The Sword and the trowel; ed. by C.H. Spurgeon |
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... better supply of school- masters . The bare idea of this , was bitterly resented ; the more respectable of the inhabitants declaring against allowing their sons to enter so dis- reputable a calling , for so they and the people generally ...
... better supply of school- masters . The bare idea of this , was bitterly resented ; the more respectable of the inhabitants declaring against allowing their sons to enter so dis- reputable a calling , for so they and the people generally ...
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... better communication by road - making or mending . The earnest way in which on the Monday morning after preaching on the Sabbath the modest pastor laboured with his pickaxe taught his parishioners how deeply interested he was in all ...
... better communication by road - making or mending . The earnest way in which on the Monday morning after preaching on the Sabbath the modest pastor laboured with his pickaxe taught his parishioners how deeply interested he was in all ...
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... better acquainted with the beauties of our own tight little island than with the well- beaten paths of Switzerland and North Italy would be very unfashion- able . Tourists there are by the thousand ; and , curiously , three - fourths of ...
... better acquainted with the beauties of our own tight little island than with the well- beaten paths of Switzerland and North Italy would be very unfashion- able . Tourists there are by the thousand ; and , curiously , three - fourths of ...
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... clear indication of the duty of our licensing magistrates . The fewer of those licensed slaughter - houses , called gin - palaces , the better . ED . and are built for the Lapps and their reindeer in LAPLAND AND THE LAPPS . 23.
... clear indication of the duty of our licensing magistrates . The fewer of those licensed slaughter - houses , called gin - palaces , the better . ED . and are built for the Lapps and their reindeer in LAPLAND AND THE LAPPS . 23.
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... better treasure in their hour of need ; for Holy Scripture plainly tells us , that " he shall have judgment without mercy , who hath showed no mercy , " John ii . 13. But when the judgment goes to condemn a good action , and men rush ...
... better treasure in their hour of need ; for Holy Scripture plainly tells us , that " he shall have judgment without mercy , who hath showed no mercy , " John ii . 13. But when the judgment goes to condemn a good action , and men rush ...
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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.