The Conversion of a Skeptic: A Member of the BarSwormstedt & Poe, 1858 - 314 pages |
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... with the morality of the gospel and the precepts of the Savior , that they fur- nish subjects of ridicule for the skeptic and infidel . Conduct is the true test of religious character . The question is not what does the man 5.
... with the morality of the gospel and the precepts of the Savior , that they fur- nish subjects of ridicule for the skeptic and infidel . Conduct is the true test of religious character . The question is not what does the man 5.
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... gospel . I fairly encountered him on his own ground , and I then felt that I was ' contending for the faith once delivered to the saints . ' Did ' God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness ' then shine into my heart ? I feel ...
... gospel . I fairly encountered him on his own ground , and I then felt that I was ' contending for the faith once delivered to the saints . ' Did ' God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness ' then shine into my heart ? I feel ...
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... gospel , who , on being once solicited to play cards , arose from his seat and uncovered his head . The company on seeing this , immediately asked what he was going to do ? He replied , " To THE BLESSING OF GOD . " OF GOD . " They in ...
... gospel , who , on being once solicited to play cards , arose from his seat and uncovered his head . The company on seeing this , immediately asked what he was going to do ? He replied , " To THE BLESSING OF GOD . " OF GOD . " They in ...
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... , announced for his text the words of St. Paul , " For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ , for it is the power of God unto salva- tion to every one that believeth ; to the Jew first and also to the Greek . " - Romans.
... , announced for his text the words of St. Paul , " For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ , for it is the power of God unto salva- tion to every one that believeth ; to the Jew first and also to the Greek . " - Romans.
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... Gospel , because it was the " power of God unto salvation , " he referred most touchingly and effectively to his own recent deliverance from the meshes of infideli- ty and the dominion of sin . Mr. Baldwin gave himself up at once fully ...
... Gospel , because it was the " power of God unto salvation , " he referred most touchingly and effectively to his own recent deliverance from the meshes of infideli- ty and the dominion of sin . Mr. Baldwin gave himself up at once fully ...
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Page 221 - And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
Page 186 - Is not this the carpenter's son ? is not his mother called Mary ? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas ? And his sisters, are they not all with us ? Whence then hath this man all these things ? And they were offended in him.
Page 249 - If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
Page 245 - For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Page 197 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter ; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of GOD, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season...
Page 278 - What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord : I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people.
Page 213 - Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Page 141 - For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Page 85 - Hear my prayer, O Lord, And let my cry come unto Thee. Hide not Thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble ; Incline Thine ear unto me : In the day when I call answer me speedily.
Page 176 - And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly ; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.