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Page 641
The influence created by these Christian congregations , is , in truth , the sanatory
power of society . The right thing for the world would be to augment their number ,
and to encourage the unpolemic discharge of their high functions for the glory ...
The influence created by these Christian congregations , is , in truth , the sanatory
power of society . The right thing for the world would be to augment their number ,
and to encourage the unpolemic discharge of their high functions for the glory ...
Page 699
We are not dealing in idle compliments when we assert , that the influence of his
name and character has been confessedly great ; but in the same proportion that
such an influence may be exerted for our common happiness , in no less a ...
We are not dealing in idle compliments when we assert , that the influence of his
name and character has been confessedly great ; but in the same proportion that
such an influence may be exerted for our common happiness , in no less a ...
Page 735
The influence was felt at home. Her light shone there in new manifestations of
zeal and sympathy. A sister, to whose spiritual interests she usefully ministered,
died in holy triumph, a " first-fruit " from Mrs. Clapham's family, " unto God and to
the ...
The influence was felt at home. Her light shone there in new manifestations of
zeal and sympathy. A sister, to whose spiritual interests she usefully ministered,
died in holy triumph, a " first-fruit " from Mrs. Clapham's family, " unto God and to
the ...
Page 978
... though they may discountenance some of the fripperies of the Oxford system ,
the weight of monetary and official influence thrown into the scale , and the
adaptation of an external religion to the vulgar tastes of mankind ; looking at all
these ...
... though they may discountenance some of the fripperies of the Oxford system ,
the weight of monetary and official influence thrown into the scale , and the
adaptation of an external religion to the vulgar tastes of mankind ; looking at all
these ...
Page 1068
Their position in the established Church gives them commanding influence , and
the universal spirit and practice of the age in all departments , ecclesiastical and
secular alike , — to move in masses , to seek every object by aggregations of ...
Their position in the established Church gives them commanding influence , and
the universal spirit and practice of the age in all departments , ecclesiastical and
secular alike , — to move in masses , to seek every object by aggregations of ...
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Page 739 - But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters
Page 739 - And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, 'Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
Page 745 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; My lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Page 1071 - My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Page 853 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 733 - Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord : look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
Page 1105 - O our God, wilt thou not judge them ? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us ; neither know we what to do : but our eyes are upon thee.
Page 935 - At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me : I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
Page 692 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 733 - For the LORD shall comfort Zion : he will comfort all her waste places ; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD : joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.