Plymouth Pulpit: A Weekly Publication of Sermons Preached by Henry Ward Beecher, Volume 4J. B. Ford, 1871 - Congregational churches |
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... temptations , we need to hear the cooling , calm- ing declarations that , after all , our life does not stand in external things ; that a man may be a man , and not be rich , nor powerful , nor surrounded by all the objects which we are ...
... temptations , we need to hear the cooling , calm- ing declarations that , after all , our life does not stand in external things ; that a man may be a man , and not be rich , nor powerful , nor surrounded by all the objects which we are ...
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... temptations which they would other- wise have . And let him be thankful who has every day enough legit- imate work to keep him busy . A ship that has headway steers easy ; but while it lies drifting in the tide you cannot steer it at ...
... temptations which they would other- wise have . And let him be thankful who has every day enough legit- imate work to keep him busy . A ship that has headway steers easy ; but while it lies drifting in the tide you cannot steer it at ...
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... temptation , and that the tempter may be driven away . If any of them are sitting in the shaddow , bring light to them , and bring forth the day out of the twilight . If there be any hearts that are burdened with care , that cannot ...
... temptation , and that the tempter may be driven away . If any of them are sitting in the shaddow , bring light to them , and bring forth the day out of the twilight . If there be any hearts that are burdened with care , that cannot ...
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... temptation . There are a great many experiences in life to which we are contin- ually called , and into which we go , where we need the testimony of our Christian brethren , as well as their sympathy , to hold us up . We are all of us ...
... temptation . There are a great many experiences in life to which we are contin- ually called , and into which we go , where we need the testimony of our Christian brethren , as well as their sympathy , to hold us up . We are all of us ...
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... temptation are , there is rescue . Where suffering and sorrow are , there is comfort . Where darkness comes , there comes illumination . Where discouragement comes , there come instruction and hope . Your life is enveloped in a ...
... temptation are , there is rescue . Where suffering and sorrow are , there is comfort . Where darkness comes , there comes illumination . Where discouragement comes , there come instruction and hope . Your life is enveloped in a ...
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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?