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... saint- liness in God's kingdom their children may attain ; what large capacities of light and sanctity may be in them ... saints has been , yet how little did they realize at the time what they were one day to become ! How , on looking ...
... saint- liness in God's kingdom their children may attain ; what large capacities of light and sanctity may be in them ... saints has been , yet how little did they realize at the time what they were one day to become ! How , on looking ...
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... saints there are two things chiefly remarkable . One is , the depth of personal religion which they have displayed at an age when , in these days , we are wont to look upon children as little more than sen- tient and irresponsible ...
... saints there are two things chiefly remarkable . One is , the depth of personal religion which they have displayed at an age when , in these days , we are wont to look upon children as little more than sen- tient and irresponsible ...
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... saints , and in the practice of life , we are backward and unripe . If we were asked to find a reason for it , I believe the truth would be be best expressed by saying these later - ages have lost faith in the miraculous conception and ...
... saints , and in the practice of life , we are backward and unripe . If we were asked to find a reason for it , I believe the truth would be be best expressed by saying these later - ages have lost faith in the miraculous conception and ...
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... saints need repent- ance ; the holiest , who from childhood grow in light and sanctity , grow also in compunction , tears , and humiliation but this is not what we commonly call repentance . We mean the conviction , sorrow , remorse ...
... saints need repent- ance ; the holiest , who from childhood grow in light and sanctity , grow also in compunction , tears , and humiliation but this is not what we commonly call repentance . We mean the conviction , sorrow , remorse ...
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... saint- liness , as it is most remote from the world , and even opposed to it , is least understood and valued by the world . It is either simply not perceived to exist , or it is thought eccen- tric , weak , and unprofitable . This will ...
... saint- liness , as it is most remote from the world , and even opposed to it , is least understood and valued by the world . It is either simply not perceived to exist , or it is thought eccen- tric , weak , and unprofitable . This will ...
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Page 290 - And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery ; and when they had set her in the midst, they say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned : but what sayest 40 thou ? This they said tempting him, that they might have to accuse him.
Page 10 - Perfect God and perfect man; of a reasonable soul, and human flesh subsisting.
Page 151 - Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like! unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
Page 73 - For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge ! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
Page 289 - And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment...
Page 157 - Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
Page 248 - And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
Page 157 - And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases; 18 And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.
Page 6 - Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down ; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee : and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Page 179 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret ; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.