The Christian Spectator, Volume 1Howe & Spalding, 1827 |
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... preached . They ought to be preached with great care , -lest a wrong notion be given to the char- acter and ... preaching is not to fill the mind with insulated conceptions of doc- trinal facts - broken off from each other , and ...
... preached . They ought to be preached with great care , -lest a wrong notion be given to the char- acter and ... preaching is not to fill the mind with insulated conceptions of doc- trinal facts - broken off from each other , and ...
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... preacher , on particular occasions , for the sake of exciting emotion , to confine himself to a single topic . The practice of the apostles was not inconsistent with this . They vary their mode of address , to adapt it to persons and ...
... preacher , on particular occasions , for the sake of exciting emotion , to confine himself to a single topic . The practice of the apostles was not inconsistent with this . They vary their mode of address , to adapt it to persons and ...
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... preach ? Was it , from the first , what it now is ; or by what series of changes was it brought into its present ... preacher should have a learned and system- atic acquaintance with the religion which he presumes to teach , a knowledge ...
... preach ? Was it , from the first , what it now is ; or by what series of changes was it brought into its present ... preacher should have a learned and system- atic acquaintance with the religion which he presumes to teach , a knowledge ...
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... preached the Gospel at Jerusalem . Should they prove to be truly converted , it would be one of the most interesting events that has trans pired since apostolic times . Some of the believing Rabbies , it is supposed , have been put to ...
... preached the Gospel at Jerusalem . Should they prove to be truly converted , it would be one of the most interesting events that has trans pired since apostolic times . Some of the believing Rabbies , it is supposed , have been put to ...
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... the necessity of great efforts to provide a competent supply of pious and well furnished preachers of the gospel . To labour in this cause is obvi- ously no novelty 92 [ FEB . Brief View of the American Education Society .
... the necessity of great efforts to provide a competent supply of pious and well furnished preachers of the gospel . To labour in this cause is obvi- ously no novelty 92 [ FEB . Brief View of the American Education Society .
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Page 200 - Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Page 103 - And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 237 - So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions ? if the Lord be God, follow him : but if Baal then follow him.
Page 328 - I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth...
Page 217 - When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake, and strong passions excited, nothing is valuable, in speech, farther than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every...
Page 401 - For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink ; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his birth.
Page 593 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
Page 521 - But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that 1 am baptized with ? They say unto Him, We are able. And He saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with...
Page 321 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Page 569 - Remember the former things of old: For I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times the things that are not yet done, Saying, My counsel shall stand, And I will do all my pleasure...