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Casting our eye around upon the churches , we confess to feeling some alarm and much distress . On all hands there appears to be a breaking up , a craving for novelty , a weariness of the once honoured truth .
Casting our eye around upon the churches , we confess to feeling some alarm and much distress . On all hands there appears to be a breaking up , a craving for novelty , a weariness of the once honoured truth .
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We caught the glance of the • patient , and translated it in a moment , that keen eye said , “ You are whispering about me , and my case is a very bad one , pray tell me what will come of it ! ” It would be well for you , reader , if ...
We caught the glance of the • patient , and translated it in a moment , that keen eye said , “ You are whispering about me , and my case is a very bad one , pray tell me what will come of it ! ” It would be well for you , reader , if ...
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Somebody felt something wet in his eye , and Bob got a sixpence , and went off in a great state of delight . Poor little soul , he had seized the opportunity to pour out a bitterness which had rankled in his little heart , and made him ...
Somebody felt something wet in his eye , and Bob got a sixpence , and went off in a great state of delight . Poor little soul , he had seized the opportunity to pour out a bitterness which had rankled in his little heart , and made him ...
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а For you > He saw thee in the glass of his eternal purpose , saw thce as united to his dear Son , and therefore looked upon thee with eyes of complacency . He thought upon thee , and he thinks upon thee still .
а For you > He saw thee in the glass of his eternal purpose , saw thce as united to his dear Son , and therefore looked upon thee with eyes of complacency . He thought upon thee , and he thinks upon thee still .
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Our eyes have filled with tears when we have read such words as these , “ I will never leave thee , nor forsake thee , , ” “ Fear not , thou worm Jacob , and ye men of Israel , I will help thee , saith the Lord , ” “ In six troubles I ...
Our eyes have filled with tears when we have read such words as these , “ I will never leave thee , nor forsake thee , , ” “ Fear not , thou worm Jacob , and ye men of Israel , I will help thee , saith the Lord , ” “ In six troubles I ...
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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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