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... pleading people , who , through myriad doubts and fears , have clung to Him . The lesson Christ enforces is one - men ought always to pray . Let the times be unfavourable , the current of public thought against it , and the scientific ...
... pleading people , who , through myriad doubts and fears , have clung to Him . The lesson Christ enforces is one - men ought always to pray . Let the times be unfavourable , the current of public thought against it , and the scientific ...
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... , though inconsistent with one another , are often found both influencing the same breast . St. James touches on both of these . When over - humbleness would plead that the ex- amples of successful and earnest prayer are not for her.
... , though inconsistent with one another , are often found both influencing the same breast . St. James touches on both of these . When over - humbleness would plead that the ex- amples of successful and earnest prayer are not for her.
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... plead with Him who is more ready to hear than we to pray . These difficulties , which all those who have prayed the most have felt the keenest , make real prayer hard work , and serve to call our at- tention to the strenuous efforts ...
... plead with Him who is more ready to hear than we to pray . These difficulties , which all those who have prayed the most have felt the keenest , make real prayer hard work , and serve to call our at- tention to the strenuous efforts ...
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... pleading of some blind devotee before an uncertain and capricious deity who may perchance interfere in our behalf . It is rather the effort of a humble and self - distrust- ful though perplexed spirit , striving to rise out of self ...
... pleading of some blind devotee before an uncertain and capricious deity who may perchance interfere in our behalf . It is rather the effort of a humble and self - distrust- ful though perplexed spirit , striving to rise out of self ...
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... plead His word , cling to His promise , hear His voice , we also know that He is , and that He is " the Rewarder of them that diligently seek Him . " And our Bibles confirm our expectations . The prayers it records are not to be mea ...
... plead His word , cling to His promise , hear His voice , we also know that He is , and that He is " the Rewarder of them that diligently seek Him . " And our Bibles confirm our expectations . The prayers it records are not to be mea ...
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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...