Fifty sermonsR. D. Dickinson, 1874 - 428 pages |
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Page 22
... religion . Religion , instead of getting heavier and heavier , gets lighter and lighter ; and that which was a cross , heavy enough almost to break the back , becomes two hands - instead of pushing us down , lifting us up the steep of ...
... religion . Religion , instead of getting heavier and heavier , gets lighter and lighter ; and that which was a cross , heavy enough almost to break the back , becomes two hands - instead of pushing us down , lifting us up the steep of ...
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... religious belief ; I tell you all my theology in one sentence , Jesus Christ - take him and live ; refuse him and die . Sometimes , by mismanagement , a regiment will get in between the two opposing hosts and be cut to pieces by both ...
... religious belief ; I tell you all my theology in one sentence , Jesus Christ - take him and live ; refuse him and die . Sometimes , by mismanagement , a regiment will get in between the two opposing hosts and be cut to pieces by both ...
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... religion . He grew violently angry , and shook his fists at me . We resolved to pray for that young man , and we prayed that he might yield his soul to God . And when , next night , at the meeting , the side - door was flung open , he ...
... religion . He grew violently angry , and shook his fists at me . We resolved to pray for that young man , and we prayed that he might yield his soul to God . And when , next night , at the meeting , the side - door was flung open , he ...
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... religion than I am skil- ful in my argument for religion ; but who could resist the holy influence when last Sunday night , this audience , like the voice of many waters , lifted its unanimous song : " Show pity , Lord ! O Lord ...
... religion than I am skil- ful in my argument for religion ; but who could resist the holy influence when last Sunday night , this audience , like the voice of many waters , lifted its unanimous song : " Show pity , Lord ! O Lord ...
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... have done the best I could ; I commit this whole transaction into thy hands . " That is what religion is good for , or it is good for nothing . The French Government thought itself rich in having so many FEEDING SPARROWS . 99.
... have done the best I could ; I commit this whole transaction into thy hands . " That is what religion is good for , or it is good for nothing . The French Government thought itself rich in having so many FEEDING SPARROWS . 99.
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Page 212 - OH for a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame ! A light to shine upon the road That leads me to The Lamb...
Page 266 - Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
Page 26 - Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay: but except ye repent yc shall all likewise perish.
Page 14 - For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, saying, 'Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar : and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
Page 71 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take: The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 118 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Page 171 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof: for there they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, " Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 119 - Were half the breath thus vainly spent, To heaven in supplication sent, Our cheerful song would oftener be, " Hear what the Lord has done for me.
Page 332 - Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.