 | Joseph Priestley - 1796 - 404 páginas
...things that tire of God, but thofe that be of men ; and turning to his difciples, he faid, If any man will come after me, let him take up his crofs and follow me. For whofoever 'will fave his life, 'Jhall lofe it, and whofoever will lofe his life for my J my fake,... | |
 | William Huntington - 1802 - 686 páginas
...enter enter into the kingdom of God." " I have chofen thee in the furnace of affliction." " He that will come after me, let him take up his crofs and follow me." I knew that I had none of thefe exercifes, and therefore concluded all was not right with me ; that... | |
 | William Huntington - 1804 - 606 páginas
...enter enter into the kingdom of God." " I have chofcn thee in the furnace of affliction." " He that will come after me, let him take up his crofs and follow me." I knew that I had none of thefe exercifes, and therefore concluded all was not right with me ; that... | |
 | Thomas White - 1828 - 442 páginas
...by common consent, and the commands of God abrogated by the vote of his creatures. He said to all: if any one will come after me, let him take up his cross daily and follow me. (Luke ix. 23.) Where then shall be found that state of life ; where those... | |
 | John Wilson - 1832 - 304 páginas
...scourged by persons paid for it, misinterpreting, in a childish manner, the words of Jesus Christ,— -" If any one will come after me, let him take up his cross and follow me." The missionaries left Switzerland loaded with wealth ; and even flattered the... | |
 | Brotherhood of St. Vincent of Paul - 1851 - 394 páginas
...they that suffer persecution for justice' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven ;" and again : " If any one will come after Me, let him take up his cross and follow Me." "What means that?" asked the judge ; and Euplius (such was the name of the holy... | |
 | Michael Russell (bp. of Glasgow and Galloway.) - 1865 - 522 páginas
...like a cross in its form. These men therefore gained the victory, because it is said. Matt. xvi. 24, " If any one will come after me, let him take up his cross, and follow me." The trumpets of Gideon were the preachers of the gospel ; the lamps pointed... | |
 | Avis - 1877 - 320 páginas
...will. Let us thank Him for furnishing us with the means of practising this precept of the Gospel : " If any one will come after me, let him take up his Cross and follow me." In the dark road of trials and interior struggles we have a never-failing light... | |
 | Frederick Charles Woodhouse - 1881 - 392 páginas
...We say, perhaps, " But all this is for saints." Yet our Lord says nothing about saints, but only, " If any one will come after Me, let him take up his cross." What shall we do, then ? Shall we despair because we are the very poor creatures that we find... | |
 | Gustave François Xavier de la Croix de Ravignan - 1884 - 244 páginas
...other we all must suffer; and this obligation our Lord Himself imposeth on us, when He says : — " If any one will come after Me, let him take up his cross and follow Me". And again, "Christ had to suffer," of His own will, no doubt, for He had perfect... | |
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The missionaries left Switzerland loaded with wealth ; and even flattered the pope with the agreeable anticipation that the Protestant part of Switzerland might be led back to the lap of the church. The outward peace enjoyed by the confederacy during... 
