...from his integrity, and thus to crush in the bud the hopes of a fallen world. "Simon," said Jesus, "Satan hath desired to have thee, that he may sift thee as wheat, but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not." Well might this apostle, in the retrospect of his own...

...of it, " Pray, lest ye enter into temptation." On another occasion He said to St. Peter, " Behold, Satan hath desired to have thee, that he may sift thee as wheat ; but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not." (Luke xxii. 31.) What conditions are necessary to render...

...to bear ; to whom will you go, if you go from Christ ? The Saviour speaks to you as he did to Simon Peter : " Satan hath desired to have thee, that he may sift thee as wheat ; but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith may not fail." You know that religion is of intrinsic importance,...

...to bear ; to whom will you go, if you go from Christ I The Saviour speaks to you as he did to Simon Peter : " Satan hath desired to have thee, that he may sift thee as wheat ; but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith may not fail." You know that religion is of intrinsic importance,...

...is used of that which in no way is or can be."~ Winer. Luke records a warning that Christ gave first to Peter, " Satan hath desired to have thee', that he may sift thee as wheat." Still he went forward, and with all this forewarning he found himself the guilty man, before he was...

...Paradise, and he still finds unbidden access to the regenerate heart : only of such a heart it is true, " Satan hath desired to have thee, that he may sift thee as wheat; but" — blessed preparation and only defence — the Saviour says, " I have prayed for thee, that thy faith...

...nnless snpported hy a Divine hand, their faith mnst give way if once in Peter's position ; " Simon, Satan hath desired to have thee, that he may sift thee as wheat." Personally when in darkness of mind, angnish of body, or nnder some mysterions Providence, we are at...

...sanctification, prayed for His disciples. He said to one of them (Peter) who was rash and self-confident: "Peter, Satan hath desired to have thee that He may sift thee as wheat, but I have prayed for thee that thy strength fail not." Doubtless his prayers for the disciples were frequent,...

...affliction ? No doubt it is first, as he himself has indicated, that their faith fail not. " Simon, Satan hath desired to have thee, that he may sift thee as wheat,- but I have prayed for theo that thy faith fail not." I think there is something exquisitely beautiful in...

...affliction ? No doubt it is first, as he himself has indicated, that their faith fail not. "Simon, Satan hath desired to have thee, that he may sift thee as wheat, but •I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not." I think there is something exquisitely beautiful in...