Address and Select Discourses of Rev. Samuel H. StearnsJ. Munroe, 1846 - 265 pages |
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... continually forming in their imag- inations of the future , may , at best , but amuse them with some faint idea of what this world might have been if man had not sinned , and the earth had not been subjected to a curse . They have now ...
... continually forming in their imag- inations of the future , may , at best , but amuse them with some faint idea of what this world might have been if man had not sinned , and the earth had not been subjected to a curse . They have now ...
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... continually re- strained , and our passions subjected to a constant and rigid discipline , to prevent them from ultimately giving us greater pain than all the comfort they can afford . We must ever , then , be disquieted with ever ...
... continually re- strained , and our passions subjected to a constant and rigid discipline , to prevent them from ultimately giving us greater pain than all the comfort they can afford . We must ever , then , be disquieted with ever ...
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... your fairest schemes for the im- provement of your condition , and the promotion of your interests , are continually liable to be inter- rupted and destroyed by the failure of those on whom 60 SOURCES AND CERTAINTY OF SUFFERING .
... your fairest schemes for the im- provement of your condition , and the promotion of your interests , are continually liable to be inter- rupted and destroyed by the failure of those on whom 60 SOURCES AND CERTAINTY OF SUFFERING .
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... continually sickening and dying in our embrace ! The Saviour himself was constrained to weep , when Lazarus his friend was dead . These causes of suffering , which are all unavoid- able , are more or less increased by the fearful uncer ...
... continually sickening and dying in our embrace ! The Saviour himself was constrained to weep , when Lazarus his friend was dead . These causes of suffering , which are all unavoid- able , are more or less increased by the fearful uncer ...
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... continually a thorn in his flesh , which no prayers or entreaties could remove . And are we wiser or better than they , that we should expect to be exempt from the sufferings that afflicted them ? Have we more piety than David , more ...
... continually a thorn in his flesh , which no prayers or entreaties could remove . And are we wiser or better than they , that we should expect to be exempt from the sufferings that afflicted them ? Have we more piety than David , more ...
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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?