Lectures Delivered Before the Young Men's Christian Association, 1845-1846--1864-1865, Volume 13James Nisbet & Company, 1858 - Christianity |
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... kind and valu- services rendered to the Association by the respected rs , and to renew their thanks to those Friends who r to year support this publication , and so aid the in their endeavour to make the instructions and ided for Young ...
... kind and valu- services rendered to the Association by the respected rs , and to renew their thanks to those Friends who r to year support this publication , and so aid the in their endeavour to make the instructions and ided for Young ...
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... kind and valu- able services rendered to the Association by the respected Lecturers , and to renew their thanks to those Friends who from year to year support this publication , and so aid the Committee in their endeavour to make the ...
... kind and valu- able services rendered to the Association by the respected Lecturers , and to renew their thanks to those Friends who from year to year support this publication , and so aid the Committee in their endeavour to make the ...
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... kind consideration for my own deficiencies , and to your respectful attention to statements which , however feebly expressed , affect the happiness of one and all of us , not only in this present life , but in that which is to come ...
... kind consideration for my own deficiencies , and to your respectful attention to statements which , however feebly expressed , affect the happiness of one and all of us , not only in this present life , but in that which is to come ...
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... kind . I tell you that all sin is unmanly , utterly and essentially so . I , virtue , I am man- liness , I alone am manliness ; without me you may be a fool , you may be a brute , you may be a demon , but you cannot be a man . I must be ...
... kind . I tell you that all sin is unmanly , utterly and essentially so . I , virtue , I am man- liness , I alone am manliness ; without me you may be a fool , you may be a brute , you may be a demon , but you cannot be a man . I must be ...
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... kind , God is compassionate , God forgives his enemies - when they hunger he feeds them , when they thirst he gives them drink . " He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good , and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust ...
... kind , God is compassionate , God forgives his enemies - when they hunger he feeds them , when they thirst he gives them drink . " He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good , and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust ...
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Page 158 - What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
Page 368 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 225 - Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement. From garret to basement, She stood with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver, But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river; Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery Swift to be hurled — Anywhere, anywhere Out of the world ! In she plunged boldly, No matter how coldly The rough river ran.
Page 270 - Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word : Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars : Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl...
Page 402 - But Jesus said, Forbid him not : for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
Page 270 - The heavens declare the glory of God: And the firmament showeth His handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth: And their words to the end of the world.
Page 402 - And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.
Page 182 - Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost Of good and evil much they argued then, Of happiness and final misery, Passion and apathy, and glory and shame, Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy...
Page 521 - Perish policy and cunning, Perish all that fears the light ! Whether losing, whether winning, Trust in God and do the right.
Page 330 - ... a preacher in earnest ; weeping sometimes for his auditory, sometimes with them ; always preaching to himself, like an angel from a cloud, but in none ; carrying some, as St. Paul was, to heaven in holy raptures, and enticing others by a sacred art and courtship to amend their lives...