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The aim of this commentary is to simply and solely help the spiritual life of those who use it. J. D. Jones provides commentary on the Gospel of Mark, treating the most perplexing passages and drawing out the general character and lessons from the book. But The Gospel According to St. Mark remains primarily and distinctively a devotional volume—a book which the Bible reader can take up day-by-day...

enter Christ’s family, on condition they do the will of God. “To me to live is Christ” (Phil. 1:21), said Paul—that is the family speech. “I have but one passion, ’tis Jesus only,” said Count Zinzendorf—that is the family speech. “I worship Thee, sweet Will of God,” sang Faber—that is the family speech. Are we members of the family? How shall we know? Are we doing God’s will? Notice, it is not mere outward connexion with Christ’s Church, nor the observance of the form of religion that gives us a
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