A Homiletic Encyclopaedia of Illustrations in Theology and Morals. ...Funk & Wagnalls, 1885 - 892 pages |
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... seems a work of supererogation to say one word con cerning it . . . . A man may often find materials to enliven a ... seem to have forgot- of thoughts lying immediately in their neighbour- ten that they were merely illustrations ; and in ...
... seems a work of supererogation to say one word con cerning it . . . . A man may often find materials to enliven a ... seem to have forgot- of thoughts lying immediately in their neighbour- ten that they were merely illustrations ; and in ...
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... seems to weaken men , to discourage them , and to destroy them ; but the fact is that it does not really destroy or weaken them . That part in us which suffering weakens is usually that very part which ought to be weakened . The great ...
... seems to weaken men , to discourage them , and to destroy them ; but the fact is that it does not really destroy or weaken them . That part in us which suffering weakens is usually that very part which ought to be weakened . The great ...
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... seems the while neglected in comparison of this more needful charge . How much more shall the Father of Mercies be com- passionately intent upon the sufferings of His dear children , according to the proportion of their afflic tions ...
... seems the while neglected in comparison of this more needful charge . How much more shall the Father of Mercies be com- passionately intent upon the sufferings of His dear children , according to the proportion of their afflic tions ...
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... seem strange , that God through His infinite wisdon and power should be able to bring happiness out of misery , comfort ... seems perfect in the judgment of all eyes save those of the artist who drew it . Others would fain see him now to ...
... seem strange , that God through His infinite wisdon and power should be able to bring happiness out of misery , comfort ... seems perfect in the judgment of all eyes save those of the artist who drew it . Others would fain see him now to ...
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... seems sometimes to flow out , and leave the sands bare . But again they sometimes rush in upon us like tides , as if ... seem to be like melted metal : what weeping and wringing of hands ! what con- fessions of sin will they make ! Do ...
... seems sometimes to flow out , and leave the sands bare . But again they sometimes rush in upon us like tides , as if ... seem to be like melted metal : what weeping and wringing of hands ! what con- fessions of sin will they make ! Do ...
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Popular passages
Page 396 - For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Page 222 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common ; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Page 122 - Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Page 117 - ... books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
Page 56 - HAD rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. And therefore God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
Page 280 - As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : When shall I come and appear before God...
Page 95 - For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.
Page 13 - And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Page 373 - Omnipotent. Ay me ! they little know How dearly I abide that boast so vain, Under what torments inwardly I groan, While they adore me on the throne of Hell. 'With diadem and sceptre high advanced, The lower still I fall, only supreme In misery; such joy ambition finds. But say I could repent, and could obtain By act of grace my former state ; how soon Would height recall high thoughts, how soon unsay What feigned submission swore ! ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void.
Page 389 - Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made ; well : but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace ; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands...