The Homilist; or, The pulpit for the people, conducted by D. Thomas. Vol. 1-50; 51, no. 3- ol. 63, Volume 2David Thomas |
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... characters of their patrons , and the tastes and tendencies of the times . Like actors , they have habiliments to suit the audiences they address , and the parts they have to play . Hence we find the same error at one time in the coarse ...
... characters of their patrons , and the tastes and tendencies of the times . Like actors , they have habiliments to suit the audiences they address , and the parts they have to play . Hence we find the same error at one time in the coarse ...
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... character ; it is moulded by the plastic hand of What we poor Christians call souls are not agents , but tools - not persons , but limbs - not even springs , but tiny wheels - in this huge machine of earth ; -straws borne on the ...
... character ; it is moulded by the plastic hand of What we poor Christians call souls are not agents , but tools - not persons , but limbs - not even springs , but tiny wheels - in this huge machine of earth ; -straws borne on the ...
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... character . " According to this phantasy , man has been journeying upwards from the lowest through all the intermediate stages of exis- tence . He was once a fish , and the ocean was his home ; and once was he a bird , winging the wide ...
... character . " According to this phantasy , man has been journeying upwards from the lowest through all the intermediate stages of exis- tence . He was once a fish , and the ocean was his home ; and once was he a bird , winging the wide ...
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... characters are not of a firm oaken texture , but loose and weed - like . They are rushes , not cedars . They are ... character where there is not a concentration of all the powers of the soul . Some minds are kingdoms divided against ...
... characters are not of a firm oaken texture , but loose and weed - like . They are rushes , not cedars . They are ... character where there is not a concentration of all the powers of the soul . Some minds are kingdoms divided against ...
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... CHARACTER OF GOD . In relation to the destroyed , there is the manifestation of " long suffering " - “ power ” — “ wrath ; " and in relation to the saved , there is the manifestation of the " riches of his glory . " Learn , my brother ...
... CHARACTER OF GOD . In relation to the destroyed , there is the manifestation of " long suffering " - “ power ” — “ wrath ; " and in relation to the saved , there is the manifestation of the " riches of his glory . " Learn , my brother ...
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Page 36 - Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee, Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
Page 206 - From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Page 30 - Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
Page 331 - Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there ; and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
Page 381 - Every man's work shall be made manifest. For the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire ; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
Page 253 - And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Page 336 - The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. 11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
Page 231 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on Earth, would hear, approve, and own, Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste And natural in gesture...
Page 206 - And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
Page 332 - Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.