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... tion of the poor " becomes in very deed " their poverty . " Why , it is patent to all , the life of mankind on the earth is a life of struggle with nature . And this we perceive , not only when we look into God's written records , but ...
... tion of the poor " becomes in very deed " their poverty . " Why , it is patent to all , the life of mankind on the earth is a life of struggle with nature . And this we perceive , not only when we look into God's written records , but ...
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... the temple holding His own with the doctors of the law . We should understand by " working - man " that the occupa- tion of Jesus was that of a man who gains his livelihood by the use of his hands ; that He 20 CHRIST AND THE MULTITUDES.
... the temple holding His own with the doctors of the law . We should understand by " working - man " that the occupa- tion of Jesus was that of a man who gains his livelihood by the use of his hands ; that He 20 CHRIST AND THE MULTITUDES.
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... tion , no need of the reports of commissions , no need of charity organizations , but we will mingle with the masses as men with men , and the occa- sion as it arises will show us what to do , and we will do what the occasion requires ...
... tion , no need of the reports of commissions , no need of charity organizations , but we will mingle with the masses as men with men , and the occa- sion as it arises will show us what to do , and we will do what the occasion requires ...
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... tion of the ancient empires of the world . We have therefore a duty to perform . We must bring the masses back into the churches - into the Church of Christ ; for the Church , and noth- ing less , is the teacher of the doctrines of our ...
... tion of the ancient empires of the world . We have therefore a duty to perform . We must bring the masses back into the churches - into the Church of Christ ; for the Church , and noth- ing less , is the teacher of the doctrines of our ...
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... tion that has brought the law of heredity into so great prominence ; for evolution works by two factors , namely , by heredity - by the things which tend to permanence — and by environment -by the things which conduce to variation . The ...
... tion that has brought the law of heredity into so great prominence ; for evolution works by two factors , namely , by heredity - by the things which tend to permanence — and by environment -by the things which conduce to variation . 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.