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... whole history of Christianity ! The doing of good to poor , diseased humanity ; the pointing to a life beyond the grave ; the showing to the toiling , suffering poor that the good tidings of salvation are for them as well as for the ...
... whole history of Christianity ! The doing of good to poor , diseased humanity ; the pointing to a life beyond the grave ; the showing to the toiling , suffering poor that the good tidings of salvation are for them as well as for the ...
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... whole great question of capital and labor , interest and wages . There is a series of ques- tions concerning the sanitary conditions of tene- ments , of workshops ; of the securing of Sunday and of shorter hours of labor to the poor ...
... whole great question of capital and labor , interest and wages . There is a series of ques- tions concerning the sanitary conditions of tene- ments , of workshops ; of the securing of Sunday and of shorter hours of labor to the poor ...
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... whole fabric of the state rested on a mass of struggling , toiling men and women who were bound in chains of slavery . The policy of the Romans was either to flatter and bribe the masses , or else to betray and kill them . Pagan- ism ...
... whole fabric of the state rested on a mass of struggling , toiling men and women who were bound in chains of slavery . The policy of the Romans was either to flatter and bribe the masses , or else to betray and kill them . Pagan- ism ...
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... whole thing . And this , as I have already said , is a great calamity : the feeling of pride and vainglory keeps the higher classes away from the masses ; they know little about them , and , as a rule , they do not want to know anything ...
... whole thing . And this , as I have already said , is a great calamity : the feeling of pride and vainglory keeps the higher classes away from the masses ; they know little about them , and , as a rule , they do not want to know anything ...
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... whole of our conduct toward the multitudes depends - upon this question : Are we occupying the position of Christ or not ? And if we are we will do our duty without de- lay ; we will have no need of words of exhorta- tion , no need of ...
... whole of our conduct toward the multitudes depends - upon this question : Are we occupying the position of Christ or not ? And if we are we will do our duty without de- lay ; we will have no need of words of exhorta- tion , no need of ...
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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.