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Page vii
... apostles downwards , were never tired of com- menting on its messages , nor exalting its sanctity ; how in the early writings of the Fathers and the early Liturgies it occupies a prominent place ; how , as with the Creed , the history ...
... apostles downwards , were never tired of com- menting on its messages , nor exalting its sanctity ; how in the early writings of the Fathers and the early Liturgies it occupies a prominent place ; how , as with the Creed , the history ...
Page viii
... Apostles ' discourses of the Lord , parables , precepts , are touched upon ! how many duties are at once discharged ! -the honouring of ' God in the Father , the testimony of faith in the Name , the offering of obedience in the will ...
... Apostles ' discourses of the Lord , parables , precepts , are touched upon ! how many duties are at once discharged ! -the honouring of ' God in the Father , the testimony of faith in the Name , the offering of obedience in the will ...
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... Apostles to continue with Thee in Thy temp- tations : so enable us by Thy grace to abide with Thee in Thy true Church , under all trials , visible and invisible , nor ever to cease from being one in Thee . And deliver , & c . - From the ...
... Apostles to continue with Thee in Thy temp- tations : so enable us by Thy grace to abide with Thee in Thy true Church , under all trials , visible and invisible , nor ever to cease from being one in Thee . And deliver , & c . - From the ...
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... Apostle John was revealed what should be hereafter , and in the filthy mines of Patmos comfort came to him and a vision of the Son of Man , because he prayed and ' was in the spirit on the Lord's day . ' The Lord's arm is not shortened ...
... Apostle John was revealed what should be hereafter , and in the filthy mines of Patmos comfort came to him and a vision of the Son of Man , because he prayed and ' was in the spirit on the Lord's day . ' The Lord's arm is not shortened ...
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... LIFE : An easy Explanation of the Ten Com- mandments . Whitaker . 2 THE RULE OF FAITH : An easy Explanation of the Apostles ' Creed . Whitaker . intercourse with God , which was the happiness and refreshment THE RULE OF PRAYER . 39.
... LIFE : An easy Explanation of the Ten Com- mandments . Whitaker . 2 THE RULE OF FAITH : An easy Explanation of the Apostles ' Creed . Whitaker . intercourse with God , which was the happiness and refreshment THE RULE OF PRAYER . 39.
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Page 143 - And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. 15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was.
Page 18 - There are in this loud stunning tide Of human care and crime, With whom the melodies abide Of th' everlasting chime ; Who carry music in their heart Through dusky lane and wrangling mart, Plying their daily task with busier feet, Because their secret souls a holy strain repeat.
Page 97 - O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Page 48 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.
Page 29 - My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Page 49 - O thou by whom we come to God— The life, the truth, the way ; The path of prayer thyself hast trod ; Lord, teach us how to pray.
Page 159 - LORD, how happy should we be ^-^ If we could cast our care- on Thee, If we from self could rest ; And feel at heart that One above In perfect wisdom, perfect love, Is working for the best.
Page 82 - If we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us : but, if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Page 107 - And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled...
Page 29 - Nothing in my hand I bring, Simply to Thy cross I cling; ' Naked, come to Thee for dress, Helpless, look to Thee for grace; Foul, I to the fountain fly; Wash me, Saviour, or I die.