The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher: In Plymouth Church, BrooklynJ.B. Ford & Company, 1871 |
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... begin to thrive . Culture it ; keep the weeds away ; and God's sun will help it . And that grain of mustard - seed will grow , so that the birds will yet sing in the branches of it . Persons say , " I lack faith . " Have 16 THE GROWTH ...
... begin to thrive . Culture it ; keep the weeds away ; and God's sun will help it . And that grain of mustard - seed will grow , so that the birds will yet sing in the branches of it . Persons say , " I lack faith . " Have 16 THE GROWTH ...
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... begin to grow old prematurely . Not a few of them will be wrinkled , broken down , bankrupt in reputation , ruined , almost before they reach man's estate . Some of them will die just when they ought to be entering upon active lives of ...
... begin to grow old prematurely . Not a few of them will be wrinkled , broken down , bankrupt in reputation , ruined , almost before they reach man's estate . Some of them will die just when they ought to be entering upon active lives of ...
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... begin to unfold , men come to their moral sense . There are those who never , after once or twice , have a pang because they are living a life of infidelity to their employers . They are deliberately defrauding . They are stealing , and ...
... begin to unfold , men come to their moral sense . There are those who never , after once or twice , have a pang because they are living a life of infidelity to their employers . They are deliberately defrauding . They are stealing , and ...
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... begin to be shot through with real pangs of conscience . There are men who , though they have done wrong again and again and again , are not troubled by it until they learn that their wife and children are to find it out . Then they say ...
... begin to be shot through with real pangs of conscience . There are men who , though they have done wrong again and again and again , are not troubled by it until they learn that their wife and children are to find it out . Then they say ...
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... begin to attempt to break away from bad habits and evil courses ; but then we shoot into the opposite morbid extreme , and think of almost nothing else . It is very true that one must examine himself , and know something of himself ...
... begin to attempt to break away from bad habits and evil courses ; but then we shoot into the opposite morbid extreme , and think of almost nothing else . It is very true that one must examine himself , and know something of himself ...
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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.