Morning and Evening Exercises: Selected from the Published and Unpublished Writings of the Rev. Henry Ward BeecherHarper & brothers, 1874 - 564 pages |
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... trouble , a solace to those in sickness , a strength to those in the midst of the battle . To this great congregation , counted by tens of thousands , who have profited by his teaching , though they have rarely or never listened to his ...
... trouble , a solace to those in sickness , a strength to those in the midst of the battle . To this great congregation , counted by tens of thousands , who have profited by his teaching , though they have rarely or never listened to his ...
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... troubles are not like arrows sent by some adversary ; that the restrictions and the difficul- ties , the burdens borne , the tasks painful to be performed , are not imposed upon us by chance ; that there is an overruling Wisdom , a ...
... troubles are not like arrows sent by some adversary ; that the restrictions and the difficul- ties , the burdens borne , the tasks painful to be performed , are not imposed upon us by chance ; that there is an overruling Wisdom , a ...
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... trouble to examine into the matter ; or , if you can not , your neighbor can . Go and ask him . Enter into bonds that you will not repeat what he tells you . Say to him , " Do you really think that I have been made better or worse by ...
... trouble to examine into the matter ; or , if you can not , your neighbor can . Go and ask him . Enter into bonds that you will not repeat what he tells you . Say to him , " Do you really think that I have been made better or worse by ...
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... trouble , and long - pressing afflictions . At noon we need not a torch . It is in darkness that one should carry a light . JANUARY 16 : MORNING . And he dreamed , and behold a ladder set up on the earth , and the top of it reached to ...
... trouble , and long - pressing afflictions . At noon we need not a torch . It is in darkness that one should carry a light . JANUARY 16 : MORNING . And he dreamed , and behold a ladder set up on the earth , and the top of it reached to ...
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... trouble ? Look at the history of David , and see how you will do it . I think some of the most wondrous of his Psalms are those that begin in supplication . He says , for in- stance , " All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me ...
... trouble ? Look at the history of David , and see how you will do it . I think some of the most wondrous of his Psalms are those that begin in supplication . He says , for in- stance , " All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me ...
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Page 527 - There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man. And there was a widow in that city ; and she came unto him, saying ; Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would not for a while. But afterward he said within himself; Though I fear not God, nor regard man ; Yet, because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her ; lest by her continual coming she weary me.
Page 370 - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us: and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are...
Page 111 - Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty...
Page 387 - Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
Page 251 - And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, Yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, But thine eyes shall see thy teachers : And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, When ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
Page 138 - And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Page 480 - Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Page 277 - And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Page 253 - If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God ; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth ; that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ: to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 333 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.