Address and Select Discourses of Rev. Samuel H. StearnsJ. Munroe, 1846 - 265 pages |
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... comes forth to fill the sanctuary with sounding declamation , noisy rhapsodies , and extravagant , in- coherent appeals . True piety , indeed , is always calm as the air of Eden , delicate as the softest music , and elevating as the ...
... comes forth to fill the sanctuary with sounding declamation , noisy rhapsodies , and extravagant , in- coherent appeals . True piety , indeed , is always calm as the air of Eden , delicate as the softest music , and elevating as the ...
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... comes with the vehemence , and passes away with the rapidity of a tempest , sweeping the heart of its tenderest sensi- bilities , and leaving the mind that has suffered it but a moral wreck . The influence of the pulpit on the general ...
... comes with the vehemence , and passes away with the rapidity of a tempest , sweeping the heart of its tenderest sensi- bilities , and leaving the mind that has suffered it but a moral wreck . The influence of the pulpit on the general ...
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... no subjects on which the essayist or the scholar may play his part , and furnish amuse- ment for a vacant hour . It comes to us as an angel from the upper world , bearing tidings of thrilling interest 2 PORTER RHETORICAL SOCIETY . 13.
... no subjects on which the essayist or the scholar may play his part , and furnish amuse- ment for a vacant hour . It comes to us as an angel from the upper world , bearing tidings of thrilling interest 2 PORTER RHETORICAL SOCIETY . 13.
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... come those dreary hours , when our enfeebled bodies will sink under the burdens of an office whose duties never cease , and our minds , driven to extreme lassitude , will fail us , - all that we knew be gone from our recollections , and ...
... come those dreary hours , when our enfeebled bodies will sink under the burdens of an office whose duties never cease , and our minds , driven to extreme lassitude , will fail us , - all that we knew be gone from our recollections , and ...
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... comes to us with the beauty , the symmetry and the gran- deur of heaven . It comes to us , too , as a messen- ger of kindness . In its distinguishing characteris- tics , it is a system of benevolence . It comes to man with the ...
... comes to us with the beauty , the symmetry and the gran- deur of heaven . It comes to us , too , as a messen- ger of kindness . In its distinguishing characteris- tics , it is a system of benevolence . It comes to man with the ...
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Page 159 - And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
Page 264 - Thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these Thy lowest works : yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Page 19 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ...
Page 82 - On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
Page 29 - I have pardoned according to thy word: but as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.
Page 226 - ... greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is Thine ; Thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and Thou art exalted as Head above all.
Page 180 - Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Page 108 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in dang-er of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be in danger of the judgment...
Page 226 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort ? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
Page 159 - What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?" They say unto him, " The son of David." He saith unto them, " How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool ? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?