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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... means to an end . Spiritual morality is that end . Con- sequently to the heart and life every Biblical thought and idea should be directed . Your systems of divinity the author will not disparage ; but his impression is , that they can ...
... means to an end . Spiritual morality is that end . Con- sequently to the heart and life every Biblical thought and idea should be directed . Your systems of divinity the author will not disparage ; but his impression is , that they can ...
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... means the fact . Do not all men desire wealth , power and happiness ? But are not millions poor , degraded , and unhappy ? Is it , fourthly , on the capabilities of the soul for doing what , here , it has no opportunity to effect ? I ...
... means the fact . Do not all men desire wealth , power and happiness ? But are not millions poor , degraded , and unhappy ? Is it , fourthly , on the capabilities of the soul for doing what , here , it has no opportunity to effect ? I ...
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... means too great ; it is a thing of power , and its power is of the highest kind . Although we exercise it , we may say , that it is not our own . We have not originated it , but learned it . Our love in all its aspects is but the result ...
... means too great ; it is a thing of power , and its power is of the highest kind . Although we exercise it , we may say , that it is not our own . We have not originated it , but learned it . Our love in all its aspects is but the result ...
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... mean well , we know . They mean well in the very thing we mourn over ; but that does not prevent the evil thing they do , from acting according to its own evil nature , and being , perhaps , to many , a source of sin and woe . It is not ...
... mean well , we know . They mean well in the very thing we mourn over ; but that does not prevent the evil thing they do , from acting according to its own evil nature , and being , perhaps , to many , a source of sin and woe . It is not ...
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... means of spiritual service ; but christian love attempts it . This great principle demands , and will reward the most intelligent and thorough cultivation . We stand in need of it ; our families and churches languish for want of it ...
... means of spiritual service ; but christian love attempts it . This great principle demands , and will reward the most intelligent and thorough cultivation . We stand in need of it ; our families and churches languish for want of it ...
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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.