Methodist Magazine and Review, Volume 57W. Briggs., 1903 |
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Page 14
... united Man- kind , in a wide Universe of Nescience , has acquired , why is not this , with all diligence , imparted to all ? " Apart from any higher motive , as a young and growing nation we cannot afford to have fifty thousand woodsmen ...
... united Man- kind , in a wide Universe of Nescience , has acquired , why is not this , with all diligence , imparted to all ? " Apart from any higher motive , as a young and growing nation we cannot afford to have fifty thousand woodsmen ...
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... united in his own person so many of the character- istics of that great leader , or so impressed himself upon his con- temporaries in the Church and out- side . An Oxford graduate , broad and generous in his sympathies , with all good ...
... united in his own person so many of the character- istics of that great leader , or so impressed himself upon his con- temporaries in the Church and out- side . An Oxford graduate , broad and generous in his sympathies , with all good ...
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... united . But what is the Church ? It is a number of persons called out from the mass , constituted a unit by the principle of faith in Christ , and manifesting their unity by par- taking of the communion of the Lord's body and being ...
... united . But what is the Church ? It is a number of persons called out from the mass , constituted a unit by the principle of faith in Christ , and manifesting their unity by par- taking of the communion of the Lord's body and being ...
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... united front to the world . We have already come to the General As- sembly and Church of the First- born whose names are written in heaven ; but this , we are persuaded , does not completely fulfil the pur- pose of Christ . Development ...
... united front to the world . We have already come to the General As- sembly and Church of the First- born whose names are written in heaven ; but this , we are persuaded , does not completely fulfil the pur- pose of Christ . Development ...
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... united Church assails him , he will begin to meditate retreat . Why should not the one question we ask of any Church or individual be that which Jehu asked the old Arab chief Jehonadab , whose ser- vices he desired : " Is thine heart ...
... united Church assails him , he will begin to meditate retreat . Why should not the one question we ask of any Church or individual be that which Jehu asked the old Arab chief Jehonadab , whose ser- vices he desired : " Is thine heart ...
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Page 46 - That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it: This high man, with a great thing to pursue, Dies ere he knows it.
Page 394 - Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues were lined with grenadiers. The streets were kept clear by cavalry. The peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled by the heralds under Garter King-at-Arms.
Page 157 - DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.
Page 249 - Sadly, but not with upbraiding, The generous deed was done, In the storm of the years that are fading, No braver battle was won . Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Under the blossoms, the Blue, Under the garlands, the Gray.
Page 396 - There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa.
Page 491 - Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Page 43 - And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Page 545 - This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
Page 545 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 245 - tis weary; Round its staff 'tis drooping dreary; Furl it, fold it, it is best; For there's not a man to wave it, And there's not a sword to save it, And there's not one left to lave it In the blood which heroes gave it; And its foes now scorn and brave it; Furl it, hide it— let it rest!