 | Charles William Boase - Church history - 1868 - 762 pages
...In conclusion — Deeply convinced that the Gospel is made effectual for the salvation of men, not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord; apprehensive that its success bears little proportion to the abundance and variety of means which are... | |
 | Henry Joseph Bevis - 1869 - 330 pages
...assurances of success, filling him with strength and energy, and yet teaching him that it is " not by might nor by power," but by the Spirit of the Lord of Hosts. Some men are always waiting — always looking for signs and wonders, for the sign of the... | |
 | Bible - 1870 - 522 pages
...righteousness and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost" (Rom. xiv. 17); which was founded and promoted, not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord ; and of which its Founder said (John xviii. 86), If my kingdom icerе of this world, then would my... | |
 | Missions to Jews - 1870 - 340 pages
...young man. The prophet is a young man, even aa Jeremiah and many of God's servants were, for it is not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord that God's work is accomplished. But is there not a certain tenderness in the mention made of his youth... | |
 | George Whitefield Clark - Bible - 1870 - 446 pages
...successful issue is to be brought about in the mild, gentle, and spiritual manner just described. Not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord, Zech. 4 : 6. Not by meat, drink, and ceremonies, but by righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit,... | |
 | Lucius Edwin Smith, Henry Griggs Weston - Baptists - 1871 - 528 pages
...confound the wise, conquer the strong, strengthen the weak, save the lost, the result is seen to be "not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit" of the Lord. Christianity will not descend to the level of the philosophies and policies of this world. And to prevent... | |
 | Aubrey Charles Price - Church group work - 1872 - 236 pages
...things, yea, the deep things of God." Now, if it be thus true about all our work for God that it is " not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord," that it can be carried on successfully, and to God's glory; and if it be also true that God will give... | |
 | Theology - 1872 - 416 pages
...divine power, in the exercise of which the saving potency of the gospel lies. Men are saved, " not by might nor by power," but by the " Spirit of the Lord." You may as reasonably expect to reap a harvest from seeds sown upon the sandy beach, washed by the... | |
 | John Matthias Weylland - Missions - 1872 - 352 pages
...that the instrument by itself is of little worth, — that souls are won, not WORKS FOLLOWING. 137 by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord. The one consolation however in these discouragements is the fact that we never know when the Word which... | |
 | Jane Toye - Independent churches - 1873 - 234 pages
...freely. And there is, also, a recognition of the agency of the Holy Ghost. We have read that it is not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of Hosts. And we have seen in our own experience that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but... | |
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... but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts, that the world is to be overcome, and the kingdom of righteousness and peace established. 
