Adoniram Judson Gordon: A Biography with Letters and Illustrative Extracts Drawn from Unpublished Or Uncollected Sermons and Addresses |
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... face of the land in the course of a third of a century . Those subtle but omnipotent economic forces which , apparently from sheer arbitrariness , de- stroy the patiently constructed foundations of generations of industry , while ...
... face of the land in the course of a third of a century . Those subtle but omnipotent economic forces which , apparently from sheer arbitrariness , de- stroy the patiently constructed foundations of generations of industry , while ...
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... faces of Canadian habitants are more and more com- mon . The old order is passing away . The most encouraging indications of a future in the general decadence are the at- tractive villas of Boston and New York , which are rising here ...
... faces of Canadian habitants are more and more com- mon . The old order is passing away . The most encouraging indications of a future in the general decadence are the at- tractive villas of Boston and New York , which are rising here ...
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... face wrapped in its death - sleep . How full of love , of gratitude , of longing reminiscence ! What references to her laborious life , to the unrecorded sacrifices , to the solicitous care with which she brought up her twelve children ...
... face wrapped in its death - sleep . How full of love , of gratitude , of longing reminiscence ! What references to her laborious life , to the unrecorded sacrifices , to the solicitous care with which she brought up her twelve children ...
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... face , to grapple with the forces of heathenism in their very stronghold . And now the story of the heroic career in Bur- mah had reached the homes of America . In city , in hamlet , in distant farm , wherever devout hearts were praying ...
... face , to grapple with the forces of heathenism in their very stronghold . And now the story of the heroic career in Bur- mah had reached the homes of America . In city , in hamlet , in distant farm , wherever devout hearts were praying ...
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... face , announcing , with much difficulty and stumbling , his purpose to devote his life and best powers to his Saviour's work . " Judson is a good boy , and would make a good minister if only he had energy , " remarked one old deacon to ...
... face , announcing , with much difficulty and stumbling , his purpose to devote his life and best powers to his Saviour's work . " Judson is a good boy , and would make a good minister if only he had energy , " remarked one old deacon to ...
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Page 331 - Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as .they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
Page 277 - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him, let him know, that he *which converteth the sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Page 305 - For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
Page 164 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Page 340 - And I say unto you that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven...
Page 98 - Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds ; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him...
Page 8 - Still thou turnedst, and still Beckonedst the trembler, and still Gavest the weary thy hand. If, in the paths of the world, Stones might have wounded thy feet, Toil or dejection have tried Thy spirit, of that we saw Nothing - to us thou wast still Cheerful, and helpful, and firm! Therefore to thee it was given Many to save with thyself; And, at the end of thy day, O faithful shepherd! to come, Bringing thy sheep in thy hand.
Page 98 - Jesus : that ye put off, concerning the former conversation, the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts ; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind ; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Page 8 - But thou would'st not alone Be saved, my father ! alone Conquer and come to thy goal, Leaving the rest in the wild.
Page 137 - For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver, and an antichrist.