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... preached from the same place has been thought of . Thinking of that pulpit made him think of pulpits in general , and es- pecially of yours , my friend , who have all this while been walking more or less consciously by my side . Your ...
... preached from the same place has been thought of . Thinking of that pulpit made him think of pulpits in general , and es- pecially of yours , my friend , who have all this while been walking more or less consciously by my side . Your ...
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... preached from it exactly three hundred and fifty times . Of this I am well assured , that it is not made of the wood it seems . The painter's skill has made it look like oak , which it unquestionably is not . I have heard , indeed , of ...
... preached from it exactly three hundred and fifty times . Of this I am well assured , that it is not made of the wood it seems . The painter's skill has made it look like oak , which it unquestionably is not . I have heard , indeed , of ...
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... preached three or four times , found or fancied that the pulpit did not suit him , and renounced it . Yet the ... preacher , could not be kept out of the pulpit . Not the railway and the locomotive have greater affinity one to the other ...
... preached three or four times , found or fancied that the pulpit did not suit him , and renounced it . Yet the ... preacher , could not be kept out of the pulpit . Not the railway and the locomotive have greater affinity one to the other ...
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... preacher be inherent . You have heard of men who renounced fame and for- tune heartily and cheerfully , that they might devote strength and life to the sacred office , who made their choice , perhaps , with the enthusiasm of early youth ...
... preacher be inherent . You have heard of men who renounced fame and for- tune heartily and cheerfully , that they might devote strength and life to the sacred office , who made their choice , perhaps , with the enthusiasm of early youth ...
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... preacher , and which in fact is seldom used , down to the rickety box of deal stuck against the wall of a little ... preached , sometimes to coun- try folk whose intelligent and hearty attention made one forget the unworthy edifice ...
... preacher , and which in fact is seldom used , down to the rickety box of deal stuck against the wall of a little ... preached , sometimes to coun- try folk whose intelligent and hearty attention made one forget the unworthy edifice ...
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Page 123 - This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that JESUS CHRIST came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
Page 133 - Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God ; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence ; and take not thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation ; and uphold me with thy free Spirit.
Page 272 - Other friends remain," That " Loss is common to the race," — And common is the commonplace, And vacant chaff well meant for grain. That loss is common would not make My own less bitter, rather more : Too common ! Never morning wore To evening, but some heart did break.
Page 181 - But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
Page 206 - And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel ? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.
Page 147 - Oh that I had wings like a dove ! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.
Page 276 - And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness, unto the judgment of the great day.
Page 137 - There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest. There the prisoners are at ease together ; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
Page 186 - But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, And my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, That she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, Yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands ; Thy walls are continually before me.