Homely hints from the fireside, by the author of 'Little things'.1860 |
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Page 54 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Page 7 - My word shall not return unto me void, but shall accomplish that where unto it is sent.
Page 19 - The worst that can be said of it is that it is not also real, ie that it does not exist when it is not the object of someone's perception, not that it does not exist at all.
Page 53 - Traced in silver and gold and brilliant colours, occasionally executed on tinted parchment, the mere letters were often a gorgeous picture ; and such illuminated manuscripts will always awaken the astonishment and delight of the tasteful antiquarian. We do not print our Bibles in silver and gold ; nor have we verses marked out from the others, by their vermilion ink, or their bolder character. And yet we have sometimes thought that every careful reader can illuminate his own copy as he proceeds....
Page 52 - Epistle to the Galatians, in which the text occurs. In a succeeding chapter, while speaking expressly of the external forms of the Jewish law, Paul says, "By the cross of Christ the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world ;" and he instantly adds, by way of explanation, " for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision.
Page 37 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
Page 55 - ... was when reading about the Lamb led to the slaughter, that his eye was directed to the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world, and he went on his way rejoicing. The English martyr, Bilney, would indicate the faithful saying, " Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief...
Page 84 - Of our mortal griefs and fears ? Shall we e'er forget the sadness And the clouds that hung so dim, When our hearts are filled with gladness, And our tears are dried by Him.
Page 54 - Or, suppose that each were to mark in golden letters the text which has been to him the gate of Heaven ; the text through whose open lattice a reconciled God has looked forth on him, or through whose telescope he first has glimpsed the Cross. The Ethiopian chamberlain would mark the fifty-third...