Popular preachers. Rev. W. Morley Punshon |
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... fears to be deemed orthodox . All this is true ; and the reflection that it is true may , we say , cause surprise in some quarters at our distinct declaration that the progress of science is an advantage to the preacher of the Gospel ...
... fears to be deemed orthodox . All this is true ; and the reflection that it is true may , we say , cause surprise in some quarters at our distinct declaration that the progress of science is an advantage to the preacher of the Gospel ...
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... fear of plagiarism . Originality can take care of itself . All our mental stores are derived either from observa- tion of nature , or the aid of our fellows , and he who can assimilate most , is most original . This does not , of course ...
... fear of plagiarism . Originality can take care of itself . All our mental stores are derived either from observa- tion of nature , or the aid of our fellows , and he who can assimilate most , is most original . This does not , of course ...
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... fear for the daily sustenance , and with the selfishness which would fret and pine for BUNYAN IN PRISON . " And now it is night - fall . They have had their evening worship , and , as in another dungeon , ' the prisoners heard them ...
... fear for the daily sustenance , and with the selfishness which would fret and pine for BUNYAN IN PRISON . " And now it is night - fall . They have had their evening worship , and , as in another dungeon , ' the prisoners heard them ...
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... fear- writings , and which was so marked a characteristic of his life . It has been well said , ' he loved his country as a Roman the city of the Seven Hills , as an Athe- nian the city of the Violet Crown . ' Herein is his essential ...
... fear- writings , and which was so marked a characteristic of his life . It has been well said , ' he loved his country as a Roman the city of the Seven Hills , as an Athe- nian the city of the Violet Crown . ' Herein is his essential ...
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... fears ; 7,500 were called for within six months of the publication , it passed through fifteen editions in England , and twenty - five in America , was translated into five languages , and it is said that not a year passed during his ...
... fears ; 7,500 were called for within six months of the publication , it passed through fifteen editions in England , and twenty - five in America , was translated into five languages , and it is said that not a year passed during his ...
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Page 22 - Know ye not that your bodies are the temples of the Holy Ghost, which is within you ? Again he saith, You are not in the flesh, but in the spirit.
Page 15 - No, by no means, I will not stir, neither will I have the meeting dismissed for this. Come, be of good cheer; let us not be daunted; our cause is good, we need not be ashamed of it; to preach God's Word, is so good a work, that we shall be well rewarded, if we suffer for that...
Page 15 - God of his mercy should choose me to go upon the forlorn hope in this country; that is, to be the first, that should be opposed, for the gospel ; if I should fly, it might be a discouragement to the whole body that might follow after.
Page 15 - ... end, if you do not submit to go to church to hear divine service and leave your preaching, you must be banished the realm ; and if after such a day as shall be appointed you to be gone, you shall be found in this realm, or be found to come over again without special licence from the king, you must stretch by the neck for it, I tell you plainly ; ' — and so he bid my jailer have me away.
Page 15 - You must be had back again to prison, and there lie for three months following ; and at three months' end, if you do not submit to go to church to hear divine service, and leave your preaching, you must be banished the realm ; and if, after such a day as shall be appointed you to be gone, you shall be found in this realm...
Page 19 - Father, I will that those whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory...
Page 20 - Moses and the prophets, let them hear them; and if they hear not Moses and the prophets neither would they be persuaded though one rose from the dead.
Page 19 - Beloved, now are we the sons of God, but it doth not yet appear what we shall be ; but we know that when He shall appear we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
Page 15 - I told him, as to this matter, I was at a point with him; for if I were out of prison today, I would preach the Gospel again tomorrow, by the help of God.
Page 12 - ... faithful to duty — to open the world's dim eye to the majesty of conscience — to gather and instruct the orphans bereft of a father's blessing and of a mother's prayer — to care for the outcast and abandoned, who have drunk in iniquity with their mother's milk, whom the priest and the...