Lectures to Working Men. Third Series1859 |
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... side - pocket , now is your time to make the grandees bleed , and state the case of " Ebenezer " or Bethesda . " Every one's heart is open who has a heart at all ; every one's purse is open whether he has a purse or no . This is the ...
... side - pocket , now is your time to make the grandees bleed , and state the case of " Ebenezer " or Bethesda . " Every one's heart is open who has a heart at all ; every one's purse is open whether he has a purse or no . This is the ...
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... side , and so it must be blood and water to which we must look for cleansing from our guilt , —the water of our own contrite tears and the blood which fills the fountain open for our sins . The one must lead us to the other , and not ...
... side , and so it must be blood and water to which we must look for cleansing from our guilt , —the water of our own contrite tears and the blood which fills the fountain open for our sins . The one must lead us to the other , and not ...
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... side - puts back the thorns upon His brow , and puts Him to an open shame . " Stay , sinner , on the Gospel plains , Behold the God of love unfold The wonders of His dying pains- For ever telling , yet untold . " into For " how will you ...
... side - puts back the thorns upon His brow , and puts Him to an open shame . " Stay , sinner , on the Gospel plains , Behold the God of love unfold The wonders of His dying pains- For ever telling , yet untold . " into For " how will you ...
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... side of Fortune's wheel , and who seems to coquet with her under her maiden name , Miss Fortune - there is a strong danger of his be- coming thoroughly soured against himself and every one else , and disgusted with that Providence which ...
... side of Fortune's wheel , and who seems to coquet with her under her maiden name , Miss Fortune - there is a strong danger of his be- coming thoroughly soured against himself and every one else , and disgusted with that Providence which ...
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... side of David . In an engagement fought at Gibeon , the forces of Ishbosheth were beaten . Abner , their general , fled for his life , but was closely pursued by Asahel , the brother of Joab and Abishai . Abner , dreading a blood - feud ...
... side of David . In an engagement fought at Gibeon , the forces of Ishbosheth were beaten . Abner , their general , fled for his life , but was closely pursued by Asahel , the brother of Joab and Abishai . Abner , dreading a blood - feud ...
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Page 58 - And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee : then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided 1 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Page 47 - And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
Page 43 - THAT AND A' THAT" Is there, for honest Poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that! The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a
Page 55 - If their names were not found in the registers of heralds, they felt assured that they were recorded in the Book of Life. If their steps were not accompanied by a splendid train of menials, legions of ministering angels had charge over them.
Page 9 - And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it...
Page 51 - But ye are come unto Mount Zion, and unto the city of the Living God, the Heavenly Jerusalem; and to an innumerable company of Angels, to the general assembly and Church of the first-born which are written in Heaven; and to God the Judge of all; and to the spirits of just men made perfect...
Page 51 - Ye are come to Mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first-born whose names are written in heaven...
Page 55 - The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the -will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute.
Page 56 - He had been wrested by no common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no * earthly sacrifice.
Page 117 - See, from his head, his hands, his feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down; Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown ? 4. Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small ; Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all.