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... . " The excellency of knowledge is , that wisdom giveth life to them that have it " 23 [ Preached before the Corporation of Trinity House , on Trinity Monday , 1840. ] SERMON III . THE LEAST OF SERVICE TO THE GREATEST.
... . " The excellency of knowledge is , that wisdom giveth life to them that have it " 23 [ Preached before the Corporation of Trinity House , on Trinity Monday , 1840. ] SERMON III . THE LEAST OF SERVICE TO THE GREATEST.
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Henry Melvill. SERMON III . THE LEAST OF SERVICE TO THE GREATEST . 1 CORINTHIANS xii . 21 . PAGE 41 " And the eye cannot say unto the hand , I have no need of thee ; nor again the head to the feet , I have no need of you " [ Preached ...
Henry Melvill. SERMON III . THE LEAST OF SERVICE TO THE GREATEST . 1 CORINTHIANS xii . 21 . PAGE 41 " And the eye cannot say unto the hand , I have no need of thee ; nor again the head to the feet , I have no need of you " [ Preached ...
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... least , whatever may have been his design , this patriot has acted as the minister to others ; and it is simply because he has so acted , that he has encircled himself with imperishable renown . He has pleaded the cause of others , and ...
... least , whatever may have been his design , this patriot has acted as the minister to others ; and it is simply because he has so acted , that he has encircled himself with imperishable renown . He has pleaded the cause of others , and ...
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... least ability of re- quiting . Yet it is on this very account that he becomes specially great . If he attached himself to the service of the noble and prosperous , there would rest suspicion on his motives ; and we should be inclined to ...
... least ability of re- quiting . Yet it is on this very account that he becomes specially great . If he attached himself to the service of the noble and prosperous , there would rest suspicion on his motives ; and we should be inclined to ...
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... least , let it be remembered by those who have in any way an influence on the commerce of the country , that God has given spiritual blessings to be diffused as well as enjoyed ; and that it cannot be in his sight an indifferent thing ...
... least , let it be remembered by those who have in any way an influence on the commerce of the country , that God has given spiritual blessings to be diffused as well as enjoyed ; and that it cannot be in his sight an indifferent thing ...
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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.