The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher: In Plymouth Church, BrooklynJ.B. Ford & Company, 1871 |
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... Spirit , nor by the forces of sanctified nature . We learn them just as we learn anything in outward life . It is supposed that the Spirit of God makes men humble ; that it , as it were , sends humility into them . dew falls , and orbs ...
... Spirit , nor by the forces of sanctified nature . We learn them just as we learn anything in outward life . It is supposed that the Spirit of God makes men humble ; that it , as it were , sends humility into them . dew falls , and orbs ...
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... spirit carrying you ? Are they taking you away from God , or is God's spirit overcoming your natural selfishness , and bringing you nearer and nearer to him ? The time is not far distant when you must render an account of this before ...
... spirit carrying you ? Are they taking you away from God , or is God's spirit overcoming your natural selfishness , and bringing you nearer and nearer to him ? The time is not far distant when you must render an account of this before ...
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... spirit ; oh ! longing , yearning soul , there shall come an hour to thee when , if faithful to the Beloved , thou shalt rise into his presence , and behold the bright concave full of God's minis- tering spirits , and the Lord of glory ...
... spirit ; oh ! longing , yearning soul , there shall come an hour to thee when , if faithful to the Beloved , thou shalt rise into his presence , and behold the bright concave full of God's minis- tering spirits , and the Lord of glory ...
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... Spirit that works in us to will and to do . And in this joyful mystery - thy life in ours , we in thee , and thou in us , we have traveled now many years . We are witnesses for thy truth . We are witnesses of thy fidelity . Thou dost ...
... Spirit that works in us to will and to do . And in this joyful mystery - thy life in ours , we in thee , and thou in us , we have traveled now many years . We are witnesses for thy truth . We are witnesses of thy fidelity . Thou dost ...
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... Spirit which makes this place light and joyful be borne unto them . Give them a por- tion in due season . And may those walk , leaning on thine arm , whose feet go down to the valley of the shadow of death . And all the way through may ...
... Spirit which makes this place light and joyful be borne unto them . Give them a por- tion in due season . And may those walk , leaning on thine arm , whose feet go down to the valley of the shadow of death . And all the way through may ...
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Page 45 - If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons ; for what son is he whom the Father chasteneth not ? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards and not sons.
Page 18 - Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like ? They are like unto children sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced : we have mourned unto you, and ye have not wept.
Page 117 - For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope. Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Page 189 - He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
Page 223 - When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them ; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
Page 6 - Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned...
Page 142 - For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not ; but the publicans and the harlots believed him; and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
Page 17 - For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women, there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist : but he that is least in the kingdom of God, is greater than he.