Cathedral Stones, and Other DiscoursesPriv. Print., Country Life Press, 1917 - 255 pages |
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Page 93
... Pilate , the man who decided for the wrong and who sacrificed whatever he counted valuable . " Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required . " A strange statement ! Put the emphasis on the pronoun and we get the full force ...
... Pilate , the man who decided for the wrong and who sacrificed whatever he counted valuable . " Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required . " A strange statement ! Put the emphasis on the pronoun and we get the full force ...
Page 94
... Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required . " For a moment consider who Pilate was : Procurator of Judaea , possibly of noble birth , appointed by the senate and Emperor of Rome as the supreme authority in Caesarea ...
... Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required . " For a moment consider who Pilate was : Procurator of Judaea , possibly of noble birth , appointed by the senate and Emperor of Rome as the supreme authority in Caesarea ...
Page 95
... Pilate now asks " Art thou the king of the Jews ? " If the governor could only have met the en- counter with faith , Jesus would have vindicated His royalty in Pilate's establishing and ennoble- ment . Our Lord fastens him to that ...
... Pilate now asks " Art thou the king of the Jews ? " If the governor could only have met the en- counter with faith , Jesus would have vindicated His royalty in Pilate's establishing and ennoble- ment . Our Lord fastens him to that ...
Page 96
... promising . He may be said to have entertained a prejudice in His favor . Jesus is not a perfect stranger : He has entered Pilate's palace . Did his wife pause once on some street , in some precinct or court of the 96 " CHRIST REJECTED "
... promising . He may be said to have entertained a prejudice in His favor . Jesus is not a perfect stranger : He has entered Pilate's palace . Did his wife pause once on some street , in some precinct or court of the 96 " CHRIST REJECTED "
Page 97
... Pilate . When with a sense of his own weakness , the Governor tries to shift the burden to other shoulders saying , Take ye him and judge him according to your law , they instantly reply , " Our law will not permit to put any man to ...
... Pilate . When with a sense of his own weakness , the Governor tries to shift the burden to other shoulders saying , Take ye him and judge him according to your law , they instantly reply , " Our law will not permit to put any man to ...
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Page 61 - I heard the voice of Jesus say, " I am this dark world's Light ; Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise, And all thy day be bright." I looked to Jesus, and I found In Him my Star, my Sun ; And in that Light of life I'll walk Till travelling days are done ! H.
Page 156 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season...
Page 254 - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound.
Page 254 - ... sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression ; sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude ; sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection ; sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense...
Page 89 - Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report ; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Page 246 - There is an acre sown with royal seed, the copy of the greatest change, from rich to naked, from ceiled roofs to arched coffins, from living like gods to die like men.
Page 255 - ... an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a...
Page 254 - Tis that which we all see and know.' Any one better apprehends what it is by acquaintance than I can inform him by description, It is, indeed, a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, thnn to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air.
Page 138 - Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits : Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine infirmities ; Who saveth thy life from destruction, and crowneth thee with mercy and loving-kindness ; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things, making thee young and lusty as an eagle.
Page 90 - Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me : and lead me in the way everlasting.