The Sword and the trowel; ed. by C.H. Spurgeon |
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... preaching , for the style of the preacher was not suitable to the comprehension of one so young . When William was nine years of age , a change took place ; Mr. Atkinson was succeeded by a Mr. Richardson , whose sermons were more ...
... preaching , for the style of the preacher was not suitable to the comprehension of one so young . When William was nine years of age , a change took place ; Mr. Atkinson was succeeded by a Mr. Richardson , whose sermons were more ...
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... preached and formally took a text , out of his own parish ; first in the house of Grace the next time on the stone at her door , and subsequently on the common . This led to the establishment of preaching at Whit- kirk , in the vicinity ...
... preached and formally took a text , out of his own parish ; first in the house of Grace the next time on the stone at her door , and subsequently on the common . This led to the establishment of preaching at Whit- kirk , in the vicinity ...
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... preacher , " as he once facetiously designated himself , one of which we insert as a sample : - " During six days , aided only by the regular heavy coaches , he travelled three hundred and forty miles , preached ten sermons , was only ...
... preacher , " as he once facetiously designated himself , one of which we insert as a sample : - " During six days , aided only by the regular heavy coaches , he travelled three hundred and forty miles , preached ten sermons , was only ...
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... preach from . Al Jannati , a famous Arab writer , relates that Mahomet caused a chair to be made by one Nakum , a Greek workman , to preach from ; and says that upon this chair both Mahomet and all the Califs , his successors , preached ...
... preach from . Al Jannati , a famous Arab writer , relates that Mahomet caused a chair to be made by one Nakum , a Greek workman , to preach from ; and says that upon this chair both Mahomet and all the Califs , his successors , preached ...
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... preaching ; now he finally embraced their doctrines . The Admiral was more than dis- pleased . His indignation was aroused ; and , on resisting all entreaties to return to former ways , William was turned out of doors ! Turned away from ...
... preaching ; now he finally embraced their doctrines . The Admiral was more than dis- pleased . His indignation was aroused ; and , on resisting all entreaties to return to former ways , William was turned out of doors ! Turned away from ...
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Page 219 - Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection...
Page 208 - HOW amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Page 247 - Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me : my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
Page 459 - Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give: When thou hast it by thee.
Page 230 - But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
Page 246 - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him ; let him know that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Page 185 - And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: in whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Page 306 - To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak : I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
Page 251 - Seeing then, that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness...
Page 371 - And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her : and the Highest himself shall establish her.