...fuller knowledge and a more universal acknowledgment of ' the truth as it is in Jesus,' who has said, ' where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them,' and who has promised to be with His Church ' alway, even unto the end of the world.'...

...Friends and small meetings ; yet we may say, that the goodness, love, and presence of Him who said, " Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them," were oftentimes witnessed to be with us, blessed be his holy name. Oh ! that the...

...and of saving virtue, it has no force whatever. To the man who interprets the words of Christ aright, "where two or three are gathered in my name there am I in the midst of them," its reiterations are as powerless as " the blowing of smoke through a gun-barrel."...

...to the united acts of His Church as a Body — the greatest weight to His own covenanted Promise : " Where two or three are gathered in my Name, there am I in the midst of them." Even when inspired men were alive, each member of the Church was only a member...

...of footstep being heard. John xx. 19. The comings of Christ in the heart, are sudden and silent. " Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst." Matt. xviii. 20. They had regarded His return, as altogether impossible. Bolts of fear,...

...could join them, or two, or three, or four; but they had always enough to plead the Lord's promise, " Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I," and confident in their Lord's presence, they ceased not to plead earnestly, and give Him no rest until...

...together under the presidency of some member of the Clergy ? " No ! Christ said, ' for wheresoever two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.' Matt, xviii. 20. Was it ordered in the Gospel that these 'two or three' should...

...believers together under the presidency of some members of the Clergy? No ! Christ said, " for wheresoever two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them." Matt, xviii. 20. Was it ordered in the Gospel that these " two or three " should...

...form as bread and wine ; but He is present in the hearts of His people according to the promise, ' Where two or three are gathered in My name, there am I in the midst ; ' and ' If any man love Me he will keep My words, and My Father will love him, and we will...

...transaction of the business of these meetings is regarded aa the Lord's work ^ and as He declared " where two or three are gathered in my name, there AM I in the midst of them," they regard His immediate presence with His Church as the foundation of its authority....