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... force of war passes and is for- gotten , whereas that of the pulpit at the Reforma- tion endures to this day - will endure throughout all time and in all eternity . Such capacity for good has the pulpit . Again , it was the pulpit that ...
... force of war passes and is for- gotten , whereas that of the pulpit at the Reforma- tion endures to this day - will endure throughout all time and in all eternity . Such capacity for good has the pulpit . Again , it was the pulpit that ...
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... force to the intense earnestness with which he dwells on the atoning power of Christ's passion ; and I cannot doubt that , from the intellectual side , his vividness and grasp of conception on this point owed much to his study of the ...
... force to the intense earnestness with which he dwells on the atoning power of Christ's passion ; and I cannot doubt that , from the intellectual side , his vividness and grasp of conception on this point owed much to his study of the ...
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... force at St. Paul's , he preached as Dean at the great festivals of the Church , Christmas and Easter and Whitsunday , or when he expounded the Psalms assigned to his pre- bendal stall , or on various incidental occasions . An eminent ...
... force at St. Paul's , he preached as Dean at the great festivals of the Church , Christmas and Easter and Whitsunday , or when he expounded the Psalms assigned to his pre- bendal stall , or on various incidental occasions . An eminent ...
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... seems completely cleared of hostile forces . The same method , in varying degrees , is constantly reflected in his sermons , and he emerges from every * ' Works , ' vol . viii . one of them a victor over some form of sin BARROW . 37.
... seems completely cleared of hostile forces . The same method , in varying degrees , is constantly reflected in his sermons , and he emerges from every * ' Works , ' vol . viii . one of them a victor over some form of sin BARROW . 37.
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... force which could hardly be otherwise exerted . It is when we see that a virtue like that of bountifulness has all these various bearings - how it touches our relations to God , to our neighbour , to the poor , to ourselves , to our ...
... force which could hardly be otherwise exerted . It is when we see that a virtue like that of bountifulness has all these various bearings - how it touches our relations to God , to our neighbour , to the poor , to ourselves , to our ...
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Page 46 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house ; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life : in thy light shall we see light.
Page 11 - When thou hast done, thou has not done, For I have more. Wilt thou forgive that sin which I have won Others to sin, and made my sin their door? Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun A year or two, but wallowed in a score? *° When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more.
Page 12 - And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me, therefore, which of them will love him most? Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
Page 12 - I've spun My last thread, I shall perish on the shore ; But swear by Thyself, that at my death Thy Son Shall shine as He shines now, and heretofore ; And having done that, Thou hast done, I fear no more.
Page 162 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Page 110 - Even he, that leadeth an uncorrupt life : and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart...
Page 71 - No, these were sublimities above the rise of the Apostolic Spirit. For the apostles, poor mortals, were content to take lower steps, and to tell the world in plain terms, that he who believed should be saved, and that he who believed not should be damned.
Page 158 - Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet'; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.' '"Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 4 - ... and put into their coffin or grave. Upon this Urn he thus stood, with his eyes shut, and with so much of the sheet turned aside as might show his lean, pale, and deathlike face, which was purposely turned towards the East, from whence he expected the second coming of his and our Saviour Jesus.
Page 18 - It is a fearful thing, to fall into the hands of the living God; but to fall out of the hands of the living God, is a horror beyond our expression, beyond our imagination.