Sermons, Practical and DoctrinalCrocker & Brewster, 1826 - 421 pages |
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Elijah Parish. reader's possessing the most vivid conception of the author's utterance and character , we shall prefix to them a short account of his life . We write not a biography , but a sketch . ELIJAH PARISH was born in Lebanon ...
Elijah Parish. reader's possessing the most vivid conception of the author's utterance and character , we shall prefix to them a short account of his life . We write not a biography , but a sketch . ELIJAH PARISH was born in Lebanon ...
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... character ; from his refusing to bow down to the popular idols of the day . He was a friend to religious liberty ; he would have the human mind assailed by no arms but those of persuasion and truth . This makes his loss almost ...
... character ; from his refusing to bow down to the popular idols of the day . He was a friend to religious liberty ; he would have the human mind assailed by no arms but those of persuasion and truth . This makes his loss almost ...
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... characters increases the great- ness of the last day . Artificial Artificial appearances All hearts will be revealed . are at an end ; affected goodness vanishes ; apparent and real are the same . He whose eyes are a flame of fire ...
... characters increases the great- ness of the last day . Artificial Artificial appearances All hearts will be revealed . are at an end ; affected goodness vanishes ; apparent and real are the same . He whose eyes are a flame of fire ...
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... characters may appear just as they are , secret sins will be revealed . As the hand , writing on the wall , shook the sturdy frame of Belshazzar with hor- rour ; so will the wicked tremble at the opened books . Their guilt is not ...
... characters may appear just as they are , secret sins will be revealed . As the hand , writing on the wall , shook the sturdy frame of Belshazzar with hor- rour ; so will the wicked tremble at the opened books . Their guilt is not ...
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... of the Christian ministry , is contempt of Jesus Christ ; that all selfishness is warfare against the kingdom of heaven . So are human characters revealed , before the universe . In this solemn scene , God also unfolds his own 6 41.
... of the Christian ministry , is contempt of Jesus Christ ; that all selfishness is warfare against the kingdom of heaven . So are human characters revealed , before the universe . In this solemn scene , God also unfolds his own 6 41.
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Page 332 - So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions ? if the Lord be God, follow him : but if Baal then follow him.
Page 387 - Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Page 6 - And he -shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off ; and they shall -beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks : nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall -sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree ; and none shall make them afraid : for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
Page 6 - And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Page 81 - Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes...
Page 41 - Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was an hungered and ye gave me no meat ; I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink ; I was a stranger and ye took me not in ; naked and ye clothed me not ; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 83 - And Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire ; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Page 257 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 82 - But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
Page 107 - For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him ; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.