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Diogenes was very poor , but he was not needy ; he had made up his mind that he would not need anything , so he lived ina tub ; he had but one drinking vessel , and when he saw a boy drinking out of his hand he broke that , for he said ...
Diogenes was very poor , but he was not needy ; he had made up his mind that he would not need anything , so he lived ina tub ; he had but one drinking vessel , and when he saw a boy drinking out of his hand he broke that , for he said ...
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Let this text come to you as a whisper , and do you paraphrase in it into a soliloquy , “ I am poor and needy , this is true , and I cannot plan a method for supplying my needs , but a mightier mind than mine is cogitating for me ...
Let this text come to you as a whisper , and do you paraphrase in it into a soliloquy , “ I am poor and needy , this is true , and I cannot plan a method for supplying my needs , but a mightier mind than mine is cogitating for me ...
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They who feel within themselves an inclination to this vice of always seeing the worst in what others do , will do well to bear in mind that , in God's sight , they themselves are worse than all other sinners , and that they owe ...
They who feel within themselves an inclination to this vice of always seeing the worst in what others do , will do well to bear in mind that , in God's sight , they themselves are worse than all other sinners , and that they owe ...
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The sly , mysterious whisperings of slander often cause a noble mind more fear than open antagonism ; we can be brave against an open foe , but cowardly , plotting conspiracies bewilder and distract us . “ And horror hath overwhelmed me ...
The sly , mysterious whisperings of slander often cause a noble mind more fear than open antagonism ; we can be brave against an open foe , but cowardly , plotting conspiracies bewilder and distract us . “ And horror hath overwhelmed me ...
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But it is said , “ We require food for our intellect ; a man needs to develop his intellectual faculties , he must needs learn that which will enlarge and expand his mind . " Certainly , by all manner of means .
But it is said , “ We require food for our intellect ; a man needs to develop his intellectual faculties , he must needs learn that which will enlarge and expand his mind . " Certainly , by all manner of means .
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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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