Brief expositions of Scripture [&c.].Hodder and Stoughton, 1879 - 321 pages |
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... preaching , the passion of his life , and even the ruling passion at his death . I have elsewhere * recorded one of his expressions during his last illness , - " O this blessed Bible ! I should like to die with it in my arms ...
... preaching , the passion of his life , and even the ruling passion at his death . I have elsewhere * recorded one of his expressions during his last illness , - " O this blessed Bible ! I should like to die with it in my arms ...
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... preacher . On learning his state , both mentally and physically , I spoke to our friend from Australia to be his visitor and instructor . He attended him for several months diligently . Their conversation was close on the most serious ...
... preacher . On learning his state , both mentally and physically , I spoke to our friend from Australia to be his visitor and instructor . He attended him for several months diligently . Their conversation was close on the most serious ...
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... preached from the text , " No man can come to me , except the Father which hath sent me draw him ; " enforcing , from what I had seen , the danger of sinning away all drawing influence , by which alone the soul can be attracted to Jesus ...
... preached from the text , " No man can come to me , except the Father which hath sent me draw him ; " enforcing , from what I had seen , the danger of sinning away all drawing influence , by which alone the soul can be attracted to Jesus ...
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... preaching of the word is one method by which God makes a man's sins thus manifest to him . Let me entreat you ... preached a sermon on the power of conscience to bring for- gotten or covered sins to a vivid and terrifying remembrance ...
... preaching of the word is one method by which God makes a man's sins thus manifest to him . Let me entreat you ... preached a sermon on the power of conscience to bring for- gotten or covered sins to a vivid and terrifying remembrance ...
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... preaching at Kensington on behalf of a society for visiting and relieving the sick poor at their own habitations . I selected for my text a passage in the book of Ecclesiastes , - " In the day of prosperity be joyful , but in the day of ...
... preaching at Kensington on behalf of a society for visiting and relieving the sick poor at their own habitations . I selected for my text a passage in the book of Ecclesiastes , - " In the day of prosperity be joyful , but in the day of ...
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Page 194 - For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Page 281 - LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And, when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 274 - The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble ; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Page 277 - My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
Page 241 - And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they were sore displeased and said unto him, "Hearest thou what these say?
Page 208 - For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers : for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
Page 300 - Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Page 120 - For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Page 32 - For this child I prayed ; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him : therefore also I have lent him to the Lord ; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord.
Page 17 - For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.