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... earth beguiled . " So glorious let thy pastors shine , That by their speaking lives the world may learn First filial duty , then divine ; That sons to parents , all to thee , may turn : And ready prove , in fires of love At sight of ...
... earth beguiled . " So glorious let thy pastors shine , That by their speaking lives the world may learn First filial duty , then divine ; That sons to parents , all to thee , may turn : And ready prove , in fires of love At sight of ...
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... earth to inquiring sinners , that is he still in heaven . Still does he say , " Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden , and I will give you rest . " Still does he invite the timid seeker to come and see " the rich provision ...
... earth to inquiring sinners , that is he still in heaven . Still does he say , " Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden , and I will give you rest . " Still does he invite the timid seeker to come and see " the rich provision ...
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... earth , than it is now , when he is enthroned in heaven . But that is a mis- take . Many came to converse with him when he lived in the world , who yet failed to find the Saviour in him . Multi- tudes might be pushed into contact with ...
... earth , than it is now , when he is enthroned in heaven . But that is a mis- take . Many came to converse with him when he lived in the world , who yet failed to find the Saviour in him . Multi- tudes might be pushed into contact with ...
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... earth , and we be inactive with the better news of the Gos- pel ? It is told of the commentator Thomas Scott that , as he went to preach at a church in Lothbury at six o'clock in the morning , he used to observe that , if at any time in ...
... earth , and we be inactive with the better news of the Gos- pel ? It is told of the commentator Thomas Scott that , as he went to preach at a church in Lothbury at six o'clock in the morning , he used to observe that , if at any time in ...
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... earth , the man who would intercede for a multitude must make his petitions so general that they descend not to the individual wants of each , so it must be with Jesus . But that is a mistake ; for the omniscience of his deity makes him ...
... earth , the man who would intercede for a multitude must make his petitions so general that they descend not to the individual wants of each , so it must be with Jesus . But that is a mistake ; for the omniscience of his deity makes him ...
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Page 135 - Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Page 227 - For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish : to the one we are the savour of death unto death ; and to the other the savour of life unto life.
Page 326 - Let the righteous smite me ; it shall be a kindness : and let him reprove me ; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
Page 130 - So after he had washed their feet and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them ; Know ye what I have done to you ? Ye call me Master and Lord ; and ye say well ; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 6 - There is not a single thought in the volume that does not contribute in some measure to the formation of a true gentleman.
Page 55 - And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid ; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
Page 346 - Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Page 343 - For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Page 215 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul, neither said any of them, that aught of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things common.
Page 67 - Doth this offend you? What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.