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... congregation . Yet all these works bear a distinct relation to his office as a preacher . They enter into and issue from it , or are auxiliary to it . St. Paul exalted the department of the preacher above every other department of ...
... congregation . Yet all these works bear a distinct relation to his office as a preacher . They enter into and issue from it , or are auxiliary to it . St. Paul exalted the department of the preacher above every other department of ...
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... congregations and single individuals . He taught multitudes by day , and spent part of the night on the mountain side in prayer . Unaccompanied by His disciples , He walked until weary . He sat down at the Well of Jacob , and in His ...
... congregations and single individuals . He taught multitudes by day , and spent part of the night on the mountain side in prayer . Unaccompanied by His disciples , He walked until weary . He sat down at the Well of Jacob , and in His ...
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... congregations and in persuading them to believe the Word of the Lord . He reasons within himself , and says that as a minister he thinks he could do more good than as a physician ; that he feels an aversion to attending the sick , and ...
... congregations and in persuading them to believe the Word of the Lord . He reasons within himself , and says that as a minister he thinks he could do more good than as a physician ; that he feels an aversion to attending the sick , and ...
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... Congregations are made up of individuals . Man by man , heart by heart , is the conquest won ; and the young man is just pre- pared for the ministry who learns how to deal with individual cases of sin or sorrow , of guilt or despondency ...
... Congregations are made up of individuals . Man by man , heart by heart , is the conquest won ; and the young man is just pre- pared for the ministry who learns how to deal with individual cases of sin or sorrow , of guilt or despondency ...
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... congregation . It was not written . It was not very well premeditated . It was simply an earnest outgushing of a sincere and honest heart . My mother was a widow . I was her eldest son , and the only child remaining at home . I feared ...
... congregation . It was not written . It was not very well premeditated . It was simply an earnest outgushing of a sincere and honest heart . My mother was a widow . I was her eldest son , and the only child remaining at home . I feared ...
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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.