The Christian Witness and Congregational Magazine, Volume 1John Snow, 1865 - Congregational churches |
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PREFACE . THE end of the year suggests a review not of our own labours merely , but of the general history of the year as well . The last twelve months have left a mark on the world too deep and bright to be ever effaced or forgotten ...
PREFACE . THE end of the year suggests a review not of our own labours merely , but of the general history of the year as well . The last twelve months have left a mark on the world too deep and bright to be ever effaced or forgotten ...
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... labours have involved an expenditure of strength and many resources on which feebler men have often looked with wonder . It is now committed to the care of a younger man , who is conscious of bringing to his work a hearty sympathy with ...
... labours have involved an expenditure of strength and many resources on which feebler men have often looked with wonder . It is now committed to the care of a younger man , who is conscious of bringing to his work a hearty sympathy with ...
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... labours and trials of this struggle he learnt the real worth of Christian faith and of Christian liberty . And in the repose of the retreat to which he has betaken him- self from the cares and vicissitudes of statesmanship , God permits ...
... labours and trials of this struggle he learnt the real worth of Christian faith and of Christian liberty . And in the repose of the retreat to which he has betaken him- self from the cares and vicissitudes of statesmanship , God permits ...
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... labour , and it is the experience of all who have thought over the subject care- fully in the light of Scripture , that ... labours form a deeply interesting chapter in the his- tory of philanthropy , but our space forbids more than the ...
... labour , and it is the experience of all who have thought over the subject care- fully in the light of Scripture , that ... labours form a deeply interesting chapter in the his- tory of philanthropy , but our space forbids more than the ...
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... labour of love we perform , is contributing its share towards making us what we shall be for ever . And who will say that the evil which mingles with our good is not contributing its share likewise , and that our neglects do not produce ...
... labour of love we perform , is contributing its share towards making us what we shall be for ever . And who will say that the evil which mingles with our good is not contributing its share likewise , and that our neglects do not produce ...
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Page 81 - And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Page 484 - Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die ; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
Page 626 - For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son ; much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
Page 621 - Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work : but the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates...
Page 391 - Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Page 151 - By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac ; and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said ; That in Isaac shall thy seed be called ; accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead ; from whence also he received him in a figure.
Page 417 - 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 432 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, That the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, And eat his pleasant fruits.
Page 28 - Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean ; from all your filthiness, and from all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.
Page 425 - Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice : and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.