The Christian miscellany, and family visiter, Volume 141867 |
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... religion should now be found ; and that in " Protestant England " so little of the Reformer's spirit of resolute resistance to Popery should appear . F. J. J. THE NEW YEAR . THERE is a potent spell in these words - a New Year - which ...
... religion should now be found ; and that in " Protestant England " so little of the Reformer's spirit of resolute resistance to Popery should appear . F. J. J. THE NEW YEAR . THERE is a potent spell in these words - a New Year - which ...
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... religion to the wants of the age . Hence the genius , as it were , of Methodism is seen in its adaptability to changing circumstances . When- ever any new social development has appeared , Methodism has hitherto been able to meet it ...
... religion to the wants of the age . Hence the genius , as it were , of Methodism is seen in its adaptability to changing circumstances . When- ever any new social development has appeared , Methodism has hitherto been able to meet it ...
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... religion , a fact upon which we naturally differ in opinion . Like you , I have striven to identify its cause with the mere forces of man . I have failed The super- natural , then , has been the only conducting thread which has helped ...
... religion , a fact upon which we naturally differ in opinion . Like you , I have striven to identify its cause with the mere forces of man . I have failed The super- natural , then , has been the only conducting thread which has helped ...
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... religion called the Christian , whose founder was Jesus , named the Christ . This religion , which has lasted eighteen centuries , and which calls itself the natural development of that Judaism which ascends near to the cradle of the ...
... religion called the Christian , whose founder was Jesus , named the Christ . This religion , which has lasted eighteen centuries , and which calls itself the natural development of that Judaism which ascends near to the cradle of the ...
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... religion . He that thinks to expiate a sin by going barefoot does the penance of a goose , and only makes one folly the atonement for another . Paul , indeed , was scourged and beaten by the Jews ; but we never read that he beat or ...
... religion . He that thinks to expiate a sin by going barefoot does the penance of a goose , and only makes one folly the atonement for another . Paul , indeed , was scourged and beaten by the Jews ; but we never read that he beat or ...
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Page 74 - And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together ; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
Page 85 - And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he : hold him fast.
Page 279 - Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Page 85 - All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.
Page 143 - How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land ? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth...
Page 363 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Page 350 - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Page 264 - Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples : and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake.
Page 85 - And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
Page 340 - Now there were in the Church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers ; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said : — " Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them." And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.