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... eternity begins . The minister of the Gospel has many difficulties to contend with ere he can con- ciliate the esteem and affection of his parish- 1 ioners . There are opposing prejudices in every community 22 CLERICAL PORTRAIT .
... eternity begins . The minister of the Gospel has many difficulties to contend with ere he can con- ciliate the esteem and affection of his parish- 1 ioners . There are opposing prejudices in every community 22 CLERICAL PORTRAIT .
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... Gospel in his hand , he may give eyes to the spiritually blind - he may give hearing to the wilfully deaf . He will convince his hearers that Christ is still with them in power if not in presence ; that " his arm is not shortened that ...
... Gospel in his hand , he may give eyes to the spiritually blind - he may give hearing to the wilfully deaf . He will convince his hearers that Christ is still with them in power if not in presence ; that " his arm is not shortened that ...
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... Gospel , yet a frail and fallible creature , -well may I mourn over my insufficient counsel , and distrust my power to make men " wise to their salvation ! " But so it is , -the world still lies in wickedness , though generations are ...
... Gospel , yet a frail and fallible creature , -well may I mourn over my insufficient counsel , and distrust my power to make men " wise to their salvation ! " But so it is , -the world still lies in wickedness , though generations are ...
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Clerical portrait. The from the dead will not persuade " men . Gospel then must be guide to you and them — from its simply eloquent and intelli- gible page , labouring with all the earnest- ness and energy that an Omniscient God could ...
Clerical portrait. The from the dead will not persuade " men . Gospel then must be guide to you and them — from its simply eloquent and intelli- gible page , labouring with all the earnest- ness and energy that an Omniscient God could ...
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... Gospel to the poor one among the unanswerable evidences that he was the promised Messiah , that his Gospel was in- tended for the poor alone , -but that , where- as every religion , which had preceded the promulgation of Christianity ...
... Gospel to the poor one among the unanswerable evidences that he was the promised Messiah , that his Gospel was in- tended for the poor alone , -but that , where- as every religion , which had preceded the promulgation of Christianity ...
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Page 110 - And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south, unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
Page 122 - And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more : and he went on his way rejoicing. 40 But Philip was found at Azotus : and passing through, he preached in all the cities, till he came to Cesarea.
Page 95 - God spoke the world into being; and especially he formed man of the dust of the earth, and breathed into him the breath of life, so that he became a living soul.
Page 46 - ... washed His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Page 103 - But the most complete scriptural illustration of this doctrine which can be given, is from that celebrated passage where the apostle tells his converts to work out their own salvation with fear and trembling, because it is God that worketh in them both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
Page 35 - God will judge the world in righteousness, and administer true judgment unto his people. Some, indeed, are so bold as to deny it, whilst they are engaged in the pursuit of the lust of the eye and the pride of life; but follow them to their death-beds — ask them, when their souls are ready to launch into eternity, what...
Page 183 - Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the Happiness upright in heart." —PSALMS 97:11. "Her (wisdom's) ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. "She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Page 45 - Come unto me, all ye that labour, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Page 117 - Then Philip began at the same Scripture and preached unto him Jesus.