Twelve SermonsJ.M. Usher, 1853 |
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... glory of God as they can , there is still the unmitigated blackness of the issue , upon which no human heart can look but with the intensest horror . It is the doctrine from whose dreadful grasp we cannot escape - whose searching ...
... glory of God as they can , there is still the unmitigated blackness of the issue , upon which no human heart can look but with the intensest horror . It is the doctrine from whose dreadful grasp we cannot escape - whose searching ...
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... glory . Simple and credible at every point , accordant and harmonious as a whole , it bears with it the clearest evidence of having been designed for the guidance and the satisfaction of human reason . It should be further remembered ...
... glory . Simple and credible at every point , accordant and harmonious as a whole , it bears with it the clearest evidence of having been designed for the guidance and the satisfaction of human reason . It should be further remembered ...
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... glory . Men may continue to call this heresy . We call it Christianity - Universalism — a rational , satisfying faith . Men may scorn it . It is none the less the hope of the world , and without which the world were damned to - day and ...
... glory . Men may continue to call this heresy . We call it Christianity - Universalism — a rational , satisfying faith . Men may scorn it . It is none the less the hope of the world , and without which the world were damned to - day and ...
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... glory . It has power - power among its native gods of " stocks and stones , " power around the altars of civilized worship . And if it were competent , under any circumstances , to render itself useful to the extent of its pretensions ...
... glory . It has power - power among its native gods of " stocks and stones , " power around the altars of civilized worship . And if it were competent , under any circumstances , to render itself useful to the extent of its pretensions ...
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... glory of God and of his truth ; to preserve , unimpaired , the integrity and simplicity of the Gospel of Jesus . It falls to us , in the pursuance of our great purpose , as the chief burden of our labor , to show the sufficiency and ...
... glory of God and of his truth ; to preserve , unimpaired , the integrity and simplicity of the Gospel of Jesus . It falls to us , in the pursuance of our great purpose , as the chief burden of our labor , to show the sufficiency and ...
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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.