The Great Refusal, and Other Evangelistic SermonsFleming H. Revell Company, 1923 - 211 páginas |
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... souls who can sacrifice and lift themselves up , one able to dwell apart from and above his fellows . But when he had gazed upon the vision of ideal perfection and immortal influence , the young man stood long in silence , and then ...
... souls who can sacrifice and lift themselves up , one able to dwell apart from and above his fellows . But when he had gazed upon the vision of ideal perfection and immortal influence , the young man stood long in silence , and then ...
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... soul . The candidate for immortal fame , -Milton , Scott , or Stevenson , -must be willing to slave for perfection in his art ; and think you that character is not something worth struggling for unto blood and death ? Why , a great poem ...
... soul . The candidate for immortal fame , -Milton , Scott , or Stevenson , -must be willing to slave for perfection in his art ; and think you that character is not something worth struggling for unto blood and death ? Why , a great poem ...
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... soul like sulphuric acid sprinkled on roses and lilies . Character is first , then pleasure , office and honour . If the fathers have tried the life of the Sybarite and broken their hearts why should the children take the same cup of ...
... soul like sulphuric acid sprinkled on roses and lilies . Character is first , then pleasure , office and honour . If the fathers have tried the life of the Sybarite and broken their hearts why should the children take the same cup of ...
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... souls . A young judge can condemn a criminal , and with iron justice hang the wretch ; it is given to an old man to transform a bad man into a good man . It is better to heal the soul than to break the body . Young men for leadership in ...
... souls . A young judge can condemn a criminal , and with iron justice hang the wretch ; it is given to an old man to transform a bad man into a good man . It is better to heal the soul than to break the body . Young men for leadership in ...
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... soul . When the young ruler asked Jesus what he should do to be perfect , the answer was quick and search- ing : " Strike the note of reality . But for your gold , you would never have been elected a ruler . You have not earned the ...
... soul . When the young ruler asked Jesus what he should do to be perfect , the answer was quick and search- ing : " Strike the note of reality . But for your gold , you would never have been elected a ruler . You have not earned the ...
Términos y frases comunes
Aaron Burr angel asked beauty become boughs Caiaphas career child Christ Christian Church clouds comes conscience Dante date palm David death deeds disciple band disciples divine earth Eden garden enemies Esau eyes faith falls father fear flame flowers friends garden genius gifts give God's gold hand happiness harvest heard heart heaven Hebrew hero hour Ibycus influence intellect Jacob James McParlan Jerusalem Jesus John Bunyan Jonathan Edwards king life's lifted light live looked Macbeth man's Master memory ment messenger million Moses ness never night noble overture palace passion Paul peril pleasure poet poor prophets refuse rich young ruler Robert Collyer Sanhedrim Saul secret selfish soldiers soul spirit stands stars story suddenly teacher Thou shalt thou shalt trust thought thousand treasure tree unto voice whatsoever things wheat whisper wonderful words youth
Pasajes populares
Página 26 - I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect, and defend it/ "I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Página 64 - And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Página 120 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings ! and ye would not...
Página 50 - And Jacob sod pottage : and Esau came from the field, and he was faint : and Esau said to Jacob, Feed me I pray thee, with that same red pottage ; for I am faint : therefore was his name called Edom. And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die : and what profit shall this birthright do to me...
Página 20 - MASTER of human destinies am I ! Fame, love, and fortune on my footsteps wait. Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace — soon or late I knock, unbidden, once at every gate! If sleeping, wake — if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death; but those who doubt or hesitate, Condemned to failure, penury, and woe, Seek me in vain...
Página 117 - I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews : 3 Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
Página 161 - And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
Página 144 - Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these my little ones, ye have done it unto me!
Página 21 - But now after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage ? Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
Página 63 - Oh Absalom, my son, my son, would God I had died for thee !