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... given on the 1st June , 1852 . The Revs . Drs . Drew and Edgar , of Belfast , and the Revs . Drs . Urwick and Appelbe , of Dublin , and the Rev. Robert G. Cather , A.M. Castledawson , have engaged to act as Arbitrators . It is intended ...
... given on the 1st June , 1852 . The Revs . Drs . Drew and Edgar , of Belfast , and the Revs . Drs . Urwick and Appelbe , of Dublin , and the Rev. Robert G. Cather , A.M. Castledawson , have engaged to act as Arbitrators . It is intended ...
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... given ; " and they left the ship and their father , and followed him . " But some one may say , these were poor fishermen , and in asking them to forsake all he asked not for much . This were , indeed , poor reasoning , and would ...
... given ; " and they left the ship and their father , and followed him . " But some one may say , these were poor fishermen , and in asking them to forsake all he asked not for much . This were , indeed , poor reasoning , and would ...
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... given ? They are all of them the servants of God . Whose are the talents ? They are God's goods . For what are they given ? To redound to the glory and praise of the Giver . Have they passed out of his control and thought ? No : he ...
... given ? They are all of them the servants of God . Whose are the talents ? They are God's goods . For what are they given ? To redound to the glory and praise of the Giver . Have they passed out of his control and thought ? No : he ...
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... given you wealth , or the power and opportunity to get wealth ; but thou hast said with prosperous and covetous Israel of old , * that it was " thy own power , and the might of thy hand , " and the strength of thy intellect , which have ...
... given you wealth , or the power and opportunity to get wealth ; but thou hast said with prosperous and covetous Israel of old , * that it was " thy own power , and the might of thy hand , " and the strength of thy intellect , which have ...
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... given him richly all things to enjoy . " He has , indeed , forbidden the abuse of the smallest portion of his goods ; the spending of any , however 66 * Luke , xiv . 33 . trifling a proportion , in any way that would militate 12 ON THE ...
... given him richly all things to enjoy . " He has , indeed , forbidden the abuse of the smallest portion of his goods ; the spending of any , however 66 * Luke , xiv . 33 . trifling a proportion , in any way that would militate 12 ON THE ...
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Page 189 - Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
Page 24 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God : and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 97 - And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
Page 247 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2.
Page 143 - And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
Page 59 - But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Page 93 - Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation ; on thee do I wait all the day.
Page 353 - Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
Page 111 - But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man, for he knew what was in man.
Page 108 - Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the Oracles of God.