into the world.

2. In its structure as a religious system.

3. In its operation in the heart.

II. THE IMPROBABILITY OF ITS SUCCESS.

1. The agency was feeble.

2. The opposition Was powerful.

III. ITS STUPENDOUS RESULTS.

1. The number of its followers.

2. Their influence on the world.

(W. W. Wythe.)

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KJV: There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

WEB: Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.