Discourses on special occasions by ... Robert S. M'All [ed.] with a sketch of his life and character by R. Wardlaw, Volume 1 |
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Page lxiv
... effort to which the mind is sum- moned , and success in which becomes the criterion of its might and mastery , -is the effort to bring all its dispositions and tendencies into conformity with this principle . When a child refuses to ...
... effort to which the mind is sum- moned , and success in which becomes the criterion of its might and mastery , -is the effort to bring all its dispositions and tendencies into conformity with this principle . When a child refuses to ...
Page lxxv
... adequate mental effort to " develop the character of the individual , or to adapt their " communications to his real state , as the key is fitted to the " wards of the lock . The consequence is , THE REV . DR . M'ALL . lxxv.
... adequate mental effort to " develop the character of the individual , or to adapt their " communications to his real state , as the key is fitted to the " wards of the lock . The consequence is , THE REV . DR . M'ALL . lxxv.
Page lxxvii
... efforts proved wholly in " vain , as he possessed , like many others in similar circum- " stances , that kind of preternatural acuteness which led him to convert all the arguments and topics of consolation into " the occasion of deeper ...
... efforts proved wholly in " vain , as he possessed , like many others in similar circum- " stances , that kind of preternatural acuteness which led him to convert all the arguments and topics of consolation into " the occasion of deeper ...
Page lxxxi
... effort , under its notice , -and which , in the ordinary intercourse of life , takes all with whom it comes into contact in their own departments , and , by a felicitous tact , draws from each the information he is , profes- sionally or ...
... effort , under its notice , -and which , in the ordinary intercourse of life , takes all with whom it comes into contact in their own departments , and , by a felicitous tact , draws from each the information he is , profes- sionally or ...
Page lxxxii
... effort , -the art of those who are ever studiously on the watch for an opening at which they may thrust in a favourite topic , and the effort of those who , having succeeded in the attempt , expend all that they know in set and laboured ...
... effort , -the art of those who are ever studiously on the watch for an opening at which they may thrust in a favourite topic , and the effort of those who , having succeeded in the attempt , expend all that they know in set and laboured ...
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Page 221 - And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Page 90 - But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not...
Page lxxii - For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
Page 64 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 304 - Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone : if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
Page clxxvi - Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father : for my Father is greater than I.
Page lxii - Beware, lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the traditions of men ; after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ: For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
Page cxci - Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming...
Page 130 - For he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever : that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord; so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud : for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.
Page 126 - I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I straitened till it be accomplished...