The Evangelist, Volume 1John Leifchild, Redford (Rev. Dr.) J.R. Leifchild, 1838 - Sermons |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 6
... mind would be unfavourable . But these narratives particularly demand such a state of mind . What for ? What effect is to be pro- duced by them ? Ask what they should have been seen for by those who stood around ! What were they to ...
... mind would be unfavourable . But these narratives particularly demand such a state of mind . What for ? What effect is to be pro- duced by them ? Ask what they should have been seen for by those who stood around ! What were they to ...
Page 7
... mind can realise them here . It is a just boast that distance of time and place can make no difference in the thing to it . The inimitable simplicity of the narrative deserves remark . It is perfectly simple . Whatever is perfect in its ...
... mind can realise them here . It is a just boast that distance of time and place can make no difference in the thing to it . The inimitable simplicity of the narrative deserves remark . It is perfectly simple . Whatever is perfect in its ...
Page 13
John Leifchild, Redford (Rev. Dr.) It fills the mind with God , impelling it to meditation and fervent prayer , and , so to speak , consecrating every scene with which it is conversant . " I am , " says a man of eminent piety ...
John Leifchild, Redford (Rev. Dr.) It fills the mind with God , impelling it to meditation and fervent prayer , and , so to speak , consecrating every scene with which it is conversant . " I am , " says a man of eminent piety ...
Page 20
... mind . There our social feelings will find uninterrupted enjoyment . Our intellectual facul- ties will be ever employed on subjects of the utmost sublimity and grandeur . Our moral sentiments will be gratified with an unceasing supply ...
... mind . There our social feelings will find uninterrupted enjoyment . Our intellectual facul- ties will be ever employed on subjects of the utmost sublimity and grandeur . Our moral sentiments will be gratified with an unceasing supply ...
Page 22
... mind amidst every difficulty . There is a concurrence of the highest reason with the scriptural precept , which exhorts us to set our affections on things above . V. We shall very soon quit the present life . What is more uncertain than ...
... mind amidst every difficulty . There is a concurrence of the highest reason with the scriptural precept , which exhorts us to set our affections on things above . V. We shall very soon quit the present life . What is more uncertain than ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
apostle appear Arian Arminian believe Bible bishop bishop of Rome blessing called character christian church conduct connexion conscience Constantinople curse death disciples discourse divine divine grace doctrine duty earth effect eminent piety eternal Eutychians evil faith Father favour fear feel follow friends give glory God's gospel grace happiness hath hearers heart heaven holy honour hope human idolatry importance infidelity influence Jesus Christ Jews John Goodwin labour light live Lord Lord's matter means ment mercy mind minister moral nature neral Nestorius never object observe Papacy passage Pelagius persons Peter pharisee prayer preacher preaching present principles prophet racter Raiatea receive religion religious remarkable rendered Rome salvation Saviour scripture sermon servant sinner sins solemn sophisms soul speak spect spirit thee things thou thought tion true truth unto vanity whole wicked wisdom word
Popular passages
Page 417 - But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth ? 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and easiest my words behind thee.
Page 170 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Page 338 - And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shall not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Page 16 - Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter ; for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.
Page 251 - For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Page 256 - For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own Blood, suffered without the gate.
Page 274 - The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, And all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field : The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: . Because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: Surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: But the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Page 265 - For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
Page 186 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out...
Page 274 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate ; laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.