Letters of General C. G. Gordon to His Sister, M. A. GordonMacmillan, 1888 - 404 pages |
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... spirit , often apparently contradicting himself . When this was brought to his notice he , being fully aware of his own weakness , would answer : " No man in the world is more changeable than I am . " He often remarked that if he went ...
... spirit , often apparently contradicting himself . When this was brought to his notice he , being fully aware of his own weakness , would answer : " No man in the world is more changeable than I am . " He often remarked that if he went ...
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... spirit of God work- ing in the man . For the same reason I may have repeated some parts of the letters written to me and published in Reflections in Palestine . It is far from my intention to write anything like a memoir of General ...
... spirit of God work- ing in the man . For the same reason I may have repeated some parts of the letters written to me and published in Reflections in Palestine . It is far from my intention to write anything like a memoir of General ...
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... Spirit ; the spiritual soul never argues , it is only the carnal mind that does so . 3 May , 1867. — I am sure of one thing , we lose the very sweetest times by rejecting wilfully what God sends us in avoiding people and disagreeable ...
... Spirit ; the spiritual soul never argues , it is only the carnal mind that does so . 3 May , 1867. — I am sure of one thing , we lose the very sweetest times by rejecting wilfully what God sends us in avoiding people and disagreeable ...
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... Spirit . " The Holy Ghost shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance " ( John xiv . 26 ) . We have no conception or idea of what God will show us , if we persevere in seeking Him ; and it is He who puts this ...
... Spirit . " The Holy Ghost shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance " ( John xiv . 26 ) . We have no conception or idea of what God will show us , if we persevere in seeking Him ; and it is He who puts this ...
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... Spirit of God opens it to the heart . How very little one ought to indulge in converse on these matters , indeed how useless it is to do so , when we have Him not altogether in our thoughts . It is by far the longest road 14 General ...
... Spirit of God opens it to the heart . How very little one ought to indulge in converse on these matters , indeed how useless it is to do so , when we have Him not altogether in our thoughts . It is by far the longest road 14 General ...
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Page 45 - And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men ; but God knoweth your hearts : for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Page 121 - 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 29 - I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance; but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire; whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Page 391 - O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
Page 85 - And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled : for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Page 81 - ... Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
Page 63 - Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, And shut thy doors about thee: Hide thyself as it were for a little moment, Until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity : The earth also shall disclose her blood, And shall no more cover her slain.
Page 6 - As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
Page 329 - Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said) It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: unto whom I sware in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.
Page 160 - Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth : thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them...