Cathedral Stones, and Other DiscoursesPriv. Print., Country Life Press, 1917 - 255 pages |
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... universe . The catalogue of recent discoveries in various departments of science is all but endless . The age must ever be memorable for its beneficent inventions . If we ask wherein lies the secret of man's triumph over the powers that ...
... universe . The catalogue of recent discoveries in various departments of science is all but endless . The age must ever be memorable for its beneficent inventions . If we ask wherein lies the secret of man's triumph over the powers that ...
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... universe . God in Christ has come into our worldly conditions and has sympathized with us and has been not only Father but Brother . So you can say : " I know Him whom I have be- lieved . " But we are forgetting Simon . Who is he ...
... universe . God in Christ has come into our worldly conditions and has sympathized with us and has been not only Father but Brother . So you can say : " I know Him whom I have be- lieved . " But we are forgetting Simon . Who is he ...
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... Bibles better . The Bible " antiquated " indeed ! Ancient and venerable certainly , for it contains the oldest records in the world — the origin of the universe , of industry , of marriage , of sin 49 " ANDREW THE MIDDLEMAN "
... Bibles better . The Bible " antiquated " indeed ! Ancient and venerable certainly , for it contains the oldest records in the world — the origin of the universe , of industry , of marriage , of sin 49 " ANDREW THE MIDDLEMAN "
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Spencer Summerfield Roche. universe , of industry , of marriage , of sin , of art , of agriculture , of government , of redemption . But yet the Bible is not obsolete , as a thousand facts prove . It is the world's oldest book with all ...
Spencer Summerfield Roche. universe , of industry , of marriage , of sin , of art , of agriculture , of government , of redemption . But yet the Bible is not obsolete , as a thousand facts prove . It is the world's oldest book with all ...
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... universe affects each accord- ing to his inward temper . The real world is not the one of sky and sea and paved streets or green hedges or snow - covered fields , but the interior world of impression . The subject is presumed to be ...
... universe affects each accord- ing to his inward temper . The real world is not the one of sky and sea and paved streets or green hedges or snow - covered fields , but the interior world of impression . The subject is presumed to be ...
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Andrew Apostle beauty behold believe Bishop blessings body brethren Brooklyn called Canaan Cathedral character Christian Church citizenship conformed courage death divine earth endure eternal evil faith fashion Father Galilee give Glastonbury glory God's Gospel grace heard heart heaven heavenly Holy honor human immortal Isaac Barrow Israel Jehovah Jeremy Taylor Jerusalem Jesus Christ Jesus of Nazareth Jews John Hooper King Lamb of God land lifted light living look Lord mercy mighty mind mortal Moses mountain nature ness never palace palm PALM SUNDAY Paul peace Pilate Pontius Pilate poor pray prayer Preached preacher priest rapture religion rich righteousness Rome saints Saviour seen sermon Simon soul spirit splendor stand stone strength Sunday Taylor teach Temple thee thou thought throne tion to-day trees truth unto victory voice Westminster Abbey whatsoever things woman words worship Yonder
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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.