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... enter into the contest as though the issue depended on him- self . Whatever be the amount or proportion of the " gift , " they who possess it are equally stewards ; and " it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful . ” It ...
... enter into the contest as though the issue depended on him- self . Whatever be the amount or proportion of the " gift , " they who possess it are equally stewards ; and " it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful . ” It ...
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... enter ; no matter how much of their own ease and pleasure they are obliged to forego ; no matter how foreign to their habits , or how harassing to their tenderness , may be the scenes of sin and misery into which they are obliged to ...
... enter ; no matter how much of their own ease and pleasure they are obliged to forego ; no matter how foreign to their habits , or how harassing to their tenderness , may be the scenes of sin and misery into which they are obliged to ...
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... entered the abodes of poverty ; and , ignorant alike of the origin and character of the in- digence which they ... enter their dwellings , not as a friend or a brother seeking for a time the shelter of their hospitality that he may ...
... entered the abodes of poverty ; and , ignorant alike of the origin and character of the in- digence which they ... enter their dwellings , not as a friend or a brother seeking for a time the shelter of their hospitality that he may ...
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... entering a new parish , we have given them , with the answer at length , and hope both will be found useful under similar circumstances . " May I take the liberty of putting a question which I should be very glad if you would answer ...
... entering a new parish , we have given them , with the answer at length , and hope both will be found useful under similar circumstances . " May I take the liberty of putting a question which I should be very glad if you would answer ...
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... entered upon the subject of the Catholic priest . He stated that he had called upon him , and the sick man said that he was determined to talk with him , and desire him not to go about deceiving poor folks as he had attempted with him ...
... entered upon the subject of the Catholic priest . He stated that he had called upon him , and the sick man said that he was determined to talk with him , and desire him not to go about deceiving poor folks as he had attempted with him ...
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Page 13 - So after He had washed their feet, and had taken His garments, and was set down again, He said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you ? Ye call Me, Master, and Lord ; and ye say well, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet ; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 344 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page 45 - For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
Page 132 - hath * no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it : for the glory of God " doth * lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Page 234 - Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death.
Page 14 - Peter saith unto Him, Lord, dost Thou wash my feet ? Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do, thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter.
Page 94 - Christ, who, though he was rich, yet for our " sakes became poor, that we, through his poverty,
Page 46 - just live by faith;" and the loss of this life can only be by unbelief: so the " life which we now live in the flesh we live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved us, and gave himself for us,
Page 94 - The LORD liveth ; and blessed be my Rock ; And let the God of my salvation be exalted.
Page 189 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.