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It has been to the editor of The Sword and The Trowel a period of unmingled
mercy , for he has learned , hy experience , to count his sore sicknesses as his
choicest blessings . Though we might sing of mercy and of judg . ment , we are
not ...
It has been to the editor of The Sword and The Trowel a period of unmingled
mercy , for he has learned , hy experience , to count his sore sicknesses as his
choicest blessings . Though we might sing of mercy and of judg . ment , we are
not ...
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... learned to present our Lord Jesus as the Surety for his servants for good . We
could not pay even the poorest composition , and therefore cast ourselves upon
the forbearance of God . The psalmist is doubly humble , for first he says he is ...
... learned to present our Lord Jesus as the Surety for his servants for good . We
could not pay even the poorest composition , and therefore cast ourselves upon
the forbearance of God . The psalmist is doubly humble , for first he says he is ...
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These youths , having learned their respective arts , returned to their native
villages , and instructed others in their businesses . Oberlin also sought to
improve their dwellings , which had consisted of wretched cabins , hewn out of
the rock , or ...
These youths , having learned their respective arts , returned to their native
villages , and instructed others in their businesses . Oberlin also sought to
improve their dwellings , which had consisted of wretched cabins , hewn out of
the rock , or ...
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We feel that very little can be learned of the man and his work from the bare
narration of facts . He had , with his fellow labourers , often to endure trials . They
knew seasons of spiritual drought . Thus , in 1813 , Mr . Lawrence writes : “ With ...
We feel that very little can be learned of the man and his work from the bare
narration of facts . He had , with his fellow labourers , often to endure trials . They
knew seasons of spiritual drought . Thus , in 1813 , Mr . Lawrence writes : “ With ...
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There was an aged woman who had been all her life a Roman Catholic , she
found the Saviour , and ronounced Rome ; the priest threatened , but she replied
, “ I am not afraid of your cuirse now , I have learned that it is Jesus Christ only
that ...
There was an aged woman who had been all her life a Roman Catholic , she
found the Saviour , and ronounced Rome ; the priest threatened , but she replied
, “ I am not afraid of your cuirse now , I have learned that it is Jesus Christ only
that ...
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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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