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... acceptable . At the same time I observe you do not tell me of any good things done , or bad things left undone , through what I have said . V. On the general subject , I think you push your desponding views too far , though I ...
... acceptable . At the same time I observe you do not tell me of any good things done , or bad things left undone , through what I have said . V. On the general subject , I think you push your desponding views too far , though I ...
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... did not take greater pains , during the early part of it , to improve my preaching . How- ever , no more of that . Do you remember the verse , The preacher sought to find out acceptable words COLLOQUY THE TWELFTH FATHER AND SON.
... did not take greater pains , during the early part of it , to improve my preaching . How- ever , no more of that . Do you remember the verse , The preacher sought to find out acceptable words COLLOQUY THE TWELFTH FATHER AND SON.
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... acceptable words , ' or , as it is in the Hebrew , ' words of delight . ' S. Now , father , I hope you are preparing to give me one of those little disquisitions of which I am so fond . Pray go on . F. The first , by which I mean the ...
... acceptable words , ' or , as it is in the Hebrew , ' words of delight . ' S. Now , father , I hope you are preparing to give me one of those little disquisitions of which I am so fond . Pray go on . F. The first , by which I mean the ...
Page 137
... acceptable , as worthy of being listened to , as possible . Such words don't come without trouble . They have to be found out . ' S. All the men who were ordained with me seemed to think that the faculty of preach- ing will come to them ...
... acceptable , as worthy of being listened to , as possible . Such words don't come without trouble . They have to be found out . ' S. All the men who were ordained with me seemed to think that the faculty of preach- ing will come to them ...
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... than to be heretical , to be uninteresting than to be mis- leading . The very object of seeking acceptable words is that they may wage war upon sin : it is a strange inversion of purpose to com- promise FATHER AND SON 139.
... than to be heretical , to be uninteresting than to be mis- leading . The very object of seeking acceptable words is that they may wage war upon sin : it is a strange inversion of purpose to com- promise FATHER AND SON 139.
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