Elijah the ProphetHarper, 1875 - 217 pages |
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... Christians , catching somewhat the spirit of the times , are apt to imagine that God can be served only by public labor . We talk so much about " working for Christ " among the poor and ignorant and degraded , that sometimes , I fear ...
... Christians , catching somewhat the spirit of the times , are apt to imagine that God can be served only by public labor . We talk so much about " working for Christ " among the poor and ignorant and degraded , that sometimes , I fear ...
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... Christ , we must seek often to be " alone with God . " In- deed , if God through us intends to do something signal for the glory of his name and the good of our fellows , he will somehow contrive to have us for a long while with himself ...
... Christ , we must seek often to be " alone with God . " In- deed , if God through us intends to do something signal for the glory of his name and the good of our fellows , he will somehow contrive to have us for a long while with himself ...
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... Christianity , so , per- haps , to this woman Elijah was sent to perfect her in the knowledge of Jehovah . God says , " I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee . " This does not mean that the word of the Lord came to her as ...
... Christianity , so , per- haps , to this woman Elijah was sent to perfect her in the knowledge of Jehovah . God says , " I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee . " This does not mean that the word of the Lord came to her as ...
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... Christian principle is to merge self in Christ . God requires the first - fruits . It will not do merely to serve ourselves and give the surplus to him . We must serve him , and help his servants , and advance his cause , even if we ...
... Christian principle is to merge self in Christ . God requires the first - fruits . It will not do merely to serve ourselves and give the surplus to him . We must serve him , and help his servants , and advance his cause , even if we ...
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... Christ gave himself for sinners , and , lo ! God has exalted him to the throne of mediatorial dominion , and is even now satisfying his heart by letting him see of " the travail of his soul . " This is ever the divine law : we get by ...
... Christ gave himself for sinners , and , lo ! God has exalted him to the throne of mediatorial dominion , and is even now satisfying his heart by letting him see of " the travail of his soul . " This is ever the divine law : we get by ...
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Page 208 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock ; and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not ; for it was founded upon a rock...
Page 192 - There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Page 209 - Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 56 - On lips that are for others; deep as love, Deep as first love, and wild with all regret; O Death in Life, the days that are no more.
Page 148 - And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house : and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it ; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
Page 8 - And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
Page 123 - For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
Page 65 - If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan...
Page 27 - WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one Talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He returning chide, "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?