The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher: In Plymouth Church, BrooklynJ.B. Ford & Company, 1871 |
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... blessed Saviour . And then it becomes a Christian child . And so , adhering to Christ by love and by trust , and drawing its little life from Christ , it begins the Christian career . And they would go on and grow in thousands and ...
... blessed Saviour . And then it becomes a Christian child . And so , adhering to Christ by love and by trust , and drawing its little life from Christ , it begins the Christian career . And they would go on and grow in thousands and ...
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... blessed Master . There are many persons whose children give every evidence of being truly Christian , but whose parents shrink from bringing them into the fold . " Ah ! " say they , " what if they should fall away ? " The shepherd's boy ...
... blessed Master . There are many persons whose children give every evidence of being truly Christian , but whose parents shrink from bringing them into the fold . " Ah ! " say they , " what if they should fall away ? " The shepherd's boy ...
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... blessed vision look forward , not only , but Christian brethren , prepare for the Bridegroom . And ere long , before we think , the sound will come , and we shall be summoned to go and meet our God . PRAYER BEFORE THE SERMON . We draw ...
... blessed vision look forward , not only , but Christian brethren , prepare for the Bridegroom . And ere long , before we think , the sound will come , and we shall be summoned to go and meet our God . PRAYER BEFORE THE SERMON . We draw ...
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... blessed prophecy of love thou dost behold often in us what we are to be , rather than what we are , and roll on the days and the months and the years of experience , making haste to bear us forward that we may be without spot , or ...
... blessed prophecy of love thou dost behold often in us what we are to be , rather than what we are , and roll on the days and the months and the years of experience , making haste to bear us forward that we may be without spot , or ...
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... bless all those who are sick ; all those who are withheld from the house of worship . May that 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 ...
... bless all those who are sick ; all those who are withheld from the house of worship . May that 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 ...
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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.