Sermons Preached on Public OccasionsF. & J. Rivington, 1846 - 368 pages |
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... present form would be acceptable , more especially if combined with other of his Sermons delivered upon public occa- sions . He has therefore been induced to commit this Volume to the press , hoping that it may not altogether disappoint ...
... present form would be acceptable , more especially if combined with other of his Sermons delivered upon public occa- sions . He has therefore been induced to commit this Volume to the press , hoping that it may not altogether disappoint ...
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... present occasion and circumstances , that we should show you how the secret of greatness is con- tained in those words of our blessed Saviour which we have chosen as our text . Our assertion is 2 THE GREATNESS OF BEING USEFUL .
... present occasion and circumstances , that we should show you how the secret of greatness is con- tained in those words of our blessed Saviour which we have chosen as our text . Our assertion is 2 THE GREATNESS OF BEING USEFUL .
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... present audience , that , in his searchings over the beautiful and spangled face of heaven , he is gather- ing ... presents to the world the results of his investigations , furnishes his fellow - men with new principles on which to act ...
... present audience , that , in his searchings over the beautiful and spangled face of heaven , he is gather- ing ... presents to the world the results of his investigations , furnishes his fellow - men with new principles on which to act ...
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... present , let them hear , and remember , and report to their fellows , the pilots virtually incur the guilt of robbers , by destroying property , and of murderers , by destroy- ing life . But shall we be exceeding the bounds of our ...
... present , let them hear , and remember , and report to their fellows , the pilots virtually incur the guilt of robbers , by destroying property , and of murderers , by destroy- ing life . But shall we be exceeding the bounds of our ...
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... presents - and this spectacle is not its streets , and not its parks , and not its palaces ; but the forest of masts which rise for mile upon mile from its noble river , -and when we remember how , with Christianity at the helm of the ...
... presents - and this spectacle is not its streets , and not its parks , and not its palaces ; but the forest of masts which rise for mile upon mile from its noble river , -and when we remember how , with Christianity at the helm of the ...
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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.