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Page ii
... true poetic temperament , and sound common sense , while these were all pervaded by the devoutest piety and the sweetest modesty . There was always about him a great amount of reserve force . He never seemed to be making an effort , and ...
... true poetic temperament , and sound common sense , while these were all pervaded by the devoutest piety and the sweetest modesty . There was always about him a great amount of reserve force . He never seemed to be making an effort , and ...
Page xi
... true , with a clear message for our day , and by God's help they will not fail to reach the heart . A. R. M. EDITORIAL PREFACE , LECTURE I. PREACHERS CONTENTS . PAGE V EDITORIAL PREFACE . xi SPENER: HIS WORK AND PREACHING, -Jean de ...
... true , with a clear message for our day , and by God's help they will not fail to reach the heart . A. R. M. EDITORIAL PREFACE , LECTURE I. PREACHERS CONTENTS . PAGE V EDITORIAL PREFACE . xi SPENER: HIS WORK AND PREACHING, -Jean de ...
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... true advances in the Church , have come from the simple , earnest preaching of the Gospel of Christ . Let us never be allured from this or scoffed out of it . It has shown itself , age after age , the power of God to build up the Church ...
... true advances in the Church , have come from the simple , earnest preaching of the Gospel of Christ . Let us never be allured from this or scoffed out of it . It has shown itself , age after age , the power of God to build up the Church ...
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... true Book . He may be a philosopher of the schools , or a scholar of common life . He may be original to the verge of eccentricity , or a traveller in well- worn paths . Let him only be resolved to make his gifts the property of his ...
... true Book . He may be a philosopher of the schools , or a scholar of common life . He may be original to the verge of eccentricity , or a traveller in well- worn paths . Let him only be resolved to make his gifts the property of his ...
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... true that in many cases the Hebrew prophet had some special function . He had a message direct from God which frequently came with supernatural knowledge in the power of prediction . But it was not always so . The mission of the prophet ...
... true that in many cases the Hebrew prophet had some special function . He had a message direct from God which frequently came with supernatural knowledge in the power of prediction . But it was not always so . The mission of the prophet ...
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