At Eventide: DiscoursesD. Lothrop, 1877 - 266 pages |
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Page 34
... child of God , though his inquiry about love to God might stir a question to the contrary in some zealous , honest mind among his friends . His question has had two effects on me ; one , to make me endeavor to be charitable in judg- ing ...
... child of God , though his inquiry about love to God might stir a question to the contrary in some zealous , honest mind among his friends . His question has had two effects on me ; one , to make me endeavor to be charitable in judg- ing ...
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... child to a parent , indulge in words of adora- tion ; all of which , on second thought , seem to me too free for a mortal to use in his intercourse with his Master . Yet my feelings are so strong that I cannot restrain myself . Tell me ...
... child to a parent , indulge in words of adora- tion ; all of which , on second thought , seem to me too free for a mortal to use in his intercourse with his Master . Yet my feelings are so strong that I cannot restrain myself . Tell me ...
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... child's prayer . Were we required to give a definition of love to God , we might well be at a loss for one which would seem more fitted to the subject than the feeling of this dying Christian and of this child . For it is questionable ...
... child's prayer . Were we required to give a definition of love to God , we might well be at a loss for one which would seem more fitted to the subject than the feeling of this dying Christian and of this child . For it is questionable ...
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... child , so that the pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof . Instead of growing sullen , then de- spondent , they have humbled themselves under the mighty hand of God , and he has exalted them in due time . Years ...
... child , so that the pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof . Instead of growing sullen , then de- spondent , they have humbled themselves under the mighty hand of God , and he has exalted them in due time . Years ...
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... children go at large in the world with evil companions , or furnish them with money to gratify every expensive , worldly taste , neglecting to restrain them , and to bring them up after a godly sort , then , laying the blame of their ...
... children go at large in the world with evil companions , or furnish them with money to gratify every expensive , worldly taste , neglecting to restrain them , and to bring them up after a godly sort , then , laying the blame of their ...
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Page 31 - Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me. and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Page 159 - And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
Page 89 - Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
Page 87 - Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead : so the last error shall be worse than the first. Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch : go your way, make it as sure as ye can. So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
Page 212 - Who is wise, and he shall understand these things ? prudent, and he shall know them ? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them : but the transgressors shall fall therein.
Page 15 - For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed ; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
Page 70 - Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
Page 39 - He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God : many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.
Page 260 - Hast thou not known ? hast thou not heard, That the everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Fainteth not, neither is weary ? There is no searching of his understanding.
Page 58 - For I delight in the law of God after the inward man : but I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.