It Is The Grace Of God, That

Whether The Family Of The Clarkes Were Of Norman Extraction Cannot Be Easily Ascertained.

Verse 11. (they Presented Unto Him Gifts). The People Of The East Never Approach The Presence Of Kings And Great Personages, Without A Present In Their Hands. The Custom Is Often Noticed In The Old Testament, And Still Prevails In The East, And In Some Of The Newly Discovered South Sea Islands.

Death To A Good Man Is But Passing Through A Dark Entry, Out Of One Little Dusky Room Of His Father's House Into Another That Is Fair And Large, Lightsome And Glorious, And Divinely Entertaining.

Matthew Being A Constant Attendant On Our Lord, His History Is An Account Of What He Saw And Heard; And, Being Influenced By The Holy Spirit, His History Is Entitled To The Utmost Degree Of Credibility.

He Who Is Completely Sanctified, Or Cleansed From All Sin, And Dies In This State, Is Fit For Glory.