 | Charles Henry Ramsden - 1873 - 354 pages
...known by all that the power is of God alone ; that all may be forced to acknowledge that it is, ' not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit ' of the Lord alone, that souls are saved and saints are edified. And then there is another reason why men, and not... | |
 | George Edward Jelf - 1873 - 364 pages
...to be able, if we fall, to rise and march again to meet the enemy; to be able to grow in grace, not by might, nor by power, but by the SPIRIT of the LORD, against all Satanic snares, keeping ever in our souls the benediction which forecasts the recompense... | |
 | Andrew Somerville - Missions - 1874 - 408 pages
...lies in the fact that all real success in the work comes from divine gracious influence. It is ' not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord,' that the gospel is made to prosper. But all know and acknowledge that prayer is the appointed means... | |
 | William Swan Plumer - Church group work - 1874 - 396 pages
...he will. His operations are efficacious. Let preachers continually remind the people that it is not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord, that any thing is to be effectually done for their salvation. In preaching we must also give to faith... | |
 | Isaac W. K. Handy - Fort Delaware (Del.) - 1874 - 766 pages
...door and knock," was a poor effort, and I felt discouraged ; but I ought to remember, that " it is not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord " that men are saved. Monday, 29th. — We have had a heavy reinforcement of officers — one hundred... | |
 | Gustav Friedrich Oehler - Bible - 1875 - 516 pages
...him, by the consideration that the day of small things must not be despised, because success came not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord (Zech. iv. 1-6, comp. Hag. ii. 5). As, in spite of all difficulties, the building of the temple would... | |
 | Gustav Friedrich von Oehler - 1875 - 546 pages
...him, by the consideration that the day of small things must not be despised, because success came not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord (Zech. iv. 1-6, comp. Hag. ii. 5). As, in spite of all difficulties, the building of the temple would... | |
 | William Niven - Families - 1875 - 416 pages
...is of God and not of us, and we should remember that the work of true religion is accomplished not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of Hosts. In our own times, when many eloquent and learned men have been raised up to defend the truth,... | |
 | Monday Club (Boston). - Sermons, American - 1882 - 454 pages
...spiritual Ai must needs recall us to the truth that the victories of the kingdom of Heaven are " not by might nor by power," but by the Spirit of the Lord of Hosts. IV. There is Great 'Danger in Under-Estimating the Power of an Adversary. The easy success... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1877 - 794 pages
...emotions, studied discourse, eloquent appeal alone, cannot save a soul or move a will ; that it is not by might, nor by power, but by the spirit of the Lord. 4. This securing of unction must be not only a distinct subject and object of prayer, but an honest,... | |
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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. 
