The origin of evil and other sermons [by A.W. Momerie].W. Blackwood & Sons, 1879 - 224 pages |
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... HABIT , 161 THE HARVEST OF CHARACTER , 170 THE SUPERNATURALNESS OF NATURE , 181 THE NATURALNESS OF THE SUPERNATURAL , 192 66 THE ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN , " 202 THE VISION OF GOD , 212 PUNISHMENT , 222 • THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD , 232 The ...
... HABIT , 161 THE HARVEST OF CHARACTER , 170 THE SUPERNATURALNESS OF NATURE , 181 THE NATURALNESS OF THE SUPERNATURAL , 192 66 THE ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN , " 202 THE VISION OF GOD , 212 PUNISHMENT , 222 • THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD , 232 The ...
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... habit of talking , or because they want to make a name for themselves , and do not care three straws whether they injure or benefit their con- gregations . No doubt this is a glorious century in which we live . In some respects it ...
... habit of talking , or because they want to make a name for themselves , and do not care three straws whether they injure or benefit their con- gregations . No doubt this is a glorious century in which we live . In some respects it ...
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... which is cap- able of destroying us , we have now compelled into our service , and send it round the world at our bidding . So , too , there are laws in our own personal being which may be our salvation or our 162 Habit .
... which is cap- able of destroying us , we have now compelled into our service , and send it round the world at our bidding . So , too , there are laws in our own personal being which may be our salvation or our 162 Habit .
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... habit . Their iniquities have " taken hold upon them . " They have ceased to find any pleasure in their sins ; and yet to refrain would require a greater effort than they are capable of making , —a greater agony ... habit has 164 Habit .
... habit . Their iniquities have " taken hold upon them . " They have ceased to find any pleasure in their sins ; and yet to refrain would require a greater effort than they are capable of making , —a greater agony ... habit has 164 Habit .
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Alfred Williams Momerie. great vice or crime , the law of habit has compar- atively little to do with us . Now we could not make a greater or more serious mistake . Paley truly says , " There are habits not only of drink- ing , swearing ...
Alfred Williams Momerie. great vice or crime , the law of habit has compar- atively little to do with us . Now we could not make a greater or more serious mistake . Paley truly says , " There are habits not only of drink- ing , swearing ...
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Page 131 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Page 183 - The heavens declare the glory of God: And the firmament showeth His handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard.
Page 59 - Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete; That not a worm is cloven in vain; That not a moth with vain desire Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire, Or but subserves another's gain.
Page 180 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Page 59 - Oh yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood ; That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Page 218 - Speak to Him thou for He hears, and Spirit with Spirit can meet — Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.
Page 241 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.
Page 26 - Then said the Jews unto him ; Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham ? Jesus said unto them ; Verily, verily, I say unto you ; Before Abraham was, I am.
Page 139 - For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, [Thou shalt not bear false witness,] Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 179 - And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.