The Homilist; or, The pulpit for the people, conducted by D. Thomas. Vol. 1-50; 51, no. 3- ol. 63, Volume 4David Thomas |
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David Thomas. are fully developed here — that those who have reached the highest stage of growth and progress depart with un- numbered germs of power , which the influences of time have scarcely quickened into life . But then , a few ...
David Thomas. are fully developed here — that those who have reached the highest stage of growth and progress depart with un- numbered germs of power , which the influences of time have scarcely quickened into life . But then , a few ...
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... highest idea of human honor seems to have been to wear " the royal apparel , " and to ride upon the king's horse through " the streets of the city , " to attract the gaze and obtain the plaudits of the thoughtless crowd . In the ...
... highest idea of human honor seems to have been to wear " the royal apparel , " and to ride upon the king's horse through " the streets of the city , " to attract the gaze and obtain the plaudits of the thoughtless crowd . In the ...
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... highest destiny ; rebellion against them is his inevitable ruin . They neither pause nor change , either for angels or men . Humanity , alas ! is out of har- mony with those laws ; and this is the reason of its physical and moral ...
... highest destiny ; rebellion against them is his inevitable ruin . They neither pause nor change , either for angels or men . Humanity , alas ! is out of har- mony with those laws ; and this is the reason of its physical and moral ...
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... highest form of love of which we are capable . Being of such an exalted nature , much is expected from it ; not too much , however . It may be conceived of in a straitened manner , and too much be expected from cer- tain partial forms ...
... highest form of love of which we are capable . Being of such an exalted nature , much is expected from it ; not too much , however . It may be conceived of in a straitened manner , and too much be expected from cer- tain partial forms ...
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... highest state , disciplined and mellowed by experience ; such love , alone , can well attempt the work that needs to be done . Such was the love of our great Master . - May ours be like his ! IV . CHRISTIAN LOVE ASSUMES , AS ITS GREAT ...
... highest state , disciplined and mellowed by experience ; such love , alone , can well attempt the work that needs to be done . Such was the love of our great Master . - May ours be like his ! IV . CHRISTIAN LOVE ASSUMES , AS ITS GREAT ...
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Page 240 - And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Page 188 - Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it and his habitation: but if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
Page 53 - Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth ? saith the Lord.
Page 332 - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him ; let him know that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Page 280 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Page 26 - Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Page 406 - And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. 62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Page 51 - And some days after, Paul said unto Barnabas, " Let us go again and visit our brethren, in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.
Page 28 - Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Page 121 - AND I SAW AN ANGEL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, HAVING THE KEY OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT AND A GREAT CHAIN IN HIS HAND. AND HE LAID HOLD ON THE DRAGON, THAT OLD SERPENT, WHICH IS THE DEVIL AND SATAN AND BOUND HIM A THOUSAND YEARS. AND CAST HIM INTO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT AND SHUT HIM UP AND SET A SEAL UPON HIM, THAT HE SHOULD DECEIVE THE NATIONS NO MORE, TILL THE THOUSAND YEARS SHOULD BE FULFILLED: AND AFTER THAT HE MUST BE LOOSED A LITTLE SEASON.