 | William Campbell - British - 1839 - 754 pages
...not see here, as the brethren did in the South-Sea Islands, that the work is to be accomplished, not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord ? From that time, God prospered them. One convert was added to the church after another; native teachers... | |
 | John Campbell - Great Britain - 1839 - 424 pages
...of the Son of God. It requires, however, more than lessons to save a soul; this work is achieved not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord. This great gift is promised, in answer to prayer. Is prayer presented for it? Yes; once a month, a... | |
 | 1839 - 540 pages
...minds the important truth, that the extension and the establishment of the church of Christ is not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of Hosts. If for instance we look at the history of the primitive church, we fiad that at a very early... | |
 | Manual - 1839 - 454 pages
...Lord came mightily upon him." Judges xiv. 5, 6. This was an earnest of his subsequent victories, " not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord," Zech. iv. 7. Thus David slew a lion and a bear before he killed Goliath, and slew the enemies of Israel,... | |
 | Robert Whytehead - Religious education - 1839 - 286 pages
...by an unseen hand, and prostrate in the dust. But, above all, we must never forget, that it is " not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of. the Lord of Hosts." (Zech. iv. 6.) God will have the glory of His own work, and we ought to confess our own... | |
 | Nathan Sidney Smith Beman - Bible - 1840 - 788 pages
...that the temple to be erected upon it, in order to be suited to the foundation, must be built, not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord. It must be built of living stones, each one shining in the image of God, and reflecting the lustre... | |
 | General society for promoting district visiting - 1840 - 398 pages
...believer's heart,—the conversion of the sinner from the error of his way,—is to be accomplished, " not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of Hosts." And few, I think, will be the instances in which a conscientious Visitor will be able to... | |
 | Joshua Wells Downing - Methodism - 1841 - 346 pages
...of the cross. But the Spirit of God alone can consecrate it; and hence again we see that it is not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts. From this subject we see, 1. The necessity of a pious ministry. He who ventures upon the... | |
 | 1841 - 438 pages
...plainly marked ; it is nothing to the Christian that the instruments are few and feeble. " It is not by might nor by power but by the Spirit of the Lord," and He who works as readily by few as by many, hath given this special command to his disciples ; "... | |
 | 1885 - 302 pages
...required to teach us all our helplessness, and to make us fully understand that success is not achieved by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord. Further, this spirit of temperance will not only be seen in curbing ambition and directing zeal to... | |
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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. 
