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... feels that he cannot exhaust them . If we aimed at this way of preaching , we should suit every capacity . There is great variety and yet there is one constant aim . His illustrations are as wide as nature and as human life , but they ...
... feels that he cannot exhaust them . If we aimed at this way of preaching , we should suit every capacity . There is great variety and yet there is one constant aim . His illustrations are as wide as nature and as human life , but they ...
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... feeling that he was a mighty power . " As well want the sun from the sky , as want Chryso- stom from our city , " was the cry when he was banished ; and yet he was constantly preaching to the conscience . The most accessible account of ...
... feeling that he was a mighty power . " As well want the sun from the sky , as want Chryso- stom from our city , " was the cry when he was banished ; and yet he was constantly preaching to the conscience . The most accessible account of ...
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... feeling widened till it led to the final breach which continues to this day . The histories of those two Churches have been very different . The Eastern began with wonderful brilliancy , but it was ere long clouded , and it has never ...
... feeling widened till it led to the final breach which continues to this day . The histories of those two Churches have been very different . The Eastern began with wonderful brilliancy , but it was ere long clouded , and it has never ...
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... feelings , the fancy , and the conscience . In this power he would seem to have been unrivalled . His appeals to the feelings held men enchained in interest , his brilliant declamation drew rapturous applause , and the pungency of his ...
... feelings , the fancy , and the conscience . In this power he would seem to have been unrivalled . His appeals to the feelings held men enchained in interest , his brilliant declamation drew rapturous applause , and the pungency of his ...
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... feelings and exciting the . imagination . This largely came from his natural sympathy with what is pure and noble - an elevation of soul that gave him wings — but also partly from the careful culture of his oratorical powers which made ...
... feelings and exciting the . imagination . This largely came from his natural sympathy with what is pure and noble - an elevation of soul that gave him wings — but also partly from the careful culture of his oratorical powers which made ...
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Lectures on the History of Preaching John Ker,Alexander R 1851-1916 Macewen,William Mackergo Taylor No preview available - 2015 |
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