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... wisdom . For truth , pathos , depth of thought , knowledge of the human heart , profound theology , lofty and sublime views of religion , command of a chaste , or rich and flowing diction , powerful and awakening appeals to the ...
... wisdom . For truth , pathos , depth of thought , knowledge of the human heart , profound theology , lofty and sublime views of religion , command of a chaste , or rich and flowing diction , powerful and awakening appeals to the ...
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... wisdom and ability with which the government of the Connexion has been conducted , unite to attest this fact . Whilst this system of religion has created , by the blessing of God , an infinite amount of moral feeling and sentiment , led ...
... wisdom and ability with which the government of the Connexion has been conducted , unite to attest this fact . Whilst this system of religion has created , by the blessing of God , an infinite amount of moral feeling and sentiment , led ...
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... wisdom , there- fore , and the word of knowledge , were to the first preachers instead of learning , so in these later ages , when the Spirit no longer imparts his extraordinary gifts , learning is instead of them . " The importance and ...
... wisdom , there- fore , and the word of knowledge , were to the first preachers instead of learning , so in these later ages , when the Spirit no longer imparts his extraordinary gifts , learning is instead of them . " The importance and ...
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... wisdom of past ages , the plain dictates of common sense , the authority of the sacred word , simply understood , and to set himself up for " some great one , " to whom is confided a new dispensation of the Gospel . Declamation aspires ...
... wisdom of past ages , the plain dictates of common sense , the authority of the sacred word , simply understood , and to set himself up for " some great one , " to whom is confided a new dispensation of the Gospel . Declamation aspires ...
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... leisure to enter into the concerns of a young but promising preacher , for the pur- pose of guiding him in the path of wisdom and piety . We have not only the characteristic warmth and affection of his THE REV . DAVID M'NICOLL . xxxiii.
... leisure to enter into the concerns of a young but promising preacher , for the pur- pose of guiding him in the path of wisdom and piety . We have not only the characteristic warmth and affection of his THE REV . DAVID M'NICOLL . xxxiii.
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Page 224 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming ; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 501 - Then gathered the Chief Priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we ? for this man doeth many miracles. * If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him ; and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
Page 224 - Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms ; that made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof ; that opened not the house of his prisoners...
Page 334 - When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. The Lord hath done great things for us ; whereof we are glad.
Page 409 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. 2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Page 40 - Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted; but the rich in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
Page 398 - Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended : but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Page 38 - For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth : for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
Page 189 - Walk about Zion, and go round about her : Tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, Consider her palaces ; That ye may tell it to the generation following : For this God is our God for ever and ever : He will be our guide even unto death.
Page 306 - For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.