The Eclectic Review, Volume 11; Volume 75Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood 1842 |
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... minds of his hearers , not only that he may vigorously defend the truth against its enemies , but even for acquiring a ... mind , some skill in argument , and some power of illustration , clearness in apprehending and facility in explain ...
... minds of his hearers , not only that he may vigorously defend the truth against its enemies , but even for acquiring a ... mind , some skill in argument , and some power of illustration , clearness in apprehending and facility in explain ...
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... mind ; further , that there is the utmost variety in the mental constitution of different classes of hearers , and ... minds those which most nearly re- semble his own , and are , therefore , most likely to be benefited by his ...
... mind ; further , that there is the utmost variety in the mental constitution of different classes of hearers , and ... minds those which most nearly re- semble his own , and are , therefore , most likely to be benefited by his ...
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... mind , and it is in vain to struggle against it ; something there must be to stimulate attention , to exercise and occupy the various faculties of the mind - some variety or novelty either in the matter or the arrangement , in the modes ...
... mind , and it is in vain to struggle against it ; something there must be to stimulate attention , to exercise and occupy the various faculties of the mind - some variety or novelty either in the matter or the arrangement , in the modes ...
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... mind , in a way calculated to affect suit- ably the minds of others . In the pulpit , we often see persons of great mental powers , large professional attainments , and imbued with a sincere desire to be useful to their fellow men , who ...
... mind , in a way calculated to affect suit- ably the minds of others . In the pulpit , we often see persons of great mental powers , large professional attainments , and imbued with a sincere desire to be useful to their fellow men , who ...
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... mind to encounter , he sinks into indolence , his preach- ing becomes barren and vapid , and his chapel empty . Of the extent to which we would carry this training , ( varying in some cases , according to age and other circumstances ...
... mind to encounter , he sinks into indolence , his preach- ing becomes barren and vapid , and his chapel empty . Of the extent to which we would carry this training , ( varying in some cases , according to age and other circumstances ...
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Page 164 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Page 112 - And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of His mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming : even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish ; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Page 234 - Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
Page 239 - A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art : Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of every Branch of Human Knowledge ; with the Derivation and Definition of all the Terms in General Use. Edited by WT BRANDE, FRSL and E.
Page 99 - WHAT is truth ?" said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief, affecting free-will in thinking as well as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins, though there be not so much blood in them as was in those of the ancients.
Page 65 - I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Page 231 - The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.
Page 260 - Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition...
Page 483 - THE GREAT COMMISSION ; Or, the Christian Church constituted and charged to convey the Gospel to the World.
Page 260 - Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.