Plymouth Pulpit: A Weekly Publication of Sermons Preached by Henry Ward Beecher, Volume 4J. B. Ford, 1871 - Congregational churches |
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... PRAYER BEFORE THE SERMON . We thank thee , our Father , for all the greatness of that help which thou hast manifested , and which thou art willing to bestow . Thou hast set be- fore us the door of opportunity . Thou hast in all our ...
... PRAYER BEFORE THE SERMON . We thank thee , our Father , for all the greatness of that help which thou hast manifested , and which thou art willing to bestow . Thou hast set be- fore us the door of opportunity . Thou hast in all our ...
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... PRAYER AFTER THE SERMON . uphold us To whom Our Father , we beseech thee that thou wilt by thy promises , and by the trust that our hearts have in thee . shall we go but unto thee ? We will not plunge into the abyss of unbelief . We ...
... PRAYER AFTER THE SERMON . uphold us To whom Our Father , we beseech thee that thou wilt by thy promises , and by the trust that our hearts have in thee . shall we go but unto thee ? We will not plunge into the abyss of unbelief . We ...
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... prayer - meetings are proverbially dry and stiff . Men test their consciences by their faithfulness in attending prayer - meetings , and take great credit to themselves when they can say , " I go to the prayer - meeting every week " -as ...
... prayer - meetings are proverbially dry and stiff . Men test their consciences by their faithfulness in attending prayer - meetings , and take great credit to themselves when they can say , " I go to the prayer - meeting every week " -as ...
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... prayer , is as sweet , and as gentle , and as simple as a child . He is a man of purity . And if , in prayer - meetings , men only knew enough to talk about the things that are in them , and not about things that it is " proper " to ...
... prayer , is as sweet , and as gentle , and as simple as a child . He is a man of purity . And if , in prayer - meetings , men only knew enough to talk about the things that are in them , and not about things that it is " proper " to ...
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... prayer meetings . The first part is apt to be milk , and the last part cream . By the last part , I mean the time after the meeting is dismissed , when the people get up off from the benches and chairs , and come together in little ...
... prayer meetings . The first part is apt to be milk , and the last part cream . By the last part , I mean the time after the meeting is dismissed , when the people get up off from the benches and chairs , and come together in little ...
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Page 47 - And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also : knowing that tribulation worketh patience ; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed ; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Page 337 - Think not that I am come to send peace on earth : I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
Page 239 - For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities ; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Page 1 - Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him ? For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 195 - Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
Page 305 - ... (for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified : for when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves : which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another ;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to...
Page 100 - For whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons ; for what son is he whom the Father chasteneth not ? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards and not sons.
Page 172 - Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned...
Page 236 - What shall we then say to these things ? If God be for us, who can be against us ? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?