The Young Christian: Or, A Familiar Illustration of the Principles of Christian Duty |
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... truth , and the narrative or dia- logue by which I have illustrated it . A young man of twenty - five will look back to his boyhood , and un- derstand an illustration drawn from one of its scenes , far more easily than the boy can look ...
... truth , and the narrative or dia- logue by which I have illustrated it . A young man of twenty - five will look back to his boyhood , and un- derstand an illustration drawn from one of its scenes , far more easily than the boy can look ...
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... truth . Whereas there is no difficulty at all in this . The difficulty is in in- teresting them in it . They will understand readily enough , if they are interested in the form and man- ner in which the subject comes before them . These ...
... truth . Whereas there is no difficulty at all in this . The difficulty is in in- teresting them in it . They will understand readily enough , if they are interested in the form and man- ner in which the subject comes before them . These ...
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... truth , and that they will , with peculiar dex- terity , find out and read all that has the interest of a story , and skip the rest . There will , perhaps , in this volume be less danger from this , from the fact that the whole is so ...
... truth , and that they will , with peculiar dex- terity , find out and read all that has the interest of a story , and skip the rest . There will , perhaps , in this volume be less danger from this , from the fact that the whole is so ...
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... truth . 2. Internal Evidence . Unity of the Scriptures . The Bible a number of books . Its single object . The Bible a history of Christ . Sacrifices . Meaning of sacrifices . Their moral influ- ence . Conclusion of the book ...
... truth . 2. Internal Evidence . Unity of the Scriptures . The Bible a number of books . Its single object . The Bible a history of Christ . Sacrifices . Meaning of sacrifices . Their moral influ- ence . Conclusion of the book ...
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... truth , but which is in one respect very different from all the preceding . A merchant was one morning sitting in his counting room , preparing for the business of the day , when his boy entered with several letters from the Post Office ...
... truth , but which is in one respect very different from all the preceding . A merchant was one morning sitting in his counting room , preparing for the business of the day , when his boy entered with several letters from the Post Office ...
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Page 97 - So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Page 233 - And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass ; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
Page 239 - And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
Page 232 - Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of 3.
Page 153 - But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover ; will ye therefore, that I release unto you the King of the Jews ? Then cried they all again, saying ; Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
Page 228 - When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
Page 115 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly, that it might not rain ; and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 65 - How many hired servants of my father have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
Page 246 - As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders : from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there, bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
Page 239 - AND it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, and saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.