The Friendly Visitor, Volume 22William Carus Wilson 1840 |
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... religion , could see him without wishing to converse with him : but this could not be ; he would smile on his visitors , and give them the right hand of fellowship , and point to his book , and lay his hand upon his heart , and look ...
... religion , could see him without wishing to converse with him : but this could not be ; he would smile on his visitors , and give them the right hand of fellowship , and point to his book , and lay his hand upon his heart , and look ...
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... religion awaits the faithful labours of the Sunday School , that may turn from its very sources the whole current of this world towards the kingdom of God . Yours is a labour whose fruits can never fail . The seekers of mere ...
... religion awaits the faithful labours of the Sunday School , that may turn from its very sources the whole current of this world towards the kingdom of God . Yours is a labour whose fruits can never fail . The seekers of mere ...
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William Carus Wilson. as well as in other instances , it appeared that religion had elevated her mind to correct views , without the help of education . O what honour and happiness does religion confer on the poorest person ! Truly it ...
William Carus Wilson. as well as in other instances , it appeared that religion had elevated her mind to correct views , without the help of education . O what honour and happiness does religion confer on the poorest person ! Truly it ...
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... religion , " O I am no scholar , " as though that were a sufficient excuse for the neglect of your eternal con- cerns . Has not God made the way of salvation so plain that the wayfaring man should not err therein ? Has he not said ...
... religion , " O I am no scholar , " as though that were a sufficient excuse for the neglect of your eternal con- cerns . Has not God made the way of salvation so plain that the wayfaring man should not err therein ? Has he not said ...
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... religion , in its forms as well as doctrines , is sifted in every possible manner , and every one thinks himself competent to decide on what is right and what is wrong . And to what varied attacks is our Established Church exposed ! Now ...
... religion , in its forms as well as doctrines , is sifted in every possible manner , and every one thinks himself competent to decide on what is right and what is wrong . And to what varied attacks is our Established Church exposed ! Now ...
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Page 127 - Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven ; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name ? and in thy name have cast out devils ? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you : depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Page 165 - Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Page 92 - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us: and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are...
Page 79 - Nothing in my hand I bring; Simply to thy cross I cling ; Naked, come to thee for dress ; Helpless, look to thee for grace ; Foul, I to the fountain fly ; Wash me, Saviour, or I die.
Page 179 - The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been...
Page 125 - And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us, 1 John iii.
Page 199 - Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God ? Be not deceived : neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 7 - that his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts...
Page 100 - The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured: 9. But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
Page 120 - And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people ; there shall they be called the children of the living God.