Rain upon the mown grass, and other sermons, 1842-18701871 |
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... speak is not the representation of Christianity given by every creed , or by every catechism , or by every hymn or spiritual song , or by every system of theology . It is not everything which is seen in every Christian , or in every ...
... speak is not the representation of Christianity given by every creed , or by every catechism , or by every hymn or spiritual song , or by every system of theology . It is not everything which is seen in every Christian , or in every ...
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... speak of the grace of God . But what we wish now to say is , that the Christian scheme is created by the genius of divine grace . All love can devise and design , but this form of love is most skilful and fertile in invention . The ...
... speak of the grace of God . But what we wish now to say is , that the Christian scheme is created by the genius of divine grace . All love can devise and design , but this form of love is most skilful and fertile in invention . The ...
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... speak to him , and more often listen to him . We must constantly be looking unto him . Then shall we receive and reflect the bright beams of his grace , and by our whole demeanour win souls to our Saviour . To be right and true and ...
... speak to him , and more often listen to him . We must constantly be looking unto him . Then shall we receive and reflect the bright beams of his grace , and by our whole demeanour win souls to our Saviour . To be right and true and ...
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... speak more practically , and less as a meditation . 1. Praise God for thes pring season . And let no scientific or philosophical view of the changes in- volved in the spring , at all exclude God from your minds and hearts . Whatever may ...
... speak more practically , and less as a meditation . 1. Praise God for thes pring season . And let no scientific or philosophical view of the changes in- volved in the spring , at all exclude God from your minds and hearts . Whatever may ...
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... speak to us . The works of God are mirrors , reflectors of God : they show God to us . They are not voices sufficiently strong to arouse from spiritual death , or to awaken from spiritual sleep ; but to such as are quickened and ...
... speak to us . The works of God are mirrors , reflectors of God : they show God to us . They are not voices sufficiently strong to arouse from spiritual death , or to awaken from spiritual sleep ; but to such as are quickened and ...
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Page 327 - And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised ; that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised...
Page 384 - For woman is not undevelopt man, But diverse : could we make her as the man, Sweet Love were slain : his dearest bond is this, Not like to like, but like in difference. Yet in the long years liker must they grow ; The man be more of woman, she of man ; He gain in sweetness and in moral height, Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world ; She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care, Nor lose the childlike in the larger mind ; Till at the last she set herself to man, Like perfect music unto...
Page 362 - But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord : for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ...
Page 367 - O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say unto him, "Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Page 32 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuons eye, 'And smiling say —
Page viii - And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
Page 330 - For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts : and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people...
Page 280 - Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me; bless His holy name. Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and forget not all His benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mercies; who satisfieth thy mouth with good things so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Page 362 - I more: circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
Page 327 - Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all...