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... of the measure . I bless God , that , in conducting the devotional exer- cises of this congregation , I have never once given way to any personal It would be in vain to attempt any description of THE REV . JOHN JOHNSTON . 15.
... of the measure . I bless God , that , in conducting the devotional exer- cises of this congregation , I have never once given way to any personal It would be in vain to attempt any description of THE REV . JOHN JOHNSTON . 15.
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... blessings of our lot . It was , therefore , wise and merciful to afford us but an indistinct percep- tion of the future . While the scenes through which we have passed are distinctly remembered , it was wise and gracious to spread a ...
... blessings of our lot . It was , therefore , wise and merciful to afford us but an indistinct percep- tion of the future . While the scenes through which we have passed are distinctly remembered , it was wise and gracious to spread a ...
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... blessed Word which , while it guides you in the scenes of active duty , can make you more than a conqueror in the gates of death ? When that voice which shall shake all the powers of nature , and un- lock the prison - house of the grave ...
... blessed Word which , while it guides you in the scenes of active duty , can make you more than a conqueror in the gates of death ? When that voice which shall shake all the powers of nature , and un- lock the prison - house of the grave ...
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... blessed Lord , that we may see the nature and extent of that obedience which constitutes " meet- ness for the inheritance of the saints in light . " The subject is one of universal interest and importance ; and the simplest exposition ...
... blessed Lord , that we may see the nature and extent of that obedience which constitutes " meet- ness for the inheritance of the saints in light . " The subject is one of universal interest and importance ; and the simplest exposition ...
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... blessings have attached to a state so easily attained , or to a privilege so indis- criminately possessed . It is said that they who are in Christ are freed from condemnation ; but will it for a moment be insinuated that all on whom the ...
... blessings have attached to a state so easily attained , or to a privilege so indis- criminately possessed . It is said that they who are in Christ are freed from condemnation ; but will it for a moment be insinuated that all on whom the ...
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Page 239 - For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more ; and unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews ; to them that are under the law...
Page 132 - Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
Page 255 - Who will shew us any good?" Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
Page 187 - Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
Page 424 - When ye come to appear before me, Who hath required this at your hand, To tread my courts? Bring no more vain oblations; Incense is an abomination unto me; The new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; It is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
Page 424 - Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 424 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me ? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
Page 134 - Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God : and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
Page 122 - Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost, which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour, that being justified by his grace we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Page 133 - And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?