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... character , I should have promptly declined . My ecclesiastical duties are so constant and so pressing as to allow me but little time for preparing lectures ; and my labours are so numerous and so varied that they tax my strength to the ...
... character , I should have promptly declined . My ecclesiastical duties are so constant and so pressing as to allow me but little time for preparing lectures ; and my labours are so numerous and so varied that they tax my strength to the ...
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... character of the wonderful work upon which he enters , especially in his own duties and responsibilities . Only to a few prominent points can we now refer . First , in its origin , it is ordained of God . Other professions arise out of ...
... character of the wonderful work upon which he enters , especially in his own duties and responsibilities . Only to a few prominent points can we now refer . First , in its origin , it is ordained of God . Other professions arise out of ...
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... character of the tidings which he bore . Jonah was sent to Nineveh , and his prophetic message was : " Yet forty days and Nineveh shall be overthrown . " So also Nehemiah was accused of appointing preachers to proclaim himself king . As ...
... character of the tidings which he bore . Jonah was sent to Nineveh , and his prophetic message was : " Yet forty days and Nineveh shall be overthrown . " So also Nehemiah was accused of appointing preachers to proclaim himself king . As ...
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... character bears witness to his power . They see and feel , repent , and believe . The heart which at first says ... characters , cir- cumstances , and habits , and bring them into the image of Christ ; to make these weak , imperfect ...
... character bears witness to his power . They see and feel , repent , and believe . The heart which at first says ... characters , cir- cumstances , and habits , and bring them into the image of Christ ; to make these weak , imperfect ...
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... character . The painter may be an excellent workman , may teach his art thoroughly , and yet be a very bad man . The college professor may teach clearly the highest pro- blems in physics , and yet may be grossly immoral . But the ...
... character . The painter may be an excellent workman , may teach his art thoroughly , and yet be a very bad man . The college professor may teach clearly the highest pro- blems in physics , and yet may be grossly immoral . But the ...
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Page 126 - And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire ; and it sat upon each of them, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost ; and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Page 47 - Yet now, if Thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray Thee, out of Thy book which Thou hast written.
Page 116 - And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Page 15 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 56 - And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
Page 121 - Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. And when all the people saw it they fell on their faces and they said, "The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God.
Page 47 - And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
Page 200 - ... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 198 - Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breast-plate of righteousness, and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace ; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God...
Page 125 - Then said He unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD ; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain that they may live.