Memoir of the Rev. John Maclaren, ... Including Selections from His Letters and Sermons1861 |
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... sure firm rock on which to build for eternity , for that rock is God ; and then I may build , for the call is to all the ends of the earth ; and these are the two points on which an anxious inquirer has most frequent doubts . • It has ...
... sure firm rock on which to build for eternity , for that rock is God ; and then I may build , for the call is to all the ends of the earth ; and these are the two points on which an anxious inquirer has most frequent doubts . • It has ...
Page 53
... sure , and which I think it needful to have much in mind , and which may not be inappropriate to you in your present circumstances , that for every special epoch in our life , every new position in which our responsibility increases ...
... sure , and which I think it needful to have much in mind , and which may not be inappropriate to you in your present circumstances , that for every special epoch in our life , every new position in which our responsibility increases ...
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... sure was brought up most patently to your own eyes , was not allowed again to sink down and mingle with the precious metal , but was gathered off . May you be now brought off self , and more entirely planted upon the sure , tried ...
... sure was brought up most patently to your own eyes , was not allowed again to sink down and mingle with the precious metal , but was gathered off . May you be now brought off self , and more entirely planted upon the sure , tried ...
Page 60
... sure he will not chastise more than is meet ; yet he loves wisely , therefore will he not inflict less . Oh how sweet to be in the hands of such a God ! In affliction there are the two extremes to be guarded and prayed against . ' My ...
... sure he will not chastise more than is meet ; yet he loves wisely , therefore will he not inflict less . Oh how sweet to be in the hands of such a God ! In affliction there are the two extremes to be guarded and prayed against . ' My ...
Page 64
... a greater enemy of God's Grace than of the Law , ' and I am sure I feel that . . . My ideas are sound and orthodox enough , but I have the most shallow • • and inefficient apprehension with the heart of that which lies 64 MEMOIR .
... a greater enemy of God's Grace than of the Law , ' and I am sure I feel that . . . My ideas are sound and orthodox enough , but I have the most shallow • • and inefficient apprehension with the heart of that which lies 64 MEMOIR .
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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.