Quiet Talks on Following the ChristFleming H. Revell, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... of life , but confessed that every time he was in port , the shore temptations proved too much , and he always came back on board with a feeling of bitter defeat . He had read about Christianity 9 THE LONE MAN WHO WENT BEFORE.
... of life , but confessed that every time he was in port , the shore temptations proved too much , and he always came back on board with a feeling of bitter defeat . He had read about Christianity 9 THE LONE MAN WHO WENT BEFORE.
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... tempted , means that He could have yielded had He so chosen . That He did not meant real struggle on His part . Not , of course , that He ever wanted to yield to what was wrong , but temptation was never so subtle , and doing the right ...
... tempted , means that He could have yielded had He so chosen . That He did not meant real struggle on His part . Not , of course , that He ever wanted to yield to what was wrong , but temptation was never so subtle , and doing the right ...
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Samuel Dickey Gordon. How wondrously human this God - man was in His temptations , in His set refusals , and even more , how human in keeping free from sin . For sin is not human , letting sin in would have been a going down from the ...
Samuel Dickey Gordon. How wondrously human this God - man was in His temptations , in His set refusals , and even more , how human in keeping free from sin . For sin is not human , letting sin in would have been a going down from the ...
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... temptation , cunning , subtle , stormy , persistent . He knew the inner longings of a nature awakening , and yet what it meant to be held down by outer circum- stances . He knew the sharp test of waiting , long waiting . He knew hunger ...
... temptation , cunning , subtle , stormy , persistent . He knew the inner longings of a nature awakening , and yet what it meant to be held down by outer circum- stances . He knew the sharp test of waiting , long waiting . He knew hunger ...
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... temptation , and of intense spirit conflict . The fact of temptation was intensified by the length of it . Forty long days the lone struggle lasted . The time test is the hardest test . The greatest strength is the strength that wears ...
... temptation , and of intense spirit conflict . The fact of temptation was intensified by the length of it . Forty long days the lone struggle lasted . The time test is the hardest test . The greatest strength is the strength that wears ...
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Page 53 - But none of the ransomed ever knew How deep were the waters crossed ; Nor how dark was the night that the LORD passed through Ere He found His sheep that was lost.
Page 205 - THE God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, the great. Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant ; Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight ; through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 128 - I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou Shouldst lead me on. I loved to choose and see my path; but now Lead Thou me on!
Page 182 - JESUS, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow Thee ; Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou, from hence, my All shalt be.
Page 113 - Not myself, but the truth that in life I have spoken, Not myself, but the seed that in life I have sown, Shall pass on to ages, — all about me forgotten, Save the truth I have spoken, the things I have done.
Page 207 - And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin — ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
Page 112 - My name, and my place, and my tomb, all forgotten, The brief race of time well and patiently run ; So let me pass away, peacefully, silently, Only remembered by what I have done.
Page 164 - But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall quicken also your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
Page 23 - But thou shalt remember the LORD thy GOD : for it is He that giveth thee power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
Page 207 - I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Ghost, that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren's sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh...