The American National Preacher, Volumes 9-111836 - Religion |
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... interests and agents than he is able to control . Many a king has seen his empire crumble to ruins from its vast- ness alone his crown has fallen from his head , because his arm was not strong enough to wield a scepter over his wide ...
... interests and agents than he is able to control . Many a king has seen his empire crumble to ruins from its vast- ness alone his crown has fallen from his head , because his arm was not strong enough to wield a scepter over his wide ...
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... interests of the Institution ; and then to the wel- fare of the churches , and the success of Christianity at home and abroad . It was his persuasion , and the persuasion was very just , that he was under imperious obligations as a ...
... interests of the Institution ; and then to the wel- fare of the churches , and the success of Christianity at home and abroad . It was his persuasion , and the persuasion was very just , that he was under imperious obligations as a ...
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... interests of religion , and a very accurate discernment of the characters of men , was seldom mistaken . And it was by no means uncommon for those who were associated with him in important public transactions , to distrust their own ...
... interests of religion , and a very accurate discernment of the characters of men , was seldom mistaken . And it was by no means uncommon for those who were associated with him in important public transactions , to distrust their own ...
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... interests of the church , that all Christians of a sober mind must be satisfied . It was one of his most remarkable characteristics , that he so de- meaned himself , as to give no offence . In all his conduct , whether in public or ...
... interests of the church , that all Christians of a sober mind must be satisfied . It was one of his most remarkable characteristics , that he so de- meaned himself , as to give no offence . In all his conduct , whether in public or ...
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... interests of Christ's kingdom . In his conversation with his colleagues , and in his letters to them when the state of his health required him to be absent , he frequently and with great earnestness expressed his conviction , that the ...
... interests of Christ's kingdom . In his conversation with his colleagues , and in his letters to them when the state of his health required him to be absent , he frequently and with great earnestness expressed his conviction , that the ...
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Page 110 - He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Page 167 - Samuel said, hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken, than the fat of rams.
Page 352 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the falling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 240 - Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
Page 192 - Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Page 2 - Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth : Both young men, and maidens; old men and children: let them praise the name of the Lord: For his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Page 33 - The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
Page 273 - Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Page 279 - ... who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high ; being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Page 193 - Awake, awake ; put on thy strength, O Zion ; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city : for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.