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... bring him nice things , don't you think somebody ought to give him a penny ? Cause , Mr. Spurgeon that's me . " Somebody felt something wet in his eye , and Bob got a sixpence , and went off in a great state of delight . soul , he had ...
... bring him nice things , don't you think somebody ought to give him a penny ? Cause , Mr. Spurgeon that's me . " Somebody felt something wet in his eye , and Bob got a sixpence , and went off in a great state of delight . soul , he had ...
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... bring men to feel , and then to confess their poverty , for naked , and poor , and miserable as we are by nature , we are all apt enough to say , " I am rich and increased in goods . " We cannot dig , and to beg we are ashamed . If we ...
... bring men to feel , and then to confess their poverty , for naked , and poor , and miserable as we are by nature , we are all apt enough to say , " I am rich and increased in goods . " We cannot dig , and to beg we are ashamed . If we ...
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... brings him into communion with Christ , and endows him with the riches of the covenant of grace . " I am poor , " it is my confession : is it yours ? Is it a confession extorted from you by a clear perception that it is really so ? I ...
... brings him into communion with Christ , and endows him with the riches of the covenant of grace . " I am poor , " it is my confession : is it yours ? Is it a confession extorted from you by a clear perception that it is really so ? I ...
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... bring up respectably . Oberlin was the man for a sphere of service requiring considerable denial : as a student , he had con- tented himself with the most frugal fare , and had cheerfully waited for his turn in the great battle of life ...
... bring up respectably . Oberlin was the man for a sphere of service requiring considerable denial : as a student , he had con- tented himself with the most frugal fare , and had cheerfully waited for his turn in the great battle of life ...
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... bringing him to shame ; thus the very same thing which moves the former to compas- sion and pity , urges the latter to indignation and cruelty . Hence it is true , that he who passes a hard judgment on another , condemns himself ; for ...
... bringing him to shame ; thus the very same thing which moves the former to compas- sion and pity , urges the latter to indignation and cruelty . Hence it is true , that he who passes a hard judgment on another , condemns himself ; for ...
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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.