The Scottish Congregational Magazine - Vol. XXV, January to December 1876.1876 |
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... duty to discharge beyond ascertaining his possession of adequate Scripture knowledge , and irreproachable moral character . These tests , it is assumed , are alone within her competence , and while she is entitled to demand a credible ...
... duty to discharge beyond ascertaining his possession of adequate Scripture knowledge , and irreproachable moral character . These tests , it is assumed , are alone within her competence , and while she is entitled to demand a credible ...
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... duty to herself and to the trust committed to her , but a duty also of faithfulness to the applicant . It is sometimes objected , that for the church to undertake to pronounce a judgment on the spiritual fitness of the candidates for ...
... duty to herself and to the trust committed to her , but a duty also of faithfulness to the applicant . It is sometimes objected , that for the church to undertake to pronounce a judgment on the spiritual fitness of the candidates for ...
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... among the societies of His own suffering people , for which my soul shall bless Him for ever and ever , and shall commend the duty of fellowship meetings to all that would be kept lively in CHRISTIAN LIFE TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO . 7.
... among the societies of His own suffering people , for which my soul shall bless Him for ever and ever , and shall commend the duty of fellowship meetings to all that would be kept lively in CHRISTIAN LIFE TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO . 7.
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... duty to the church . Having entered its fellowship , it is expected that you leave nothing within your reach undone , to promote its welfare . The responsibility does not lie with the Pastor and Deacons . As all share in the privileges ...
... duty to the church . Having entered its fellowship , it is expected that you leave nothing within your reach undone , to promote its welfare . The responsibility does not lie with the Pastor and Deacons . As all share in the privileges ...
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... duty of personally testifying for Christ . The Rev. A. Prentice preached in the afternoon from Isaiah ii . 23 , and the Rev. Mr Bell in the evening from John iii . 16. Special collections were made both on Thursday and Sabbath , which ...
... duty of personally testifying for Christ . The Rev. A. Prentice preached in the afternoon from Isaiah ii . 23 , and the Rev. Mr Bell in the evening from John iii . 16. Special collections were made both on Thursday and Sabbath , which ...
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Page 242 - ... soon. Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers. Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon...
Page 70 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below, LXIII.
Page 283 - Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in. the prophets : Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish : for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
Page 244 - For I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity, Nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue.
Page 257 - Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity : for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Page 371 - I have given them thy word ; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Page 275 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings ! and ye would not...
Page 191 - I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD ; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.
Page 357 - For the invisible things of God from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead...
Page 371 - I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them as thou hast loved me.