Twelve SermonsJ.M. Usher, 1853 |
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... claim for the discourses of this volume , the merit of Sermons , but we also claim for them another merit , which contributes equally to their value . They are dis- tinctive , and the thought of each one is marked by that completeness ...
... claim for the discourses of this volume , the merit of Sermons , but we also claim for them another merit , which contributes equally to their value . They are dis- tinctive , and the thought of each one is marked by that completeness ...
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... claim . If there are others la- boring with the same intent , we would readily share with them all incidental reproach , and ac- cord to them all merited honor . Christianity , not as a " life , " not element , " but only as a system ...
... claim . If there are others la- boring with the same intent , we would readily share with them all incidental reproach , and ac- cord to them all merited honor . Christianity , not as a " life , " not element , " but only as a system ...
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... claims of one is consequently the rejection of the claims of the other . In favor of which , then , shall the decision of truth be given ? I declare to you , that as to the result , it matters nothing , for if one or the other is ...
... claims of one is consequently the rejection of the claims of the other . In favor of which , then , shall the decision of truth be given ? I declare to you , that as to the result , it matters nothing , for if one or the other is ...
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... claims to the original teaching of Jesus , they directly violate the fundamental condition upon which their acceptance with a third party is made to depend . They thus commit their systems to the pleasant work of self - repudiation ...
... claims to the original teaching of Jesus , they directly violate the fundamental condition upon which their acceptance with a third party is made to depend . They thus commit their systems to the pleasant work of self - repudiation ...
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... claim no new light , no new au- thority . Our light is that of truth , our authority that of reason and the Word of God . We still cling to the Gospel , and find it amply sufficient . Men tell us we mistake . But we ask them to We ask ...
... claim no new light , no new au- thority . Our light is that of truth , our authority that of reason and the Word of God . We still cling to the Gospel , and find it amply sufficient . Men tell us we mistake . But we ask them to We ask ...
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Page 214 - And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man ; and he saw : and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 198 - Oh that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Page 234 - When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Page 199 - For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
Page 255 - COME, Holy Spirit, heavenly dove, With all thy quickening powers, Kindle a flame of sacred love, In these cold hearts of ours. 2 Look how we grovel here below, Fond of these trifling toys : Our souls can neither fly nor go, To reach eternal joys. 3 In vain we tune our formal songs, In vain we strive to rise ; Hosannas languish on our tongues, And our devotion dies. 4...
Page 260 - Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Page 223 - And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 253 - We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth...
Page 90 - Kings shall fall down before Him, And gold and incense bring ; All nations shall adore Him, His praise all people sing : For He shall have dominion O'er river, sea, and shore, Far as the eagle's pinion Or dove's light wing can soar...
Page 56 - 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 ; that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.