Elijah the ProphetHarper, 1875 - 217 pages |
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... whole nature seems to have been , for the time , paralyzed un- der the operation of what Maurice has described as a trou- blesome conscience , checking an evil will ; " * but in general he manifested those qualities which have secured ...
... whole nature seems to have been , for the time , paralyzed un- der the operation of what Maurice has described as a trou- blesome conscience , checking an evil will ; " * but in general he manifested those qualities which have secured ...
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... whole , the transition had been made with ease and success ; and Ahab and Jezebel might be sitting in their Jezreel palace of ivory , congratulating themselves on the skill which they had shown , when , sudden and terrible as a clap of ...
... whole , the transition had been made with ease and success ; and Ahab and Jezebel might be sitting in their Jezreel palace of ivory , congratulating themselves on the skill which they had shown , when , sudden and terrible as a clap of ...
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... whole company of emigrants went from the South , they took this priest and his images with them , and carried them away to Dan . * Thus the people of that city became accustomed to image - worship ; and so , when Jeroboam revolted from ...
... whole company of emigrants went from the South , they took this priest and his images with them , and carried them away to Dan . * Thus the people of that city became accustomed to image - worship ; and so , when Jeroboam revolted from ...
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William Mackergo Taylor. whole lump . " The admission of one sin into the heart is like the reception of the Grecian horse into the Trojan city . It brings with it the germs of many more . Its name is " Gad " —a troop cometh . One evil ...
William Mackergo Taylor. whole lump . " The admission of one sin into the heart is like the reception of the Grecian horse into the Trojan city . It brings with it the germs of many more . Its name is " Gad " —a troop cometh . One evil ...
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... whole early training had been an unconscious preparation for his special mission , was called for the pur- pose ; and when the fullness of the time had come , Luther , already fitted for the work by his experiences , sprung up to nail ...
... whole early training had been an unconscious preparation for his special mission , was called for the pur- pose ; and when the fullness of the time had come , Luther , already fitted for the work by his experiences , sprung up to nail ...
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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?