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... look forward to that restoration which the God - man came to bestow upon the new race of whom He was made the Saviour and the King . " There shall be a root of Jesse , " saith the pro- phet ; " to it shall the Gentiles seek . " The ...
... look forward to that restoration which the God - man came to bestow upon the new race of whom He was made the Saviour and the King . " There shall be a root of Jesse , " saith the pro- phet ; " to it shall the Gentiles seek . " The ...
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... look down on these desolate spots , and there the building may suddenly and rapidly spring up , reaching the summit long before those lofty walls which seem to have outgrown the others , but which are still standing half - raised and ...
... look down on these desolate spots , and there the building may suddenly and rapidly spring up , reaching the summit long before those lofty walls which seem to have outgrown the others , but which are still standing half - raised and ...
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... look at the " Germans , who are far more learned in these matters , they do not stir . " This can be said no longer . The Germans are stirring - they are in- teresting themselves about doctrine , the church , and the Christian life ...
... look at the " Germans , who are far more learned in these matters , they do not stir . " This can be said no longer . The Germans are stirring - they are in- teresting themselves about doctrine , the church , and the Christian life ...
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... look at certain features of English soci- ety , we cannot help thinking that some of its mem- bers are , so to speak , overloaded , overwhelmed by the very weight of their riches . The search after the comfortable and the fashionable is ...
... look at certain features of English soci- ety , we cannot help thinking that some of its mem- bers are , so to speak , overloaded , overwhelmed by the very weight of their riches . The search after the comfortable and the fashionable is ...
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... look upon those exquisite dainties , from which only a thin pane of glass separated him . The rich display in its gilded frame , and that living skeleton ! here , in two strokes , is the picture of London . Not far from thence I heard ...
... look upon those exquisite dainties , from which only a thin pane of glass separated him . The rich display in its gilded frame , and that living skeleton ! here , in two strokes , is the picture of London . Not far from thence I heard ...
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Page 354 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Page 256 - But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Page 368 - And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Page 461 - And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Page 287 - If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; if my people which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways : then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Page 21 - These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Page 256 - What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops. And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Page 90 - Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
Page 419 - If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
Page 356 - What do I see but Christ, in one of his members, wrestling there? Think you that we are the sufferers ? No, it is Christ in us ; for he sends none a warfare on their own charges.