Memoir of the Rev. John Maclaren, ... Including Selections from His Letters and Sermons1861 |
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... Divine truth - and to be a divine , " thoroughly fur- nished , " as well by knowledge of Scripture as by the discipline of systematic theology , -these were his one blended and harmonious pursuit . His life was reli- gion , and his talk ...
... Divine truth - and to be a divine , " thoroughly fur- nished , " as well by knowledge of Scripture as by the discipline of systematic theology , -these were his one blended and harmonious pursuit . His life was reli- gion , and his talk ...
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... divine song of time and eternity which God had put into it . In like manner the wind's voice among the trees would arrest him as with a power- ful spell . Indeed , he had the finest eye for every point of beauty or sublimity in a ...
... divine song of time and eternity which God had put into it . In like manner the wind's voice among the trees would arrest him as with a power- ful spell . Indeed , he had the finest eye for every point of beauty or sublimity in a ...
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... Divine hand that he did not throw himself utterly into perdition , " by the grace of God he was what he was . " It must also be noticed that at this time he gave himself up to habits of reading , thought , and feeling , that made the ...
... Divine hand that he did not throw himself utterly into perdition , " by the grace of God he was what he was . " It must also be noticed that at this time he gave himself up to habits of reading , thought , and feeling , that made the ...
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... divine realities , and as the soil was strong it required proportionate labour . Engage in anything that might lead him back ? He had enough to do , after renouncing everything of the kind , and , inde- pendently of their influence , to ...
... divine realities , and as the soil was strong it required proportionate labour . Engage in anything that might lead him back ? He had enough to do , after renouncing everything of the kind , and , inde- pendently of their influence , to ...
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... divine eleva- tion , and in the Divine presence where he then stood , have the whole nature which God had given him educated and unfolded to God's glory . But on one point he was , from his own experience , exceedingly clear - the ...
... divine eleva- tion , and in the Divine presence where he then stood , have the whole nature which God had given him educated and unfolded to God's glory . But on one point he was , from his own experience , exceedingly clear - the ...
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Page 174 - I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.
Page 229 - Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me; Still all my song shall be. Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!
Page 228 - He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
Page 279 - The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
Page 229 - Darkness be over me, My rest a stone ; Yet in my dreams I'd be Nearer, my God, to Thee, — Nearer to Thee...
Page 276 - And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia ; for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.
Page 255 - And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow , of wines on the lees well refined.
Page 201 - HAVING therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Page 266 - Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Page 281 - I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen : but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread Avith me, hath lifted up his heel against me.