Sermons by Henry Ward Beecher, Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, Volume 2Harper & Brothers, 1868 - Congregational churches |
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... religious nature . And as it is with individual men , so it is with the world at large . At first the nations of the earth are nations of sav- ages ; then they begin to be half civilized ; then they become more fully civilized ; then in ...
... religious nature . And as it is with individual men , so it is with the world at large . At first the nations of the earth are nations of sav- ages ; then they begin to be half civilized ; then they become more fully civilized ; then in ...
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... religious world have arisen very largely from the fact that men have failed to recognize these different premises and their necessary results . Those men who take the material view are usually , at least they are often , consistent ...
... religious world have arisen very largely from the fact that men have failed to recognize these different premises and their necessary results . Those men who take the material view are usually , at least they are often , consistent ...
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... religion , not a few have been the result of an attempt on the part of theologians to reconcile the sci- entific view of God with the facts of the New Testament , which make him a being represented to us by the human soul . I believe in ...
... religion , not a few have been the result of an attempt on the part of theologians to reconcile the sci- entific view of God with the facts of the New Testament , which make him a being represented to us by the human soul . I believe in ...
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... religious world all manner of inconsistencies , repeated attempts to settle questions that never remain set- tled , and unstable systems that are like sands which are worn . and wasted by the fluctuations of the everlasting sea . Men ...
... religious world all manner of inconsistencies , repeated attempts to settle questions that never remain set- tled , and unstable systems that are like sands which are worn . and wasted by the fluctuations of the everlasting sea . Men ...
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... religious comfort . Our religious joy never springs from the concep- tion of what we are , but of what God is . No man's life , at- tainments , purposes , or virtues can yield him full peace . It is the conviction that we are loved of ...
... religious comfort . Our religious joy never springs from the concep- tion of what we are , but of what God is . No man's life , at- tainments , purposes , or virtues can yield him full peace . It is the conviction that we are loved of ...
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SERMONS OF HENRY WARD BEECHER Henry Ward 1813-1887 Beecher,T. J. (Truman Jeremiah) 1830 Ellinwood No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 232 - Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities ; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Page 40 - And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests and we shall reign on the earth.
Page 11 - Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
Page 427 - And he said, This will I do, I will pull down my barns, and build greater, and there will I bestow all my fruits, and my goods. 21 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years, take thine ease, eat, drink and be merry.
Page 66 - Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: and here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
Page 91 - And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty ; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Page 49 - For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren; saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I, and the children which God hath given me.
Page 23 - Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
Page 118 - And he would not for a while : but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man ; 5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
Page 358 - And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead...