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... true measure of eloquence is found , not so much in what is said as in what is sug- gested ; not so much in the speaker's ability to convey to you an idea , as to suffuse you with the glow of a senti- tent ; not so much in the truth ...
... true measure of eloquence is found , not so much in what is said as in what is sug- gested ; not so much in the speaker's ability to convey to you an idea , as to suffuse you with the glow of a senti- tent ; not so much in the truth ...
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... joy of some new discovery of the beautiful , of some keener thirst after the true ; the joy of travel , the sight of earth's great cities , fair landscapes , and spots renowned in song and story ; the joy of home , 48 MEMORIES OF THE WAY .
... joy of some new discovery of the beautiful , of some keener thirst after the true ; the joy of travel , the sight of earth's great cities , fair landscapes , and spots renowned in song and story ; the joy of home , 48 MEMORIES OF THE WAY .
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... true of ministers , of whom it was immediately spoken , than of Christians in general , to whom it may be properly applied . The station is different , the strength is the same . Your suffi- 70 THE BELIEVER'S SUFFICIENCY .
... true of ministers , of whom it was immediately spoken , than of Christians in general , to whom it may be properly applied . The station is different , the strength is the same . Your suffi- 70 THE BELIEVER'S SUFFICIENCY .
Page 86
... true - hearted patriot as he was , set to work to rebuild the dilapidated walls of Jerusalem . But he began , like some of his successors , in troublous times ; Sanballat and Tobiah came to fight against the workmen ; they were so hard ...
... true - hearted patriot as he was , set to work to rebuild the dilapidated walls of Jerusalem . But he began , like some of his successors , in troublous times ; Sanballat and Tobiah came to fight against the workmen ; they were so hard ...
Page 93
... true witness for God amidst a dark and alien world . He takes care , at the very outset , to assure those to whom he speaks , that he is of the same nature , and originally of the same sinfulness , as themselves : " There- fore seeing ...
... true witness for God amidst a dark and alien world . He takes care , at the very outset , to assure those to whom he speaks , that he is of the same nature , and originally of the same sinfulness , as themselves : " There- fore seeing ...
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Page 85 - Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no searching of his understanding.
Page 250 - But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord : for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ...
Page 221 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms— the day Battle's magnificently stern array! The thunder-clouds close o'er it, which when rent The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover, heaped and pent, Rider and horse,— friend, foe,— in one red burial blent!
Page 259 - O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Page 162 - For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
Page 244 - IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth: For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
Page 257 - I more: circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews...
Page 250 - Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more...
Page 341 - ... it is not in the broad and fierce manifestations of the elemental energies, not in the clash of the hail nor the drift of the whirlwind, that the highest characters of the sublime are developed. God is not in the earthquake nor in the fire, but in the still, small voice.
Page 304 - Howe'er it be, it seems to me 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.