Sermons Preached on Public OccasionsF. & J. Rivington, 1846 - 368 pages |
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... caused by too great proximity , the verdict is commonly reversed : neither the boldness of his undertakings , nor the brilliancy of his success , will prevail on us to ratify a decision which awards the denomination of great to one who ...
... caused by too great proximity , the verdict is commonly reversed : neither the boldness of his undertakings , nor the brilliancy of his success , will prevail on us to ratify a decision which awards the denomination of great to one who ...
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... cause of others , and dashed away the chain of others , and wrought a vast deliverance for others ; and the result is the same as though , with a fine forgetfulness of self , he had devoted every energy and every resource to the good of ...
... cause of others , and dashed away the chain of others , and wrought a vast deliverance for others ; and the result is the same as though , with a fine forgetfulness of self , he had devoted every energy and every resource to the good of ...
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... cause to think that his main design was the serving himself . But there is no room for suspicions of this class , when the exhibition is that of a fine Christian philanthropy , leading a man to give his assiduity to the sick - beds of ...
... cause to think that his main design was the serving himself . But there is no room for suspicions of this class , when the exhibition is that of a fine Christian philanthropy , leading a man to give his assiduity to the sick - beds of ...
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... cause for surprise , if humility be represented as the high - road to great- ness ? The truly humble man must be , so far as character and achievements are concerned , the truly great man . I call not that man great who has con- quered ...
... cause for surprise , if humility be represented as the high - road to great- ness ? The truly humble man must be , so far as character and achievements are concerned , the truly great man . I call not that man great who has con- quered ...
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... cause of your dignity ; even as the stars and orders on a man of high achievement do not constitute , but proclaim him the benefactor of a nation . And if indeed it be thus your usefulness to which you owe your great- ness , it must be ...
... cause of your dignity ; even as the stars and orders on a man of high achievement do not constitute , but proclaim him the benefactor of a nation . And if indeed it be thus your usefulness to which you owe your great- ness , it must be ...
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Page 266 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 8 - And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews : to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law...
Page 339 - How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up? 31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
Page 126 - I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Page 19 - But ye shall not be so : but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger ; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth ? is not he that sitteth at meat? But I am among you as he that serveth.
Page 296 - And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
Page 239 - Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Page 205 - What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
Page 68 - And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
Page 180 - Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, 'Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungred and ye gave me meat, I was thirsty and ye gave me drink, I was a stranger and ye took me in; naked and ye clothed me, I was sick and ye visited me, I was in prison and ye came unto me.