 | Laying on - 1855 - 188 pages
...of His HOLY SPIBIT, and we have confidence that He will hear our prayer, for " if men, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto their children, how much more shall our Heavenly FATHEB give the HOLY SPIBIT to them that ask Him ?" Sect. 4. The Collect. The Collect... | |
 | 1856 - 496 pages
...in that great outpouring ! By it they knew they were adopted of the Father, " for if earthly parents know how to give good gifts unto their children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?" by it they knew Christ, their... | |
 | George Eliel Sargent - 1860 - 438 pages
...unto you ;" and stated, on his high authority who can never lie nor repent, that, if men, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto their children, " how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?" her countenance kindled... | |
 | James Morgan - 1865 - 558 pages
...crying, Abba, Father." It is what our Lord himself encourages, saying — " If your fathers being evil, know how to give good gifts unto their children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him." In the same spirit his apostle... | |
 | Clergyman - 1867 - 168 pages
...and every perfect gift cometh down from the FATHER of lights." (S. James i. 17.) And if evil men " know how to give good gifts unto their children, how much more shall our FATHER which is in heaven give good things to them that ask Him." (S. Matth. vii. 11.) And... | |
 | John Marshall Lowrie - 1868 - 336 pages
...and the guilty for forgiveness. Do we need the aid of the Spirit? If earthly 13 fathers, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto their children, " how much more shall your heavenly father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him ?" Luke xi. 13. CHAPTER XII. ELIJAH... | |
 | D. L. SHIRRES - 1871 - 550 pages
...the manner of God, he does not give a stone for bread, nor a serpent for a fish. " If men being evil, know how to give good gifts unto their children, how much more shall our Father, who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him ? " " Ask and ye shall receive,"... | |
 | G.OSBORN - 1873 - 398 pages
...readiness to receive you graciously, and to love you freely. Earthly parents are ' evil,' and yet they ' know how to give good gifts unto their -children ; how much more shall your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him ?' His Holy Spirit, the Comforter,... | |
 | Thomas Robinson - 1877 - 194 pages
...the Lord make bright clouds (or lightnings), and give them showers of rain.' ' If men who are evil know how to give good gifts unto their children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him ? (Zech. x. 1 ; Luke xi. 13).... | |
 | 1882 - 820 pages
...one of those pure " revivals " with which he alone can enrich the Church ! "For if men, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto their children, how much more will he give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him ?" What a hold upon himself he hath given us, in... | |
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If men who are evil know how to give good gifts unto their children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him ? (Zech. 
