Sermons by Henry Ward Beecher, Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, Volume 2Harper & Brothers, 1868 - Congregational churches |
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... seem to him as though every thing was retrograding ; as though men were growing worse and worse ; as though injustice was increas- ing , and righteousness was diminishing ; as though those who strove to be good were of no account , and ...
... seem to him as though every thing was retrograding ; as though men were growing worse and worse ; as though injustice was increas- ing , and righteousness was diminishing ; as though those who strove to be good were of no account , and ...
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... seem to be receding . God has declared that every thing shall work together for good to them that are his . And the Christian heart , relying on this declaration , says , " If this was a world that had no God , I should be in utter ...
... seem to be receding . God has declared that every thing shall work together for good to them that are his . And the Christian heart , relying on this declaration , says , " If this was a world that had no God , I should be in utter ...
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... seems to be long delayed , it is surely draw- ing nigh ; and though scoffers arise , " walking after their own lusts , and saying , Where is the promise of his coming ? for , since the fathers fell asleep , all things continue as they ...
... seems to be long delayed , it is surely draw- ing nigh ; and though scoffers arise , " walking after their own lusts , and saying , Where is the promise of his coming ? for , since the fathers fell asleep , all things continue as they ...
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... seems to me that it is best that a man should not be too conscientious . " This is the very thing that the psalmist says you must not do . " Fret not thyself in any wise to do evil , neither be thou envious against workers of iniquity ...
... seems to me that it is best that a man should not be too conscientious . " This is the very thing that the psalmist says you must not do . " Fret not thyself in any wise to do evil , neither be thou envious against workers of iniquity ...
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... seems for a time to burrow like a marmot ; but then , little by little , he begins to work upward , and he builds so that every hour men see that he is building strongly and surely . Young men , you who are under circumstances in which ...
... seems for a time to burrow like a marmot ; but then , little by little , he begins to work upward , and he builds so that every hour men see that he is building strongly and surely . Young men , you who are under circumstances in which ...
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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...