The Spirit of PrayerPeirce and Parker, 1832 - 187 pages |
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Page xviii
... while he ap- proaches the throne of grace and pleads for needed mercy . With strong desire , he looks up to his Father in heaven and says , ' I am weak , but thou art strong . I have nothing , but thou hast all things . xviii.
... while he ap- proaches the throne of grace and pleads for needed mercy . With strong desire , he looks up to his Father in heaven and says , ' I am weak , but thou art strong . I have nothing , but thou hast all things . xviii.
Page xx
... look dark to them , which are all light to God . They may see many and great difficulties , where he sees none at all . His blessings may seem to them to linger , and they may be unable to dis- cover the reasous of his dispensations ...
... look dark to them , which are all light to God . They may see many and great difficulties , where he sees none at all . His blessings may seem to them to linger , and they may be unable to dis- cover the reasous of his dispensations ...
Page xxvi
... of all men . Let any well informed person consider what that is for which the people of God have been praying , with the greatest frequen- cy and importunity , for the last twenty or thirty years . And then let him look abroad xxvi.
... of all men . Let any well informed person consider what that is for which the people of God have been praying , with the greatest frequen- cy and importunity , for the last twenty or thirty years . And then let him look abroad xxvi.
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Nathanael Vincent. or thirty years . And then let him look abroad on the world and see , if the same things precisely have not been bestowed . In what light are we to regard the nu- merous revivals of religion with which our land has ...
Nathanael Vincent. or thirty years . And then let him look abroad on the world and see , if the same things precisely have not been bestowed . In what light are we to regard the nu- merous revivals of religion with which our land has ...
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... look up . " Psalm v . 2 , 3. God's hand is not shortened , that it cannot save , nei- ther is his ear heavy , that it cannot hear . He is able to do , not only to the utmost of our desires , but " exceeding abundant- ly above all that ...
... look up . " Psalm v . 2 , 3. God's hand is not shortened , that it cannot save , nei- ther is his ear heavy , that it cannot hear . He is able to do , not only to the utmost of our desires , but " exceeding abundant- ly above all that ...
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Page 42 - Who in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto Him that was able to save Him from death, and was heard in that He feared...
Page 96 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are : for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 74 - ... Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh...
Page 55 - For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Page 94 - And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
Page xxv - If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? 12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
Page 82 - 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 52 - And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us. And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.
Page 121 - But ye beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Page ix - Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud : and he shall hear my voice.