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... - cellence after which it may have vaguely groped , but which it never realised till now . " Here " - is the soul's involuntary conviction- " Here is that conception which haunted me ever in my sinful- ness , 18 SERMON I.
... - cellence after which it may have vaguely groped , but which it never realised till now . " Here " - is the soul's involuntary conviction- " Here is that conception which haunted me ever in my sinful- ness , 18 SERMON I.
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John Caird. conception which haunted me ever in my sinful- ness , yet which I never fully discerned till now ; here is that Light to which my darkened con- science was vainly struggling , that standard to which my dim sense of a Right I ...
John Caird. conception which haunted me ever in my sinful- ness , yet which I never fully discerned till now ; here is that Light to which my darkened con- science was vainly struggling , that standard to which my dim sense of a Right I ...
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... sinful mind . I. One reason why the sinful man does not " un- derstand his errors " is - That sin can be truly measured only when it is resisted . It is impos- sible to estimate the strength of the principle of evil in the soul till we ...
... sinful mind . I. One reason why the sinful man does not " un- derstand his errors " is - That sin can be truly measured only when it is resisted . It is impos- sible to estimate the strength of the principle of evil in the soul till we ...
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... sinful man , laid bare in all its nakedness to its own inspection , is a sight on which it would be terrible to look long ; and most men prefer the delusive tranquillity of ignorance to the wholesome pain of a thorough self - revelation ...
... sinful man , laid bare in all its nakedness to its own inspection , is a sight on which it would be terrible to look long ; and most men prefer the delusive tranquillity of ignorance to the wholesome pain of a thorough self - revelation ...
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... sinful man listens to some very earnest exhibition of divine truth , or is brought into contact with one who is living a very holy , pure , unselfish life , a painful impression of his own deficiencies a transient glimpse of a nobler ...
... sinful man listens to some very earnest exhibition of divine truth , or is brought into contact with one who is living a very holy , pure , unselfish life , a painful impression of his own deficiencies a transient glimpse of a nobler ...
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Page 229 - Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Page 143 - Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death...
Page 102 - And he said, Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live.
Page 251 - Thou art, of what sort the eternal life of the saints was to be, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 265 - And though it is said, this corruptible shall put on incorruption, and this mortal shall put on immortality...