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NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works - Holy Bible Institute

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To the Beræans.Letter CCXXI. 2871To the Beræans.You were previously known to me, my dear friends, by your far-famed piety, <strong>and</strong> bythe crown won by your confession in Christ. Peradventure one of you may ask in reply whocan have carried these tidings of us so far? The Lord Himself; for He puts His worshipperslike a lamp on a lamp-st<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> makes them shine throughout the whole world. Are notwinners in the games wont to be made famous by the prize of victory, <strong>and</strong> craftsmen by theskilful design of their work? Shall the memory of these <strong>and</strong> others like them abide for everunforgotten, <strong>and</strong> shall not Christ’s worshippers concerning whom the Lord says Himself,Them that honour me I will honour, be made famous <strong>and</strong> glorious by Him before all? ShallHe not display the brightness of their radiant splendour as He does the beams of the sun?But I have been moved to greater longing for you by the letter which you have been goodenough to send me, a letter in which, above <strong>and</strong> beyond your former efforts on behalf ofthe truth, you have been yet more lavish of your abounding <strong>and</strong> vigorous zeal for the truefaith. In all this I rejoice with you, <strong>and</strong> I pray with you that the God of the universe, Whoseis the struggle <strong>and</strong> the arena, <strong>and</strong> Who gives the crown, may fill you with enthusiasm, maymake your souls strong, <strong>and</strong> make your work such as to meet with His divine approval.2871 Placed in 375.734

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