...could, but have I progressed heavenward ? Here it is that I feel myself lacking- I cannot get beyond the prayer of the publican, ' God be merciful to me a sinner.' " After the death of his wife in 1864, and the conséquent breaking up of his home, frequent removals...

...Pharisee? Her prayer, like the Pharisee's, was full of proud boasting. Had she from the heart offered the prayer of the publican, " God be merciful to me a sinner," she might have become a Christian that very night; so that if she had died that night, she might have...

...groaning in bitterness of spirit, Sandy, for the first time in his life, breathed almost unconsciously the prayer of the publican, ' God be merciful to me a sinner.' ' Never mind him, Lindsay,' said English Tom, taking Lindsay by the arm ; ' he's a saucy fellow, and...

...thought within himself : ' ' This is a good man; there is no hope for me;" but when his master came to the prayer of the publican, "God be merciful to me a sinner," " That suits me," he cried; "now I know how to pray ! " With this petition he immediately 1 Luke xviii....

...to seek, to knock, for that mercy, even as that aged samt did, saying, I echo more deeply than ever the prayer of the publican, " God be merciful to me a sinner ! " But extreme prostration may disable even from this — then, " my eyes are toward Thee, О God...

...subsisting law. It is to the feet of the Sovereign Judge, then, that we shall go to pour forth with tears the prayer of the publican : God, be merciful to me a sinner! And though we choose the priest for our confidant and our judge, we shall still say, when we kneel...

...dying thief on the cross, and of that comrade John on his cot, who knew the Lord and trusted in Him. The prayer of the publican, " God be merciful to me a sinner," filled his soul, and found utterance from his lips, and who can doubt that it reached the ears of our...

...believe on Him we shall be saved. Yes, we are saved and forgiven now, we have but to come to Jesus with the prayer of the publican, " God be merciful to me a sinner," and He will hear and pardon us, for He says, " Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden,...

...everlasting." This will make, and keep you humble before God. This will cause you ever to feel that the prayer of the Publican, " God be merciful to me a sinner," becomes you far more than that of the Pharisee, " God, I thank Thee that I am not as other men are."...

...Love cannot be silent. It must invite Jesus with the word of prayer. What is the invitation ? It is the prayer of the publican : " God be merciful to me a sinner" (Luke xviii. 13). Afterwards, love exclaims in the words of the Song of Solomon : " If ye find my Beloved,...