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Or, Precepts and Prescriptions for Christian Living John Cumming. PREFACE . Every Christian bright radiance THE ... True spiritual religion will enter into every relation , transaction , toil ; and not only regulate them , but give energy ...
Or, Precepts and Prescriptions for Christian Living John Cumming. PREFACE . Every Christian bright radiance THE ... True spiritual religion will enter into every relation , transaction , toil ; and not only regulate them , but give energy ...
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... Christian doubts their fruitfulness . We feel it to be true ; in our practical experience and history we know it to be true ; but there are persons who think and say , " Christians are al- ways proving doctrinal truths , and rarely do ...
... Christian doubts their fruitfulness . We feel it to be true ; in our practical experience and history we know it to be true ; but there are persons who think and say , " Christians are al- ways proving doctrinal truths , and rarely do ...
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Or, Precepts and Prescriptions for Christian Living John Cumming. pavement , or ... true Christianity . It is impor- tant to show that vital truths have all a ... Christian character . They are Chris- tianity not in portrait on the outer ...
Or, Precepts and Prescriptions for Christian Living John Cumming. pavement , or ... true Christianity . It is impor- tant to show that vital truths have all a ... Christian character . They are Chris- tianity not in portrait on the outer ...
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... Christian who is not thor- oughly in earnest , it is want of Christianity that makes him So. It is impossible to ... True , the Christian has his sorrows ; but these are not unsweetened . True , the Christian life has its shadows and its ...
... Christian who is not thor- oughly in earnest , it is want of Christianity that makes him So. It is impossible to ... True , the Christian has his sorrows ; but these are not unsweetened . True , the Christian life has its shadows and its ...
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... Christian should be happiest . His sor- rows come from sin , his griefs spring from evil ; his sunshine , his gladness , and his joy are the spontaneous and normal elements of his true Christian and holy life . Unless our hearts are ...
... Christian should be happiest . His sor- rows come from sin , his griefs spring from evil ; his sunshine , his gladness , and his joy are the spontaneous and normal elements of his true Christian and holy life . Unless our hearts are ...
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Page 51 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 111 - So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, " He that is without sin among you, let " him first cast a stone at her.
Page 230 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 91 - For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. 3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
Page 11 - Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Page 68 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame ; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.
Page 28 - The Sun of Righteousness has been gradually drawing nearer and nearer, appearing larger and brighter as he approaches, and now he fills the whole hemisphere, pouring forth a flood of glory, in which I seem to float like an insect in the beams of the sun, exulting, yet almost trembling, while I gaze on this excessive brightness, and wondering, with unutterable wonder, why God should deign thus to shine upon a sinful worm.
Page 276 - Order my steps in thy word : and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Page 195 - That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him : 18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened ; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 260 - Toilsome and indigent) she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew, And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies.