At Eventide: DiscoursesD. Lothrop, 1877 - 266 pages |
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Page 54
... grace we feel that he was a man greatly to be loved , and worthy to be studied ; he could not by imitation have acquired at once those traits of character which we find in his writings . Judging from the effects of conversion since his ...
... grace we feel that he was a man greatly to be loved , and worthy to be studied ; he could not by imitation have acquired at once those traits of character which we find in his writings . Judging from the effects of conversion since his ...
Page 55
... grace is given in answer to prevailing prayer . But to return . Here we have a man who by nature and education is a model man . The mor- alists , the religionists of that day would place any crown on his head which his ambition would ...
... grace is given in answer to prevailing prayer . But to return . Here we have a man who by nature and education is a model man . The mor- alists , the religionists of that day would place any crown on his head which his ambition would ...
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... grace of Ecclesiastes , the tone of the old desert rhetoric of Moses and Elijah appear in his speech . Can he not be persuaded to modify his speculative belief about Christianity a little , that we may settle him over one of our ...
... grace of Ecclesiastes , the tone of the old desert rhetoric of Moses and Elijah appear in his speech . Can he not be persuaded to modify his speculative belief about Christianity a little , that we may settle him over one of our ...
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... grace became a new creature , " and straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues that he was the Son of God . " Let any one of us imagine a change of any kind to happen to him . Suppose yourself to be invested with a power to read ...
... grace became a new creature , " and straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues that he was the Son of God . " Let any one of us imagine a change of any kind to happen to him . Suppose yourself to be invested with a power to read ...
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... grace ; in all men the same , notwithstanding the phenomenal circum- stances may be wanting ; yet substantially , the change is in every regenerated man the same . We perceive that one who had experienced it , must have had a different ...
... grace ; in all men the same , notwithstanding the phenomenal circum- stances may be wanting ; yet substantially , the change is in every regenerated man the same . We perceive that one who had experienced it , must have had a different ...
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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.