Modern Scottish pulpit, sermons by ministers of various denominations, Volume 21880 |
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... promises us mental satisfaction of another kind altogether , in another and quite a different region , —not about the earth we tread on , or sky above us , but about our spiritual life , and its relation to God . Conse- quently , the ...
... promises us mental satisfaction of another kind altogether , in another and quite a different region , —not about the earth we tread on , or sky above us , but about our spiritual life , and its relation to God . Conse- quently , the ...
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... promise in a man's youth , than when it gets him , and gets him wholly ; when he reads , and works , and thinks as if there was nothing good but to know , as if life were worth living only that he might learn ; when he can truly cry ...
... promise in a man's youth , than when it gets him , and gets him wholly ; when he reads , and works , and thinks as if there was nothing good but to know , as if life were worth living only that he might learn ; when he can truly cry ...
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... promises to secure every other good that human nature , in its highest moods , can crave . There is no pure instinct of our nature which it will not satisfy , —the sense of fitness and beauty , the love of good- ness , the longing for ...
... promises to secure every other good that human nature , in its highest moods , can crave . There is no pure instinct of our nature which it will not satisfy , —the sense of fitness and beauty , the love of good- ness , the longing for ...
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... promises to them , and they bound themselves by promises to Him . It was a mar- riage . He was " an husband unto them " ( verse 32 ) , and it was something equivalent , in respect of sacredness , to the marriage vow by which , as His ...
... promises to them , and they bound themselves by promises to Him . It was a mar- riage . He was " an husband unto them " ( verse 32 ) , and it was something equivalent , in respect of sacredness , to the marriage vow by which , as His ...
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... promise , and have a right to claim the benefit . So it is that , in his Epistle to the Hebrews ( Chap . viii . ) , the Apostle , quoting this whole passage , refers to it as a prophecy fulfilled , speaks of the making of this new ...
... promise , and have a right to claim the benefit . So it is that , in his Epistle to the Hebrews ( Chap . viii . ) , the Apostle , quoting this whole passage , refers to it as a prophecy fulfilled , speaks of the making of this new ...
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Page 135 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills ; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, " Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob ; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths : " for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Page 60 - Oh that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Page 114 - For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Page 147 - O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say unto him, "Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Page 136 - Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down, not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
Page 66 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew, To seek a tranquil death in distant shades. There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers. In his side he bore, And in his hands and feet, the cruel scars. With gentle force soliciting the darts, He drew them forth, and heal'd, and bade me live.
Page 51 - I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away— and, lo, he was not ! Yea, I sought him — but he could not be found...
Page 1 - For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heat t. 3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
Page 42 - ... that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God ; strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness...
Page 117 - The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart ; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.