The Orthodox Presbyterian, Volume 6W. M'Comb, 1835 - Presbyterians |
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... nature of our services , when compared with our high pri vileges and responsibilities , as a church of the Lord Jesus Christ . For is it not a fact , that there are whole districts , even of that territory we call our own , where ...
... nature of our services , when compared with our high pri vileges and responsibilities , as a church of the Lord Jesus Christ . For is it not a fact , that there are whole districts , even of that territory we call our own , where ...
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... nature of this covenant is more fully unfolded . From the address to Abraham just quoted , we may learn some of its leading peculiarities . We are here told that it should be an everlasting covenant . We are to under- stand by this ...
... nature of this covenant is more fully unfolded . From the address to Abraham just quoted , we may learn some of its leading peculiarities . We are here told that it should be an everlasting covenant . We are to under- stand by this ...
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... nature of their office , and in the several names by which they are designated . They are called overseers , implying that they shall know and observe the faithfulness of the members or the reverse ; elders , implying that they shall ...
... nature of their office , and in the several names by which they are designated . They are called overseers , implying that they shall know and observe the faithfulness of the members or the reverse ; elders , implying that they shall ...
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... nature and effect of the call , it may be necessary to mention , that it has always been the law of our church to proceed with the settlement of ministers , not on the nomination of a patron , but on the call of the people over whom he ...
... nature and effect of the call , it may be necessary to mention , that it has always been the law of our church to proceed with the settlement of ministers , not on the nomination of a patron , but on the call of the people over whom he ...
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... nature , or privilege , or effi cacy of prayer . Men are far more in search of earthly ex- citement than of communion with God . This is an evil sign ; for as the spirit of prayer is the surest criterion of personal piety , so is it ...
... nature , or privilege , or effi cacy of prayer . Men are far more in search of earthly ex- citement than of communion with God . This is an evil sign ; for as the spirit of prayer is the surest criterion of personal piety , so is it ...
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Popular passages
Page 54 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass, " for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Page 30 - And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Page 276 - ... if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul ; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon-day; and the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones : and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Page 70 - Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
Page 309 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh ; The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.
Page 88 - And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire : and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
Page 25 - For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Page 27 - For as many as have sinned without Law shall also perish without Law: and as many as have sinned in the Law shall be judged by the Law...
Page 303 - Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; and having an high priest over the house of God ; let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Page 201 - THE Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion...