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... desires to keep away from every other section ; so all the joints of the social fabric are open ; when the winds and the floods come , great will be the destruction and the fall thereof . But how is it with the employers of labor ? Do ...
... desires to keep away from every other section ; so all the joints of the social fabric are open ; when the winds and the floods come , great will be the destruction and the fall thereof . But how is it with the employers of labor ? Do ...
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... desire that the masses shall come to their churches ( though sometimes they do not even desire this ) ; but it is not to be supposed that they will . Separated as the two classes are on week - days in THE ALIENATION OF THE MASSES . 37.
... desire that the masses shall come to their churches ( though sometimes they do not even desire this ) ; but it is not to be supposed that they will . Separated as the two classes are on week - days in THE ALIENATION OF THE MASSES . 37.
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... is only good for something as it expresses the hearty desires and aspirations of the people now , and that it is nonsense to make its use obligatory at all times , upon all classes and conditions of men . And so 44 CIVIC CHRISTIANITY .
... is only good for something as it expresses the hearty desires and aspirations of the people now , and that it is nonsense to make its use obligatory at all times , upon all classes and conditions of men . And so 44 CIVIC CHRISTIANITY .
Page 45
... desires to wash away the sins of the lowliest , that He wills to give His Body and Blood to the poorest . Their great fear is that the professed followers of Christ are not as generous - minded as their Master . Again , if there were a ...
... desires to wash away the sins of the lowliest , that He wills to give His Body and Blood to the poorest . Their great fear is that the professed followers of Christ are not as generous - minded as their Master . Again , if there were a ...
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... desire to draw your attention to the fact that childhood is the glory of Christendom ; that it alone has made peace between the con- flicting feelings and interests of men ; that it alone has modified and softened the harshness of the ...
... desire to draw your attention to the fact that childhood is the glory of Christendom ; that it alone has made peace between the con- flicting feelings and interests of men ; that it alone has modified and softened the harshness of the ...
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Page 1 - Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see : The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.
Page 120 - And, as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
Page 106 - And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity; so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Page 20 - Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few ; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Page 137 - And they brought unto him a penny. And he saith unto them, "Whose is this image and superscription?" They say unto him, "Caesar's." Then saith he unto them, "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.
Page 114 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Page 184 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 199 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
Page 205 - Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Truth shall spring out of the earth ; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
Page 52 - ... for I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.