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... light of reason . This opinion is freely expressed both in the study and in the street ; but , if we interpret the signs of the times correctly , the facts are against it , and in favour of the hope of a revival of religious fervour ...
... light of reason . This opinion is freely expressed both in the study and in the street ; but , if we interpret the signs of the times correctly , the facts are against it , and in favour of the hope of a revival of religious fervour ...
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... light from heaven and the dust on the ground . The Universal Substance is one ; ever in movement . Here it is a sob , there a song ; here it is the mud on London streets , there the men who walk on it ; here it is a vapour , there a ...
... light from heaven and the dust on the ground . The Universal Substance is one ; ever in movement . Here it is a sob , there a song ; here it is the mud on London streets , there the men who walk on it ; here it is a vapour , there a ...
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... I cannot pierce , Around , above , beneath . Now my spirit sighs for home , And longs for light whereby to see , And like a weary child has come , O , Father , unto Thee . " II WHAT IS MAN ? What is man , that WHAT IS GOD ? 19.
... I cannot pierce , Around , above , beneath . Now my spirit sighs for home , And longs for light whereby to see , And like a weary child has come , O , Father , unto Thee . " II WHAT IS MAN ? What is man , that WHAT IS GOD ? 19.
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... light of the New Testament experience , this message of ancient Israel , and we will think about two things : ( 1 ) The present - day need of personal communion with God ; ( 2 ) the method thereof and the blessing there- from . I. It is ...
... light of the New Testament experience , this message of ancient Israel , and we will think about two things : ( 1 ) The present - day need of personal communion with God ; ( 2 ) the method thereof and the blessing there- from . I. It is ...
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... light is upon it that never was on sea or land . Hear me , you who are sunken in despair , you who are in chains and bondage to propensity or shame : speak not to me concerning this . The arm of flesh will fail you ; you dare not trust ...
... light is upon it that never was on sea or land . Hear me , you who are sunken in despair , you who are in chains and bondage to propensity or shame : speak not to me concerning this . The arm of flesh will fail you ; you dare not trust ...
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Page 106 - Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor ; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Page 247 - Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
Page 233 - Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves our minds impress; That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness.
Page 62 - The healing of his seamless dress Is by our beds of pain : We touch him in life's throng and press, And we are whole again.
Page 63 - We may not climb the heavenly steeps To bring the Lord Christ down ; In vain we search the lowest deeps, For him no depths can drown. But warm, sweet, tender, even yet A present help is he : And faith has still its Olivet, And love its Galilee.
Page 213 - Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Page 159 - Whatever crazy sorrow saith, No life that breathes with human breath Has ever truly longed for death. " 'Tis life, whereof our nerves are scant, Oh life, not death, for which we pant ; More life, and fuller, that I want.
Page 247 - Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
Page 22 - When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars which Thou hast ordained ; what is man, that Thou art mindful of him ? and the son of man, that Thou visitest him ? For Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet...
Page 53 - Why therefore should we do ourselves this wrong, Or others, that we are not always strong, That we are ever overborne with care, That we should ever weak or heartless be, Anxious or troubled, when with us is prayer, And joy and strength and courage are with Thee ? ARCHBISHOP TRENCH.