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... cold , hardened , and unaccommodating character that he neither feared God nor regarded man . There was not a glimpse of light or softness in such a character as this ; where there was neither sympathy , nor the sense of right , nor the ...
... cold , hardened , and unaccommodating character that he neither feared God nor regarded man . There was not a glimpse of light or softness in such a character as this ; where there was neither sympathy , nor the sense of right , nor the ...
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... cold , unchanging laws work evermore towards the great end He has in view , and will not deviate a hair's breadth for all the swelling murmurs of little - witted men ? The true and philosophical conception of God is of one absolute and ...
... cold , unchanging laws work evermore towards the great end He has in view , and will not deviate a hair's breadth for all the swelling murmurs of little - witted men ? The true and philosophical conception of God is of one absolute and ...
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... cold cheerless Godhead you describe , yet better perish so labouring , battling , crying for the light , than be false to the nobler instincts and unquenchable convictions of our higher nature , or silence the sweetest music in the book ...
... cold cheerless Godhead you describe , yet better perish so labouring , battling , crying for the light , than be false to the nobler instincts and unquenchable convictions of our higher nature , or silence the sweetest music in the book ...
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... cold necessity , but of providential appointment , based on , and ever observant of , the eternal law of righteousness . This law He stands up to defend , and will avenge every breach of it , ―rooting out ungodliness , and answering the ...
... cold necessity , but of providential appointment , based on , and ever observant of , the eternal law of righteousness . This law He stands up to defend , and will avenge every breach of it , ―rooting out ungodliness , and answering the ...
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... cold petitions . The utterance of a few accustomed phrases is far different from the definite sense of need , and the strong desire for help , which is to be found in real prayer . A clear head and a 38 Thoughts on Prayer .
... cold petitions . The utterance of a few accustomed phrases is far different from the definite sense of need , and the strong desire for help , which is to be found in real prayer . A clear head and a 38 Thoughts on Prayer .
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ALMIGHTY Amen answer to prayer apostle barrenness in prayer beseech Thee bitter blessing bright cause Christ our Lord Christian cloud communion confess death deep deep heart denied difficulties doubt earnest efficacy of prayer enjoyment everlasting everlasting God evermore faith Father fear feeling forgive GETHSEMANE give God's grace grant hear heart heart-blessing heart-work in prayer heart's desire heaven Holy Spirit hope ignorance inconsistency infirmities intercession Israel Jesus Christ lips mercifully mercy mind natural ness never Old Testament ourselves over-humbleness painful peace petitions plead Praise pray pride promise Psalm real efficacy realize reason for unanswered REGULARITY IN PRAYER self-ignor sense of need servants sinners sins sorrow spirit of prayer supplications teach Thine things Thou hast thoughts tion toil true prayer unanswered prayer unjust judge unto unworthy utterance voice weariness Whatsoever ye wisdom wish words worldly wrestling ye ask ye shall ask
Popular passages
Page 106 - O ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise...
Page 125 - Abide with me from morn till eve, For without thee I cannot live ; Abide with me when night is nigh, For without thee I dare not die.
Page 124 - GOD, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of men; that thou wouldest be pleased to make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health unto all nations.
Page 125 - Come near and bless us when we wake, ere through the world our way we take; till in the ocean of thy love we lose ourselves in heaven above.
Page 120 - LORD, when we bend before thy throne, And our confessions pour, Teach us to feel the sins we own, And hate what we deplore...
Page 122 - Lord, deal not with us after our sins. Answer. Neither reward us after our iniquities. Let us pray. OGOD, merciful Father, that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as be sorrowful...
Page 125 - Thou hast made, nor wouldest the death of a sinner, but rather that he should be converted and live ; have mercy upon all Jews, Turks, Infidels, and Heretics, and take from them all ignorance, hardness of heart, and contempt of Thy Word ; and so fetch them home, blessed LORD, to Thy flock, that they may be saved among the remnant of the true Israelites, and be made one fold under one Shepherd, JESUS CHRIST our LORD, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the HOLY SPIRIT, one GOD, world without end.
Page 8 - GOD, the strength of all them that put their trust in thee, mercifully accept our prayers ; and because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace, that in keeping thy commandments, we may please thee both in will and deed, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 124 - And some have found the world is vain, Yet from the world they break not free; And some have friends who give them pain, Yet have not sought a friend in thee...
Page 125 - O merciful GOD, Who hast made all men, and hatest nothing that Thou hast made, nor wouldest the death of a sinner, but rather that he should be converted and live...