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Those who had been influenced by the previous pastor's ministrations submitted to all the projects of his successor in silence ; but the conservative element was so powerful , that determined resistance was threatened .
Those who had been influenced by the previous pastor's ministrations submitted to all the projects of his successor in silence ; but the conservative element was so powerful , that determined resistance was threatened .
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... but under the influence of their own passions and affections , and the worse they are , so much the worse are their judgments . So , again , one man , seeing the sinful life of his neighbour , grieves for him , and tries to hide his ...
... but under the influence of their own passions and affections , and the worse they are , so much the worse are their judgments . So , again , one man , seeing the sinful life of his neighbour , grieves for him , and tries to hide his ...
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It is a very manifest fact that long - continued ease and pleasure are sure to produce the worst influences upon graceless men : though troubles do not convert them , yet the absence of them makes their corrupt nature more readily ...
It is a very manifest fact that long - continued ease and pleasure are sure to produce the worst influences upon graceless men : though troubles do not convert them , yet the absence of them makes their corrupt nature more readily ...
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He began business life in a house in London ; in the same bouse an elder brother George lived ; derout aud earnest , he had a great influence in the formation of John's character and in directing his future course .
He began business life in a house in London ; in the same bouse an elder brother George lived ; derout aud earnest , he had a great influence in the formation of John's character and in directing his future course .
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Some of them were never added to the church , so that , after all , a much wider influence was extended than any statistics can show . To give one or two instances of this : A girl in the Bible Class was taken off by cholera , of whose ...
Some of them were never added to the church , so that , after all , a much wider influence was extended than any statistics can show . To give one or two instances of this : A girl in the Bible Class was taken off by cholera , of whose ...
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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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