God's Purpose in Planting the American Church: A Sermon, Before the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, at the Meeting in Boston, Mass., October 2, 1860 |
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... whole system of agencies , this is almost uniformly the case . We recognize the fact all along the history of the church . We see men raised up with peculiar gifts , and clothed with peculiar powers , to effect certain great works . The ...
... whole system of agencies , this is almost uniformly the case . We recognize the fact all along the history of the church . We see men raised up with peculiar gifts , and clothed with peculiar powers , to effect certain great works . The ...
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... whole realm of civilization , and undesignedly con- structing the great highway for the church of Jesus ; upon the German , with his innate freedom of spirit , nourishing the thoughtful souls whose lofty utter- ances awoke , whose ...
... whole realm of civilization , and undesignedly con- structing the great highway for the church of Jesus ; upon the German , with his innate freedom of spirit , nourishing the thoughtful souls whose lofty utter- ances awoke , whose ...
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... whole field of science in all its departments ; that the teacher follows hard upon the footsteps of the pioneer , and while the axe still resounds through our grand old forests , the foundations of the school , the academy and the ...
... whole field of science in all its departments ; that the teacher follows hard upon the footsteps of the pioneer , and while the axe still resounds through our grand old forests , the foundations of the school , the academy and the ...
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... whole heaven - volumes instinct with the power of God , full of the triumphs of that Cross before which of yore the Roman eagle folded its proud wings , and the barbarous Goth laid down the savage weapons of his irresistible power . A ...
... whole heaven - volumes instinct with the power of God , full of the triumphs of that Cross before which of yore the Roman eagle folded its proud wings , and the barbarous Goth laid down the savage weapons of his irresistible power . A ...
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... whole moving on the line of their separate denominational preference ? Look over history , and you will find that two of the most effective obstacles to the onward progress of the church , have been the centralization of power in a few ...
... whole moving on the line of their separate denominational preference ? Look over history , and you will find that two of the most effective obstacles to the onward progress of the church , have been the centralization of power in a few ...
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agencies AMERICAN BOARD angels Anglo-Saxon Apostle believe Bible blessed BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS brethren brought character Christendom Christian church civilization command COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN consecration conversion Corinth cross crucified crucifixion darkness dead death debt disciples divine earth energy Ephesus eternal evangelization fact faith Father feel force FOREIGN MISSIONS give glorious glory God's gospel grace hand hath heart heathen heaven Holy human idolatry India influence Israel Jerusalem Jesuit Jesus Christ John of Leyden Judaism kingdom labor land lifted light living look Lord mighty mind minister missionary missionary enterprise moral nations nature never pagan Paul Port Natal pray prayer preach the gospel principle prophets Protestantism race Redeemer religion resurrection sacrifice salvation Saviour SERMON soul spirit stand sympathy things Thomas Chalmers thought tion to-day true truth uncon universal unto vast victory whole Wicliffe word
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Page 17 - HOW amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Page 3 - I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron...
Page 2 - That in the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth, And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Page 14 - Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Page 11 - Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
Page 6 - Angels ! assist our mighty joys ; Strike all your harps of gold ; But, when you raise your highest notes His love can ne'er be told.
Page 17 - Thy people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land for ever: the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
Page 12 - Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: and others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, alllicted, tormented; (of whom the world was not worthy.) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in...
Page 12 - Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.