The young scholar's guide to the festivals and fasts of the Church, by A.M.Rivingtons, 1857 - 12 pages |
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Alphæus Angels Antioch Apostle's Ascension Day Baptism baptized Barnabas Bartholomew Behold birth Bishop Blessed Lord Blessed Virgin born brother called celebrate CHAPTER Christ our Lord Christian Church command Corinthians crucified death did St disciples Easter Ember Days Epistle Evangelist faith Fast Father Feast Festival flesh foretold fulfilled Galilee Gentiles gifts glory God's grace hath Heaven Hebrews Herod Holy Ghost Holy Spirit Isaiah Israel James Jerusalem Jewish Jews John the Baptist John xiv John xx Judas Jude Lamb Lent Lord's Luke Malachi Mark Mark the Evangelist Martyr martyrdom Matthew the Apostle Matthew xxviii Matthias meaning Old Testament Paul say Pentecost Peter say Philip pray prayer preach the Gospel Prophet Redeemer Repeat a prophecy Repeat a text Resurrection Rogation Days Roman Saints Saul Saviour Scripture seventy disciples son of Zebedee speaking Stephen stone suffer teach Temple thou Trinity twelve Apostles unto Whit Sunday Word
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Page 42 - And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
Page 26 - They did promise and vow three things in my name. First, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh.
Page 28 - It is a light thing that Thou shouldest be My servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give Thee for a Light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest bo My salvation unto the end of the earth.
Page 10 - Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut, where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Page 65 - Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea ; and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea...
Page 60 - But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Page 16 - But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Page 78 - And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness, unto the judgment of the great day.
Page 64 - Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist ; notwithstanding, he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Page 87 - These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them and embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.