The Homilist; or, The pulpit for the people, conducted by D. Thomas. Vol. 1-50; 51, no. 3- ol. 63, Volume 17David Thomas 1867 |
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... become an evangelist - a preacher of the Gospel . After his conversation with the eunuch he had " gone down to Cæsarea " ( Acts viii . 40 ) , and had con- tinued ever since preaching the new faith . How many con- verts he had won we are ...
... become an evangelist - a preacher of the Gospel . After his conversation with the eunuch he had " gone down to Cæsarea " ( Acts viii . 40 ) , and had con- tinued ever since preaching the new faith . How many con- verts he had won we are ...
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... become a lamb . He from whose presence he rushed as from a fiend , he now entertains as a loving brother and a distinguished Apostle of the Lord . Christian love is hospitable : its doors are ever open to the faithful . Its motto is ...
... become a lamb . He from whose presence he rushed as from a fiend , he now entertains as a loving brother and a distinguished Apostle of the Lord . Christian love is hospitable : its doors are ever open to the faithful . Its motto is ...
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... becomes a source of your health and life ! And the gas that you exhale in breath- ing is not wasted ; it becomes food for the trees , and that carbon . Whence is the rain that refreshes the face of the earth ? It is the re- sult of ...
... becomes a source of your health and life ! And the gas that you exhale in breath- ing is not wasted ; it becomes food for the trees , and that carbon . Whence is the rain that refreshes the face of the earth ? It is the re- sult of ...
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... become a demoniac , like the swine of the Gadarines . This reptile was an incarnation of the evil spirit . It was animated by Satan , as Baalam's ass was by the angel of the Lord . Milton represents the serpent as meeting Eve in her ...
... become a demoniac , like the swine of the Gadarines . This reptile was an incarnation of the evil spirit . It was animated by Satan , as Baalam's ass was by the angel of the Lord . Milton represents the serpent as meeting Eve in her ...
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... become thus , by an appointment of a just Ged , an object of contempt . Objections of a most formidable character exist , as it seems to me , to this explanation ; and ( a ) there is nothing in the narrative to imply any change in the ...
... become thus , by an appointment of a just Ged , an object of contempt . Objections of a most formidable character exist , as it seems to me , to this explanation ; and ( a ) there is nothing in the narrative to imply any change in the ...
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Page 82 - And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will show to you to-day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Page 83 - Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto ; whom no man hath seen, nor can see : to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
Page 28 - And the servant of the Lord must not strive ; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth, and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Page 240 - And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God, and the books were opened ; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Page 19 - What mean ye to weep, and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Page 33 - So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
Page 32 - And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint...
Page 11 - And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
Page 156 - And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
Page 188 - And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers; unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come.