The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher: In Plymouth Church, BrooklynJ.B. Ford & Company, 1871 |
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... lower stages into the higher stages . Men say , " I supposed that if I became a Christian I should have faith ; but it seems to me as though my faith were not as large as a grain of mustard - seed . " Let me see your faith . Where is it ...
... lower stages into the higher stages . Men say , " I supposed that if I became a Christian I should have faith ; but it seems to me as though my faith were not as large as a grain of mustard - seed . " Let me see your faith . Where is it ...
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... lowers the tone of life , and lowers the susceptibility of happiness , multiplying the causes of vexation , and care , and trial , and trouble , following the mind with misrule , and preparing it for the stumblings and the downfalls ...
... lowers the tone of life , and lowers the susceptibility of happiness , multiplying the causes of vexation , and care , and trial , and trouble , following the mind with misrule , and preparing it for the stumblings and the downfalls ...
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... lower range of the human faculties ! These miseries belong to such men ; and if you could look into them you would not be deceived , nor seduced , nor persuaded to take their place . But that is not all . We are not accustomed to follow ...
... lower range of the human faculties ! These miseries belong to such men ; and if you could look into them you would not be deceived , nor seduced , nor persuaded to take their place . But that is not all . We are not accustomed to follow ...
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... lower nature , how wretched will be his lot ! When Pilate washed his hands , and said , I am innocent of the blood of this just man , " the crowd , with the rulers at their head , cried out , saying , " On us , and on our children , be ...
... lower nature , how wretched will be his lot ! When Pilate washed his hands , and said , I am innocent of the blood of this just man , " the crowd , with the rulers at their head , cried out , saying , " On us , and on our children , be ...
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... lower stages into a higher condition . Look to Jesus . There are many who are content , however , with simply a develop- ment into the society idea . So that they have health and position in life , that satisfies them . I have heard men ...
... lower stages into a higher condition . Look to Jesus . There are many who are content , however , with simply a develop- ment into the society idea . So that they have health and position in life , that satisfies them . I have heard men ...
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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.