The Life that Now is: SermonsFuller, 1871 - 351 pages |
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... it will hold good while vines and men continue to grow on the earth . It is not something once done , and then done with , but something that is now doing , and that will be done to the end of time . In many VINES AND BRANCHES .
... it will hold good while vines and men continue to grow on the earth . It is not something once done , and then done with , but something that is now doing , and that will be done to the end of time . In many VINES AND BRANCHES .
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... vigor than it could have shown ungrafted ; will reveal in fruit or flower , very clearly , the new stock from which it draws its vitality . It was so with these men . They felt their life grow strong and good in the 4 VINES AND BRANCHES .
... vigor than it could have shown ungrafted ; will reveal in fruit or flower , very clearly , the new stock from which it draws its vitality . It was so with these men . They felt their life grow strong and good in the 4 VINES AND BRANCHES .
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Sermons Robert Collyer. They felt their life grow strong and good in the strength and goodness of their great Friend ... growing better by the greater ; the weaker being grafted into , and drawing life from , the stronger ; the Son of Man ...
Sermons Robert Collyer. They felt their life grow strong and good in the strength and goodness of their great Friend ... growing better by the greater ; the weaker being grafted into , and drawing life from , the stronger ; the Son of Man ...
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... grow So close against his heart as not to know How weak they are alone . " This brings me , secondly , to the true test of this union with Christ , what it is , and how it is to be distinguished , or , in other words , the spiritual ...
... grow So close against his heart as not to know How weak they are alone . " This brings me , secondly , to the true test of this union with Christ , what it is , and how it is to be distinguished , or , in other words , the spiritual ...
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... grow as it will . And all these claims , as you know , have involved the Christian world in endless , and sometimes shameful , persecutions . Now , will not this analogy of the vine and the branches cast precisely the light we need ...
... grow as it will . And all these claims , as you know , have involved the Christian world in endless , and sometimes shameful , persecutions . Now , will not this analogy of the vine and the branches cast precisely the light we need ...
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Page 163 - Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves: for a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him'?
Page 25 - For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee : for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Page 128 - But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth : for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Page 165 - Ask, and it shall be given you : seek, and you shall find : knock, and it shall be opened to you.
Page 77 - ... hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth...
Page 326 - GROW old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made: Our times are in his hand Who saith, "A whole I planned, Youth shows but half; trust God: see all, nor be afraid!
Page 138 - And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 4 - I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh away ; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Page 138 - Nay, not so," Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low, But cheerly still ; and said, " I pray thee, then, Write me as one that loves his fellow-men.
Page 138 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?