Practical sermons on the characters of the Old Testament [by E. Monro. Issued in parts].1858 |
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... gives us a great check with respect to the use of our nobler natural qualities . They are gifts in themselves , great and to be consecrated in the cause of religion , but , in themselves , they be- long to a fallen nature and need great ...
... gives us a great check with respect to the use of our nobler natural qualities . They are gifts in themselves , great and to be consecrated in the cause of religion , but , in themselves , they be- long to a fallen nature and need great ...
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... gives a power to realize earnestness in offering the prayer ; neverthe- less it is to the settled habit of regular de- votion that we must look for a preservative against the assaults of the Evil one . He does not approach with the same ...
... gives a power to realize earnestness in offering the prayer ; neverthe- less it is to the settled habit of regular de- votion that we must look for a preservative against the assaults of the Evil one . He does not approach with the same ...
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... devotion to be used , I could hardly do other- wise than ask the question , How much time in the day do we give to these exercises , and what the devotions are that we are in the habit KEEPING SELF , AN ATTRIBUTE OF HOLY YOUTH . 45.
... devotion to be used , I could hardly do other- wise than ask the question , How much time in the day do we give to these exercises , and what the devotions are that we are in the habit KEEPING SELF , AN ATTRIBUTE OF HOLY YOUTH . 45.
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... GIVE THEREFORE THY SERVANT AN UNDERSTANDING HEART TO JUDGE THY PEOPLE , THAT I MAY DISCERN BETWEEN GOOD AND BAD : FOR WHO IS ABLE TO JUDGE THIS THY SO GREAT A PEOPLE ? " 1. It is a significant circumstance , that both in the Old and New ...
... GIVE THEREFORE THY SERVANT AN UNDERSTANDING HEART TO JUDGE THY PEOPLE , THAT I MAY DISCERN BETWEEN GOOD AND BAD : FOR WHO IS ABLE TO JUDGE THIS THY SO GREAT A PEOPLE ? " 1. It is a significant circumstance , that both in the Old and New ...
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... gives back to Him only a portion of that , the whole of which was to have been devoted to His service ; " in everything you are enriched by Him in all utterance and all knowledge , so that you come behind in no gift . " You are to love ...
... gives back to Him only a portion of that , the whole of which was to have been devoted to His service ; " in everything you are enriched by Him in all utterance and all knowledge , so that you come behind in no gift . " You are to love ...
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Page 214 - In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old...
Page 371 - I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Page 372 - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Page 382 - For God speaketh once, Yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed ; Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction, That he my withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man.
Page 141 - And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces : for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee...
Page 309 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 376 - We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
Page 292 - There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a "N azarite unto God from my mother's womb : if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
Page 370 - O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the secret places of the stairs, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, And thy countenance is comely.
Page 211 - Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?