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... society re- garded them with veneration and awe . From Scripture history we learn that the offering of sacrifices was as old as the time of Abel , his offering having been in some manner acceptable to God . Religious instruction was ...
... society re- garded them with veneration and awe . From Scripture history we learn that the offering of sacrifices was as old as the time of Abel , his offering having been in some manner acceptable to God . Religious instruction was ...
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... society everywhere . There There is not a human being within the sphere of his influence to whom he is not a debtor . St. Peter says : " As every man hath received the gift , even so minister the same one to another , as good stewards ...
... society everywhere . There There is not a human being within the sphere of his influence to whom he is not a debtor . St. Peter says : " As every man hath received the gift , even so minister the same one to another , as good stewards ...
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... society cannot be reformed or that the Lord Jesus will come visibly to cut off the wicked and to reign as temporal king . I have respect for some men that teach the doctrine ; but none for the doctrine itself . If analyzed , it is a ...
... society cannot be reformed or that the Lord Jesus will come visibly to cut off the wicked and to reign as temporal king . I have respect for some men that teach the doctrine ; but none for the doctrine itself . If analyzed , it is a ...
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... It has been the light of our civilization ; its beams are scattered across the world . Some say that society is changed , that the pulpit has lost its power , and that men are no Popular Preachers . 17 longer attracted there . Now and.
... It has been the light of our civilization ; its beams are scattered across the world . Some say that society is changed , that the pulpit has lost its power , and that men are no Popular Preachers . 17 longer attracted there . Now and.
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... society . For your greatest usefulness in it you need decision of character . You should feel that the whole course of your life is settled ; that you have been taken out of the mass of men for one special duty . All your powers of body ...
... society . For your greatest usefulness in it you need decision of character . You should feel that the whole course of your life is settled ; that you have been taken out of the mass of men for one special duty . All your powers of body ...
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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.