Sermons, Chiefly on Particular Occasions, Volumen1Constable, 1814 - 483 páginas |
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... look on the state of the world before the coming of Christ , there is no image that can more justly or more forci- bly picture it to our minds than that of the winter of humanity . It was a season of moral cold and darkness , -when ...
... look on the state of the world before the coming of Christ , there is no image that can more justly or more forci- bly picture it to our minds than that of the winter of humanity . It was a season of moral cold and darkness , -when ...
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... look , accord- ingly , on the state of the world since the coming of our Lord , nothing can more accurately resemble the influence and the beneficence of spring . Wherever His re- ligion has spread , a new verdure ( as it ́ were ) has ...
... look , accord- ingly , on the state of the world since the coming of our Lord , nothing can more accurately resemble the influence and the beneficence of spring . Wherever His re- ligion has spread , a new verdure ( as it ́ were ) has ...
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... God ; and which can look beyond the world to that society of kindred spirits , " of whom is the king- " dom of Heaven . " The progress of life , we know , may bring other acquisitions ; it may ON THE YOUTH OF SOLOMON . 47.
... God ; and which can look beyond the world to that society of kindred spirits , " of whom is the king- " dom of Heaven . " The progress of life , we know , may bring other acquisitions ; it may ON THE YOUTH OF SOLOMON . 47.
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... look back upon the history of antiquity , the prospect is like that of the waves of the ocean ; and nations are seen rising for their moment above the ordinary level , to fall back again into the mass from which they arose . If we ...
... look back upon the history of antiquity , the prospect is like that of the waves of the ocean ; and nations are seen rising for their moment above the ordinary level , to fall back again into the mass from which they arose . If we ...
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Archibald Alison. being marked by the dethronement of monarchs . Do we look for the causes of these awful events ? We shall find them in their national sins ; in the cor- ruption of their private manners ; in the injustice or oppression ...
Archibald Alison. being marked by the dethronement of monarchs . Do we look for the causes of these awful events ? We shall find them in their national sins ; in the cor- ruption of their private manners ; in the injustice or oppression ...
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Página 297 - He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
Página 200 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me : and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me : because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me ; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Página 149 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies : and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand ; and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Página 41 - LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
Página 16 - And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of .Man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
Página 362 - And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, " Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents : but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
Página 17 - And though it is said, this corruptible shall put on incorruption, and this mortal shall put on immortality...
Página 21 - God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility ; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen.
Página 64 - And GOD said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life, neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment: Behold, I have done according to thy words : lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
Página xiv - And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive.