Three Thousand Selected Quotations from Brilliant Writers: Compiled from the Religious Literature of All AgesS. S. Scranton Company, 1912 - 681 pages |
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... Jesus Christ has forgiven your sins ? " The man turned at once and said , " How do you know when you have got sugar in your tea ? " -JOHN B. GOUGH . Every one of us may know what is the ruling purpose of his life ; and he who knows that ...
... Jesus Christ has forgiven your sins ? " The man turned at once and said , " How do you know when you have got sugar in your tea ? " -JOHN B. GOUGH . Every one of us may know what is the ruling purpose of his life ; and he who knows that ...
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Compiled from the Religious Literature of All Ages Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert. Jesus ... Christ's will and trusting on Christ's help . Every fall without one ... Jesus, save me from the infatuation of avarice! ...
Compiled from the Religious Literature of All Ages Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert. Jesus ... Christ's will and trusting on Christ's help . Every fall without one ... Jesus, save me from the infatuation of avarice! ...
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Compiled from the Religious Literature of All Ages Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert. CHRIST . Jesus ! How does the very word overflow with sweetness , and light , and love , and life ; filling the air with odors , like precious ointment poured ...
Compiled from the Religious Literature of All Ages Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert. CHRIST . Jesus ! How does the very word overflow with sweetness , and light , and love , and life ; filling the air with odors , like precious ointment poured ...
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... Jesus Christ . ― F. W. ROBERTSON . I feel that one reason why many real Christians do not go on their way rejoicing is , that they deify the humanity of Christ . ( They study the deity of the Saviour before they look to His humanity ...
... Jesus Christ . ― F. W. ROBERTSON . I feel that one reason why many real Christians do not go on their way rejoicing is , that they deify the humanity of Christ . ( They study the deity of the Saviour before they look to His humanity ...
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... Jesus is , the glorious Godhead is ; and to have fel- lowship with the Son is to have fellowship with the Father . To know the love of Christ is to be filled with all the fullness of God . -JAMES HAMILTON . The tears of Christ are the ...
... Jesus is , the glorious Godhead is ; and to have fel- lowship with the Son is to have fellowship with the Father . To know the love of Christ is to be filled with all the fullness of God . -JAMES HAMILTON . The tears of Christ are the ...
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A. E. KITTREDGE ALEXANDER MACLAREN beauty believe Bible BISHOP blessed C. H. SPURGEON CHARLES KINGSLEY Christian CHRISTIAN SCRIVER church cross D. L. MOODY darkness death Divine duty E. L. MAGOON earth EDWARD THOMSON eternal everlasting evil eyes F. W. ROBERTSON faith Father feel FENELON forever give glory God's gospel grace H. W. BEECHER hand happy hath heart heaven holy hope HORACE BUSHNELL human immortal infinite J. G. HOLLAND JAMES HAMILTON JAMES MARTINEAU Jesus Christ JOHN ANGEL JAMES JOHN FLAVEL light live look Lord mercy mind nature never ourselves peace perfect pray prayer PUNSHON R. S. STORRS religion repentance rest RICHARD CECIL RICHARD FULLER righteousness salvation Saviour sinner sins sorrow soul spirit strength T. L. CUYLER Thee Thine thing THOMAS À KEMPIS THOMAS BROOKS Thou hast thought throne tion true trust truth unto W. E. CHANNING weary word
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Page 370 - WE do not presume to come to this thy table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table.
Page 174 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised: thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet.
Page 231 - Just as I am Thou wilt receive, Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve ! Because Thy promise I believe, O Lamb of God, I come...
Page 304 - Why should I shrink at pain and woe, Or feel at death dismay? I've Canaan's goodly land in view, And realms of endless day.
Page 337 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 385 - Life ! we've been long together Through pleasant and through cloudy weather; 'Tis hard. to part when friends are dear — Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear; — Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time; Say not Good Night, — but in some brighter clime Bid me Good Morning.
Page 279 - Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne, — Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the dim unknown, Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own.
Page 564 - Heaven is not reached at a single bound ; But we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round.
Page 28 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its Author ; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Page 613 - Only waiting till the shadows Are a little longer grown, Only waiting till the glimmer Of the day's last beam is flown...