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Personally we do all that our mind , body , and purse enable us , and we are not ashamed to say that we leave not a fragment of our ability of any kind unused for God , so far as we know : if we could preach more , labour more ...
Personally we do all that our mind , body , and purse enable us , and we are not ashamed to say that we leave not a fragment of our ability of any kind unused for God , so far as we know : if we could preach more , labour more ...
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His eldest son was a vagabond ; the firstborn of our race was a convict upon ticket - of - leave . If any suppose that we have inherited some good thing by natural descent , they go very contrary to what David tells us , when he ...
His eldest son was a vagabond ; the firstborn of our race was a convict upon ticket - of - leave . If any suppose that we have inherited some good thing by natural descent , they go very contrary to what David tells us , when he ...
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This was the trade of father Adam and mother Eve when they first lost their innocence ; they sewed fig - leaves together , and made themselves aprons . It is a very laborious business , and has worn out the lives of many with bitter ...
This was the trade of father Adam and mother Eve when they first lost their innocence ; they sewed fig - leaves together , and made themselves aprons . It is a very laborious business , and has worn out the lives of many with bitter ...
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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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The winter months generally commence in September , and the snow usually remains undissolved till the following May or June , when the wind blows from the south , thus leaving only a period of four or five montis for summer weather .
The winter months generally commence in September , and the snow usually remains undissolved till the following May or June , when the wind blows from the south , thus leaving only a period of four or five montis for summer weather .
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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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