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... faith in the power of effort - faith in God's assistance , that he will ever help us if we help ourselves- this faith , living in the atmosphere of truth , and ever catching glimpses of a distant and divine perfection , will give wings ...
... faith in the power of effort - faith in God's assistance , that he will ever help us if we help ourselves- this faith , living in the atmosphere of truth , and ever catching glimpses of a distant and divine perfection , will give wings ...
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... Faith in our own improve- ment , and faith in God's assistance , these will be with us ; and the entire range of faith is one of godlike communings , and of lofty and tireless efforts . Ever shall we be acting , not merely on what we ...
... Faith in our own improve- ment , and faith in God's assistance , these will be with us ; and the entire range of faith is one of godlike communings , and of lofty and tireless efforts . Ever shall we be acting , not merely on what we ...
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... faith . There has ever prevailed , to a greater or less extent , among a large and influential body of biblical expositors , an apparent unwillingness that the Holy Spirit should be the interpreter of his own word , - a fixed ...
... faith . There has ever prevailed , to a greater or less extent , among a large and influential body of biblical expositors , an apparent unwillingness that the Holy Spirit should be the interpreter of his own word , - a fixed ...
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... faith of believers in the truth of his word ! The only question then , is , whether , in point of fact , God has employed this method of conveying truth ; in other words , whether one person or thing is taken as the representative or ...
... faith of believers in the truth of his word ! The only question then , is , whether , in point of fact , God has employed this method of conveying truth ; in other words , whether one person or thing is taken as the representative or ...
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... faith , they are simply fallible , and often very simple indeed . No man of com- mon sense will pretend , on such points , to any superior inspira- tion or judicial authority over another . Here the right of private judgment must take ...
... faith , they are simply fallible , and often very simple indeed . No man of com- mon sense will pretend , on such points , to any superior inspira- tion or judicial authority over another . Here the right of private judgment must take ...
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Page 192 - For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
Page 216 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 237 - I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall grow as the lily and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Page 181 - I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean from all your filthiness and from all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
Page 184 - But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Page 458 - And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
Page 313 - But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
Page 66 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Page 320 - For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine ; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears ; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Page 66 - And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.