Philippians 1:4-5

Philippians 1:4

I. Prayer may be varied according to the different spiritual moods of the suppliant. The mood need not impair the sincerity.

II. Christianity is the most influential of all heart-uniting forces. Men who are one in Christ are united in the highest ranges of their nature. Paul is in Rome, his friends at Philippi; but in the great heart of the Apostle Rome and Philippi are but different names of the same place. The union of the Church is guaranteed by the principles on which it is founded; the moral is the immortal.

Parker, City Temple,vol. ii., p. 177.