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... conversation , passing words , almost the idle words of earnest men , how valuable they are ! What a pathetic interest there is in a story told of the first meeting of Wilberforce and Robert Hall , when in the course of conversation ...
... conversation , passing words , almost the idle words of earnest men , how valuable they are ! What a pathetic interest there is in a story told of the first meeting of Wilberforce and Robert Hall , when in the course of conversation ...
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... conversation are not always worthy of picking up , but many are ; and multitudes of scraps which cannot always authenticate themselves , bear a certain value which entitles them to preservation in a " World of Anecdote . " Sometimes a ...
... conversation are not always worthy of picking up , but many are ; and multitudes of scraps which cannot always authenticate themselves , bear a certain value which entitles them to preservation in a " World of Anecdote . " Sometimes a ...
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... conversation ; conversation hinges itself often upon incident , as in the " Life of Edward Irving , " by Mrs. Oliphant . Not through his splendid orations do we seem to see him best ; a few simple incidents best show the man . That is a ...
... conversation ; conversation hinges itself often upon incident , as in the " Life of Edward Irving , " by Mrs. Oliphant . Not through his splendid orations do we seem to see him best ; a few simple incidents best show the man . That is a ...
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... conversation , in all opportunities where it is impossible to follow out a long chain of argu- ment . Where the material appropriate to an essay would be only wasted or thrown away , an anecdote performs the work sufficiently and ...
... conversation , in all opportunities where it is impossible to follow out a long chain of argu- ment . Where the material appropriate to an essay would be only wasted or thrown away , an anecdote performs the work sufficiently and ...
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... CONVERSATION , WIT , WISDOM , ETC. XXIV . PRESENCE OF MIND XXV . HAPPY ILLUSTRATIONS AND SUGGESTIVE PARABLES XXVI . WONDERS OF GOD IN CREATION . BEAUTIES OF NATURAL HISTORY • XXVII . GLIMPSES OF THE SUPERNATURAL XXVIII . DEATH - BED ...
... CONVERSATION , WIT , WISDOM , ETC. XXIV . PRESENCE OF MIND XXV . HAPPY ILLUSTRATIONS AND SUGGESTIVE PARABLES XXVI . WONDERS OF GOD IN CREATION . BEAUTIES OF NATURAL HISTORY • XXVII . GLIMPSES OF THE SUPERNATURAL XXVIII . DEATH - BED ...
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Page 625 - For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body ; is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body...
Page 624 - For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body : so also is Christ. — For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free ; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Page 75 - MY son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee : so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding ; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Page 268 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Page 155 - Now was I come up in Spirit through the flaming sword, into the paradise of God. All things were new; and all the creation gave another smell unto me than before, beyond what words can utter.
Page 453 - Behold, a sower went forth to sow ; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up : some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth : and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth : and when the sun was up, they were scorched ; and because they had no root, they withered away.
Page 644 - This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that JESUS CHRIST came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
Page 312 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Page 290 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 2 - And Abraham arose and met him, and said unto him, Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night, and thou shalt arise early in the morning, and go on thy way.