Fifty sermonsR. D. Dickinson, 1874 - 428 pages |
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... thing but God ? Give not to him that formal petition made up of " O's " - " O Lord ! " this , and " O Lord ! " that ... things to fill up . Tell God what you want , with the feeling that he is ready to give it , and believe that you will ...
... thing but God ? Give not to him that formal petition made up of " O's " - " O Lord ! " this , and " O Lord ! " that ... things to fill up . Tell God what you want , with the feeling that he is ready to give it , and believe that you will ...
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... thing is against me . The world is against me . The Church is against me . No sympathy ; no hope . Every body that comes near me thrusts at me . I wonder if there is a God , anyhow ! Every thing seems to be going slipshod and at hap ...
... thing is against me . The world is against me . The Church is against me . No sympathy ; no hope . Every body that comes near me thrusts at me . I wonder if there is a God , anyhow ! Every thing seems to be going slipshod and at hap ...
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... thing it strikes . There are birds whose wings are packed with strength to fly , to lift , to destroy . So the wings of God are strong wings . Mighty to save . Mighty to destroy . I preach him- " the Lord , strong and mighty - the Lord ...
... thing it strikes . There are birds whose wings are packed with strength to fly , to lift , to destroy . So the wings of God are strong wings . Mighty to save . Mighty to destroy . I preach him- " the Lord , strong and mighty - the Lord ...
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... thing seemed leaving him , even the light of day running away , and leaving him in the hands of the Night - the black nurse that bent over him ; forsaken by every thing but fiends , executioners , and the darkness - oh ! methinks that ...
... thing seemed leaving him , even the light of day running away , and leaving him in the hands of the Night - the black nurse that bent over him ; forsaken by every thing but fiends , executioners , and the darkness - oh ! methinks that ...
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... thing more beauti- ful ? This is the way God has of saying to a man , at the end of an upright life : " You have been honorable . " Alas ! for those who will not take the adornment , and who swear by all the dyes of the apothecary that ...
... thing more beauti- ful ? This is the way God has of saying to a man , at the end of an upright life : " You have been honorable . " Alas ! for those who will not take the adornment , and who swear by all the dyes of the apothecary that ...
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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.