The Purpose and Use of ComfortCosimo, Inc., 2007 M10 1 - 384 pages One of the most popular American preachers of the 19th century, Episcopalian bishop Phillips Brooks was famous-and beloved-for his collections of sermons. The Purpose and Use of Comfort, first published in 1878, includes the title sermon as well as: . "The Withheld Completions of Life." "The Conqueror from Edom." "Keeping the Faith." "The Soul's Refuge in God." "The Man with One Talent." "Is It I?." "The Food of Man." "The Symbol and the Reality." and more.American clergyman PHILLIPS BROOKS (1835-1893) is also the author of Bohlen Lectures on The Influence of Jesus (1879) and Sermons Preached in English Churches (1883), but he is best remembered for writing the Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem." |
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... come from God . He must have a genuine unselfishness and a true humil- ity . He must have a habit of looking out beyond him- self , a yearning and instinctive wish to know how what comes to him will change the lot and life of other ...
... come from God . He must have a genuine unselfishness and a true humil- ity . He must have a habit of looking out beyond him- self , a yearning and instinctive wish to know how what comes to him will change the lot and life of other ...
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... comes to a deeper knowledge of the love of God for it . It finds itself honored with confidence and use , as well as gratified with happiness . The older children of a family gradually come to the knowledge of what deeper purposes run ...
... comes to a deeper knowledge of the love of God for it . It finds itself honored with confidence and use , as well as gratified with happiness . The older children of a family gradually come to the knowledge of what deeper purposes run ...
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... come in sight of them , we cannot understand . They are all in confusion . They show no plan . We have come on them from the rear , from the wrong side . But , as we travel on , the road sweeps round them . We come in front of them ...
... come in sight of them , we cannot understand . They are all in confusion . They show no plan . We have come on them from the rear , from the wrong side . But , as we travel on , the road sweeps round them . We come in front of them ...
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... comes and over , under , nay , through every doubt proves Himself to me , I take Him with a certainty which is as humble as it is solemn and sure . 2. Turn to another of the consolations which God sends to men : the way He proves to us ...
... comes and over , under , nay , through every doubt proves Himself to me , I take Him with a certainty which is as humble as it is solemn and sure . 2. Turn to another of the consolations which God sends to men : the way He proves to us ...
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... comes to us and we go to God . Let us always pray that we may lose the blessing of no part of the complete ... come out to their true enjoyment if he will only come to God . We tell him of the heaven of the inner life here , and then ...
... comes to us and we go to God . Let us always pray that we may lose the blessing of no part of the complete ... come out to their true enjoyment if he will only come to God . We tell him of the heaven of the inner life here , and then ...
Contents
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THE CONSOLATIONS OF | 98 |
VIII | 138 |
IX | 157 |
UNSPOTTED FROM THE WORLD | 174 |
XI | 193 |
AN EASTER SERMON | 210 |
IS IT I? | 247 |
THE FOOD OF MAN | 265 |
THE SYMBOL AND THE REALITY | 282 |
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Page 74 - ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace by the confession of a true faith to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the Divine Majesty to worship the Unity...
Page 39 - And I looked, and there was none to help; And I wondered that there was none to uphold : Therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; And my fury, it upheld me. And I will tread down the people in mine anger, And make them drunk in my fury, And I will bring down their strength to the earth.
Page 3 - Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort ; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
Page 20 - Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now ; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.
Page 53 - I have trodden the wine-press alone, and of the people there was none with me : for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury, and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
Page 317 - I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ ; which is far better ; nevertheless to abide, in the flesh is more needful for you. And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all, for your furtherance and joy of faith, that your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.
Page 192 - Except a man be born again, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God,