Sermons, Volume 1Waugh & Innes, 1828 |
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... happiest manner . It ought also to communicate such things only as will be useful to us , such as will promote our real interests , and not such as would awaken or gratify that idle and restless curiosity which is ever wandering in ...
... happiest manner . It ought also to communicate such things only as will be useful to us , such as will promote our real interests , and not such as would awaken or gratify that idle and restless curiosity which is ever wandering in ...
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... happiness . They have been impotent , foolish , and vicious . But the apprehension that there are more gods than one changes our whole system of thought concerning the universe , and changes it entirely . Both its worlds and their ...
... happiness . They have been impotent , foolish , and vicious . But the apprehension that there are more gods than one changes our whole system of thought concerning the universe , and changes it entirely . Both its worlds and their ...
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... happiness ? Where , how , with whom shall he " exist ? What will be his circumstances ? How shall he " act , so as to make all these things desirable when he shall " arrive in the future world ? " Thoughts like these have probably ...
... happiness ? Where , how , with whom shall he " exist ? What will be his circumstances ? How shall he " act , so as to make all these things desirable when he shall " arrive in the future world ? " Thoughts like these have probably ...
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... happiness . We , for aught that appears , may here- after possess a knowledge of distant worlds resembling this , and may exert a similar influence in promoting the welfare of those by whom they are inhabited . This great work of God is ...
... happiness . We , for aught that appears , may here- after possess a knowledge of distant worlds resembling this , and may exert a similar influence in promoting the welfare of those by whom they are inhabited . This great work of God is ...
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... happiness , nor the means by which it may be secured , nor the duration through which it will extend . A single act of ours in the beginning of our present life has often , perhaps usually , a controlling influence over all our earthly ...
... happiness , nor the means by which it may be secured , nor the duration through which it will extend . A single act of ours in the beginning of our present life has often , perhaps usually , a controlling influence over all our earthly ...
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Page 255 - Ye call Me Master, and Lord : and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 260 - And He said unto them, Why are ye troubled ? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts ? Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself: handle Me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see Me have.
Page 512 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Page 243 - For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron : I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
Page 265 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth; when he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep; when he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment ; when he appointed the foundations of the earth : then I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of...
Page 205 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Page 503 - And to him they agreed : and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Page xiii - And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: 39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page xv - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 537 - This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.