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... and suppose those little boys had mothers and aunts who comed once a
month , and brought them apples and oranges , and gave them pennies , and
suppose this little boy had no mother and no aunt , and so nobody never came to
bring ...
... and suppose those little boys had mothers and aunts who comed once a
month , and brought them apples and oranges , and gave them pennies , and
suppose this little boy had no mother and no aunt , and so nobody never came to
bring ...
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spiritually , it is little less than a miracle to bring men to feel , and then to confess
their poverty , for naked , and poor , and miserable as we are by nature , we are
all apt enough to say , “ I am rich and increased in goods . ” We cannot dig , and
to ...
spiritually , it is little less than a miracle to bring men to feel , and then to confess
their poverty , for naked , and poor , and miserable as we are by nature , we are
all apt enough to say , “ I am rich and increased in goods . ” We cannot dig , and
to ...
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... be very angry if we were to say that this is their condition ; and yet this is the
condition of every man born into the world until the Spirit of God brings him into
communion with Christ , and endows him with the riches of the covenant of grace
.
... be very angry if we were to say that this is their condition ; and yet this is the
condition of every man born into the world until the Spirit of God brings him into
communion with Christ , and endows him with the riches of the covenant of grace
.
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Oberlin at this time was twenty - seven years of age , one of nine children whom
their father in spite of his scanty income , sought to educate and bring up
respectably . Oberlin was the man for a sphere of service requiring considerable
denial ...
Oberlin at this time was twenty - seven years of age , one of nine children whom
their father in spite of his scanty income , sought to educate and bring up
respectably . Oberlin was the man for a sphere of service requiring considerable
denial ...
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... to hide his sin , and to turn him from it ; another thinks only of exposing it , and
punishing him , and bringing him to shame ; thus the very same thing which
moves the former to compassion and pity , urges the latter to indignation and
cruelty .
... to hide his sin , and to turn him from it ; another thinks only of exposing it , and
punishing him , and bringing him to shame ; thus the very same thing which
moves the former to compassion and pity , urges the latter to indignation and
cruelty .
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Page 69 - Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh : yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
Page 246 - Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate : but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah : for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
Page 32 - For it was not an enemy that reproached me ; Then I could have borne it : Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me ; Then I would have hid myself from him : But it was thou, a man mine equal, My guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, And walked unto the house of God in company.
Page 564 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 462 - Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. 17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. "Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
Page 200 - Who shall ascend into heaven ? (that is, to bring Christ down from above ;) or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart : that is, the word of faith which we preach...
Page 374 - For thou, O God, hast heard my vows : thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
Page 371 - HEAR my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Page 426 - Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Page 436 - When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
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| Title | The Sword and the trowel; ed. by C.H. Spurgeon |
| Author | London metrop. tabernacle |
| Editor | Charles Haddon Spurgeon |
| Published | 1871 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 16 Oct 2006 |
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