For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren.—Romans 9:3. THIS is known to students of the Scriptures as one of the passages which are commonly accounted difficult,—one of the hard places. A preacher would not be likely to take such a passage as his text, unless he supposed it possible to present a simple and natural explanation of it, and to draw from it as thus explained some useful, practical lessons. Before I try to do
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