Remains of James Smith: Being Extracts from Letters and Sketches of SermonsG. Wightman, 1840 |
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... prayer ; you are thereby laid under great obligation to do your utmost to fill it in an honourable and useful manner . In order to do this you must keep a strict watch over your tongue , your temper , and your actions ; you must act not ...
... prayer ; you are thereby laid under great obligation to do your utmost to fill it in an honourable and useful manner . In order to do this you must keep a strict watch over your tongue , your temper , and your actions ; you must act not ...
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... prayer is at once the highest Christian privilege , and the most important Christian duty ; you had better live without food , or without raiment , or without a friend , or without sleep , than to live without prayer . God can do ...
... prayer is at once the highest Christian privilege , and the most important Christian duty ; you had better live without food , or without raiment , or without a friend , or without sleep , than to live without prayer . God can do ...
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... prayer , or praise , as I go on , verse by verse ; if it con- tains any thing suitable for such a purpose . I assure you I have found it good ; I call it a devotional reading , and hope it will be my practice as long as I live . " To ...
... prayer , or praise , as I go on , verse by verse ; if it con- tains any thing suitable for such a purpose . I assure you I have found it good ; I call it a devotional reading , and hope it will be my practice as long as I live . " To ...
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... prayer in the Christian life , he will allow you to do almost any thing if you will but neglect prayer . You may read what books you please , hear as many sermons as you please , attend ordinances as often as you please , engage in ...
... prayer in the Christian life , he will allow you to do almost any thing if you will but neglect prayer . You may read what books you please , hear as many sermons as you please , attend ordinances as often as you please , engage in ...
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... prayer ; you are not ignorant of his devices , be upon your guard , watch unto prayer , and watch in prayer , and watch after prayer ; the more you do this , the more God will be glorified and your soul prosper . " To his Brother ...
... prayer ; you are not ignorant of his devices , be upon your guard , watch unto prayer , and watch in prayer , and watch after prayer ; the more you do this , the more God will be glorified and your soul prosper . " To his Brother ...
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Page 129 - Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
Page 110 - He loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ (by grace ye are saved) ; and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus ; that in the ages to come He might shew the exceeding riches of His grace, in His kindness toward us, through Christ Jesus.
Page 140 - Hark ! hark ! to God the chorus breaks, From every host, from every gem ; But one alone the Saviour speaks, It is the star of Bethlehem.
Page 8 - If any man serve me, let him follow me ; and where I am, there shall also my servant be : If any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
Page 53 - And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
Page 73 - BLEST be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love ; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father's throne We pour our ardent prayers ; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one. Our comforts and our cares. 3 We share our mutual woes, Our mutual burdens bear ; And often for each other flows The sympathizing tear.
Page 139 - T is like the sun, a heavenly light, That guides us all the day ; And, through the dangers of the night, A lamp to lead our way.
Page 20 - My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Page 95 - The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Page 101 - Knowst thou th' importance of a soul immortal ? Behold this midnight glory : worlds on worlds ! Amazing pomp! redouble this amaze ; Ten thousand add ; add twice ten thousand more; Then weigh the whole; one soul out-weighs them all, And calls th' astonishing magnificence Of unintelligent creation poor.