The Andover Review, Volume 8Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1887 |
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... never stops to talk in the entries , never visits the lower rooms first , but goes to the very top of a house to begin his work with its inmates , and " prays his way down , " leaving no apartment unvisited where it is possible to gain ...
... never stops to talk in the entries , never visits the lower rooms first , but goes to the very top of a house to begin his work with its inmates , and " prays his way down , " leaving no apartment unvisited where it is possible to gain ...
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... never prayed in vain . " The work is not advertised . No one but the Lord is ever asked for money or for help . Once a year the church appoints a day for receiving special thank - offerings to be devoted to the mission work . A week ...
... never prayed in vain . " The work is not advertised . No one but the Lord is ever asked for money or for help . Once a year the church appoints a day for receiving special thank - offerings to be devoted to the mission work . A week ...
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... Never shall I forget , " he writes , " my first vision and impression of the prairie , — the vast , silent , green waste , house- less , manless , the red man gone , the white man not yet entered ; the ocean - like expanse , now a level ...
... Never shall I forget , " he writes , " my first vision and impression of the prairie , — the vast , silent , green waste , house- less , manless , the red man gone , the white man not yet entered ; the ocean - like expanse , now a level ...
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... never see from his pen the judgment that he had formed of the past : but we console ourselves with the thought , that to make history is greater than to write history ; that to have such a mind work- ing out life - thoughts in the most ...
... never see from his pen the judgment that he had formed of the past : but we console ourselves with the thought , that to make history is greater than to write history ; that to have such a mind work- ing out life - thoughts in the most ...
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... never forget the shudder with which he recalled an attempt to commit a mass meeting of one of our large societies against a dogma at the time regarded unortho- dox . " Who of those who voted for or against the motion , " said he ...
... never forget the shudder with which he recalled an attempt to commit a mass meeting of one of our large societies against a dogma at the time regarded unortho- dox . " Who of those who voted for or against the motion , " said he ...
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Page 504 - And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth...
Page 143 - How good is man's life, the mere living! how fit to employ All the heart and the soul and the senses forever in joy!
Page 167 - A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Page 425 - And he said, Go, and tell this people, HEAR ye indeed, but understand not; And see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, And make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; Lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Page 144 - Spite of this flesh to-day I strove, made head, gained ground upon the whole!" As the bird wings and sings, Let us cry, "All good things Are ours, nor soul helps flesh more, now, than flesh helps soul!
Page 327 - For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places]. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Page 477 - Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners...
Page 329 - But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
Page 229 - I well consider all that ye have sayd, And find that all things stedfastnes doe hate And changed be: yet being rightly wayd, They are not changed from their first estate; But by their change their being doe dilate: And turning to themselves at length againe, Doe worke their owne perfection so by fate: Then over them Change doth not rule and raigne; But they raigne over Change, and doe their states maintaine.
Page 144 - And Good and Infinite Be named here, as thou callest thy hand thine own With knowledge absolute, Subject to no dispute From fools that crowded youth, nor let thee feel alone.