 | Lucy A. Prouty - 1870 - 184 pages
...them sheep. This is in keeping with the creed of original sin, and total depravity. But our Saviour took little children in his arms and said "of such is the kingdom of heaven." According to Orthodoxy, they must have been goats, for they had not been converted, nor met with any... | |
 | grafin Maria von der Recke-Volmerstein - 1874 - 368 pages
...it was this which drew the Saviour to Mary, which drew Him to the children whom He so lovingly took in His arms, and said, ' Of such is the kingdom of heaven.' This individuality we love in one another, although we are oppressed by the feeling that we are not as we... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1880 - 862 pages
...little fiend who sleeps so sweetly on his mother's breast ? Was it an infant demon which Jesus took in his arms and said, " Of such is the kingdom of heaven ?" Is the child, who, as you relate to him a story of suffering or generosity, listens with a tearful... | |
 | David Thomas - 1881 - 446 pages
...are the babes. The great Father regards the infant population. His blessed Son when here, took babes in His arms and said, "Of such is the kingdom of heaven." Even one babe is of more worth in the universe, than the whole vegetable kingdom. (3) What is one plant... | |
 | Mabel Fox (fict.name.) - 1881 - 88 pages
...beautiful. There was a great light, softer than the moon, over everything; and a beautiful being took me in his arms, and said, ' Of such is the kingdom of heaven ;' and when he put me down, whole troops of little children gathered about me. Not one of them was... | |
 | Addison Peale Russell - 1887 - 272 pages
...kith me ? " At which, of course, many in the great audience laughed. But when he took the darling up in his arms, and said, " Of such is the kingdom of heaven," and descanted upon the innocency and purity of childhood, there was not a dry eye in the church, and... | |
 | 1888 - 832 pages
...the kingdom of Christ. To us, this statement contradicts the language of Christ himself. When he took children in his arms and said, "of such is the kingdom of hcacen." A noted writer has voiced the sentiment of our Church, when he said — The new birth and... | |
 | Joseph Augustus Seiss - 1890 - 382 pages
...to that man." (P. 108.) Three evangelists have told us that our Savior took up little, young, infant children in his arms and said, "OF SUCH is THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN;" that is, the kingdom of God is made up of them and all like them. Some have undertaken to say that... | |
 | WILLIAM E. CHANNING, D.D. - 1891 - 1074 pages
...little fiend who sleeps so sweetly on his mother's breast ? Was it an infant demon which Jesus took with the spiritual energy of men who, in the cause of t " ? Is the child, who. as you relate to him a story of suffering or generosity, listens with a tearful... | |
 | William John Deane - 1893 - 556 pages
...are the babes. The great Father regards the infant population. His blessed Son, when here, took babes in his arms, and said, "Of such is the kingdom of heaven." Even one babe is of more worth in the universe than the whole vegetable kingdom. 3. What is one plant... | |
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