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... bate the lukewarmness of the present day , when many enter the holy ministry more for the love of gain than the glory of God , and bend with submis- sive meanness to the mandate of power , whether it ONLY IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE . 11.
... bate the lukewarmness of the present day , when many enter the holy ministry more for the love of gain than the glory of God , and bend with submis- sive meanness to the mandate of power , whether it ONLY IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE . 11.
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... enter thou into the joy of thy Lord . " The natural feelings of humanity , and all that is dignified in man , operate most powerfully in the practice of this holy religion , declaring , that the Godof nature and the God of the Christian ...
... enter thou into the joy of thy Lord . " The natural feelings of humanity , and all that is dignified in man , operate most powerfully in the practice of this holy religion , declaring , that the Godof nature and the God of the Christian ...
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... enter not ; they hear of the direful effect of passion on the human constitution , and the deadening effect of habit on the mind of man , but they hear as if they heard not ; they follow after the pursuit of desire , looking not beyond ...
... enter not ; they hear of the direful effect of passion on the human constitution , and the deadening effect of habit on the mind of man , but they hear as if they heard not ; they follow after the pursuit of desire , looking not beyond ...
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... enter the houses and cottages of the poor , we there see not only a famine of bread and clothing , but like- wise of the word of life . Though they may have in their possession a Bible , and attend a place of worship , still they ...
... enter the houses and cottages of the poor , we there see not only a famine of bread and clothing , but like- wise of the word of life . Though they may have in their possession a Bible , and attend a place of worship , still they ...
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... enter the kingdom of heaven . Habit is so powerful , that it is considered one of the greatest exertions of human nature to overcome evil habits ; if such is the case , how dan- gerous is it to acquire a habit of lying ! When it is ...
... enter the kingdom of heaven . Habit is so powerful , that it is considered one of the greatest exertions of human nature to overcome evil habits ; if such is the case , how dan- gerous is it to acquire a habit of lying ! When it is ...
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True Happiness Found Only in the Christian Life: Letters Andrew Reid (of London ) Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 243 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Seite 179 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of Ev'n or Morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Seite 92 - And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Seite 93 - Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Seite 88 - And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him ; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
Seite 42 - The sons also- of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee ; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet ; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Seite 174 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength...
Seite 109 - From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression. But I lose Myself in Him, in light ineffable ! Come, then, expressive Silence, muse His praise.
Seite 133 - Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see : the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Seite 56 - But wandering oft, with brute unconscious gaze, Man marks not Thee, marks not the mighty Hand That, ever busy, wheels the silent spheres ; Works in the secret deep ; shoots, steaming, thence The fair profusion that o'erspreads the Spring...