The Homilist; or, The pulpit for the people, conducted by D. Thomas. Vol. 1-50; 51, no. 3- ol. 63David Thomas 1873 |
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... Father's will , as He had intimated , already when a boy in the temple . It was there already more to Him than earthly parents or home . " - Luke ii . 49 . HOMILETICS : In these verses there are four subjects worthy of note . I ...
... Father's will , as He had intimated , already when a boy in the temple . It was there already more to Him than earthly parents or home . " - Luke ii . 49 . HOMILETICS : In these verses there are four subjects worthy of note . I ...
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... Father God " into a far country . " some . 2. This moral exile is awfully sad . ( a ) This exile is burden- The man goes with the baggage of an emigrant . He carries as much as he can . And he who goes away from God into any sin goes ...
... Father God " into a far country . " some . 2. This moral exile is awfully sad . ( a ) This exile is burden- The man goes with the baggage of an emigrant . He carries as much as he can . And he who goes away from God into any sin goes ...
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... father , a man of enormous brain , and his mother a woman of affluent sympathies . He combined in fine proportions the robust intellect of his father , and the rich emotionality of his mother . His body was a fit resident for such a ...
... father , a man of enormous brain , and his mother a woman of affluent sympathies . He combined in fine proportions the robust intellect of his father , and the rich emotionality of his mother . His body was a fit resident for such a ...
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... father , who was stiffly Calvinian , and his father's minister and friends , because he could not adopt the technical tenets of their creed , mourned over him as a grievous heretic . Because there were only a few pulpits in which he ...
... father , who was stiffly Calvinian , and his father's minister and friends , because he could not adopt the technical tenets of their creed , mourned over him as a grievous heretic . Because there were only a few pulpits in which he ...
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... father's wives and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report . " - Chap . xxxvii . 2 . In this verse the following things are worthy of notice : I. This young man was taught to work . Though Joseph was the pet child of his father ...
... father's wives and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report . " - Chap . xxxvii . 2 . In this verse the following things are worthy of notice : I. This young man was taught to work . Though Joseph was the pet child of his father ...
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Page 337 - The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
Page 263 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Page 309 - Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him ; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.
Page 276 - So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth : and himself believed, and his whole house.
Page 335 - There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
Page 214 - Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; A land of darkness, as darkness itself; And of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as darkness.
Page 277 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
Page 368 - THE righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: And merciful men are taken away, none considering That the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Page 243 - 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 267 - This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And, when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.