Twelve SermonsJ.M. Usher, 1853 |
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... hold my peace , and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest , until the righteousness thereof brightness , and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth . ” — ISAIAH lxii . 1 . WHATEVER room there may be for the exercise of critical ...
... hold my peace , and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest , until the righteousness thereof brightness , and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth . ” — ISAIAH lxii . 1 . WHATEVER room there may be for the exercise of critical ...
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... to an age later than that of Jesus . Whatever they really pos- sess of Christianity , is in no way peculiar to them , but is what they hold in common with most or all other Christian theories . Whatever they possess OUR PURPOSE . 19.
... to an age later than that of Jesus . Whatever they really pos- sess of Christianity , is in no way peculiar to them , but is what they hold in common with most or all other Christian theories . Whatever they possess OUR PURPOSE . 19.
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... hold on to faiths which repudiate it , to pluck the film from their eyes , and no lon- ger attribute to Beelzebub the power that casts out devils . We lay no claim to their thunder ; but we ask them to confess the appropriation of the ...
... hold on to faiths which repudiate it , to pluck the film from their eyes , and no lon- ger attribute to Beelzebub the power that casts out devils . We lay no claim to their thunder ; but we ask them to confess the appropriation of the ...
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... hold to the Bible as the only divine and authoritative utterance of truth . It is the ground of our con- fidence , the warrant of our hope , the shield of our defence . It is the weapon which we have found mighty , through God , to the ...
... hold to the Bible as the only divine and authoritative utterance of truth . It is the ground of our con- fidence , the warrant of our hope , the shield of our defence . It is the weapon which we have found mighty , through God , to the ...
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... Zion thou didst love , we will not rest nor hold our peace , until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness , and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth . AMEN . SERMON II . TRUTH AND ITS SANCTIFYING POWER . BY 40 SERMON I.
... Zion thou didst love , we will not rest nor hold our peace , until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness , and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth . AMEN . SERMON II . TRUTH AND ITS SANCTIFYING POWER . BY 40 SERMON I.
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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.