The Homilist; or, The pulpit for the people, conducted by D. Thomas. Vol. 1-50; 51, no. 3- ol. 63, Part 2David Thomas 1884 |
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... mean so much as it does now , Where shall wisdom be found , and where is the place of under- standing ? " No one can listen to Christ's teaching without realising that He has fullest sympathy with this human quest for Truth . In the ...
... mean so much as it does now , Where shall wisdom be found , and where is the place of under- standing ? " No one can listen to Christ's teaching without realising that He has fullest sympathy with this human quest for Truth . In the ...
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... means would be provided to keep him from the lions ' den , or whether he was to be kept from harm there ; he was certain God would preserve his life . The three young men in Babylon the same . If we will but let the Christ enter our ...
... means would be provided to keep him from the lions ' den , or whether he was to be kept from harm there ; he was certain God would preserve his life . The three young men in Babylon the same . If we will but let the Christ enter our ...
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... means irritation , anger , quarrel- someness . And so , as James tells us , " Pleasures war in the members : they desire and have not , they covet and cannot obtain . Whence come wars and fightings among you ? Come they not hence even ...
... means irritation , anger , quarrel- someness . And so , as James tells us , " Pleasures war in the members : they desire and have not , they covet and cannot obtain . Whence come wars and fightings among you ? Come they not hence even ...
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... mean by it their own opinions ; and thus while the world has many people who would suffer martyrdom in the cause of what they call truth , it has few who will suffer even a little inconvenience in that of justice and mercy . " - Ruskin ...
... mean by it their own opinions ; and thus while the world has many people who would suffer martyrdom in the cause of what they call truth , it has few who will suffer even a little inconvenience in that of justice and mercy . " - Ruskin ...
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... means . The Church of Rome is an example . Its aim , the bringing of the world into the one fold , is sublimely good , but the means it has employed not only neutralise the purpose but drive the bulk of the popula- tion away into the ...
... means . The Church of Rome is an example . Its aim , the bringing of the world into the one fold , is sublimely good , but the means it has employed not only neutralise the purpose but drive the bulk of the popula- tion away into the ...
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Page 150 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ...
Page 386 - The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming ? why tarry the wheels of his chariots...
Page 47 - Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost, which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour, that being justified by his grace we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Page 145 - Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven ; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name ? and in thy name have cast out devils ? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you : depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Page 23 - Ye lust and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
Page 54 - And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
Page 105 - I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil : and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars...
Page 169 - Submit yourselves therefore, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.
Page 323 - Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
Page 339 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them. Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled ; notwithstanding ye give them not those tilings which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit ? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.