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... speak . We speak in love , but not in soft words and trimming sentences . We shall not court contro- versy , but we shall not shun it when the cause of God demands it . The many ministers who were students in our College will be our ...
... speak . We speak in love , but not in soft words and trimming sentences . We shall not court contro- versy , but we shall not shun it when the cause of God demands it . The many ministers who were students in our College will be our ...
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... speak most evangelically ? When did Ezekiel most sweetly comfort the people of God ? When did others of the prophets dart bright flashes of light through the thick darkness of their times ? Surely it was only when they spake of him who ...
... speak most evangelically ? When did Ezekiel most sweetly comfort the people of God ? When did others of the prophets dart bright flashes of light through the thick darkness of their times ? Surely it was only when they spake of him who ...
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... speak of an inner life of silent communion with God . He has gradually elevated the one , and as insensibly lowered the other class of truths . Whilst , on the other hand , the man of retired and chastened spirit who dwells alone and ...
... speak of an inner life of silent communion with God . He has gradually elevated the one , and as insensibly lowered the other class of truths . Whilst , on the other hand , the man of retired and chastened spirit who dwells alone and ...
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... speak to those whose spirits hold a spark which may kindle a flame world - wide , and deathless as the source from whence it came . " I work for eternity , " said the ancient artist , and the words should be em- blazoned on the beam of ...
... speak to those whose spirits hold a spark which may kindle a flame world - wide , and deathless as the source from whence it came . " I work for eternity , " said the ancient artist , and the words should be em- blazoned on the beam of ...
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... speak against what it calls denominationalism . We belong to the Baptist denomina- tion , and hope never to feel ashamed of the title , or to deny the scriptural character of the ordinance which gives us the name . We venture to express ...
... speak against what it calls denominationalism . We belong to the Baptist denomina- tion , and hope never to feel ashamed of the title , or to deny the scriptural character of the ordinance which gives us the name . We venture to express ...
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Page 276 - be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 4 - Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: all sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; the fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Page 56 - 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Page 55 - is a noble proof of the glorious Divinity of our Immanuel. " For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee ?" What a mercy to have a Divine Redeemer in whom to rest our confidence !
Page 429 - Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. " Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire : Blue, glossy-green, and velvet-black, They coiled and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Page 390 - Lord! and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.' And ' man liveth not by bread alone, but by every word which proceedeth out of the mouth of God.' And is it possible, therefore, for
Page 508 - quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession, that thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ; which in his times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords.
Page 275 - gently lead those that are with young. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and
Page 114 - as every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, as
Page 101 - LORD, how are they increased that trouble me ! many are they that rise up against me. 2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. The poor broken-hearted father complains of the multitude of his enemies : and if you turn to 2 Samuel