Daily Strength for Daily Living: Twenty Sermons on Old Testament Themes : with an Appendix on "Abraham's Mistake in the Offering of Isaac" |
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... once said to an audience , " I don't come here to tell you what you want to hear ; but what I think is true and just . " For twenty - seven years we have dwelt together in that spirit ; trying to tell one another " what is true and just ...
... once said to an audience , " I don't come here to tell you what you want to hear ; but what I think is true and just . " For twenty - seven years we have dwelt together in that spirit ; trying to tell one another " what is true and just ...
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... once " fasten ourselves to God and live by the divine life of faith and love " con- vinced that God's strength underlies all our life , and is as available and useable as the air we breathe , and the light by which we see ; and as we ...
... once " fasten ourselves to God and live by the divine life of faith and love " con- vinced that God's strength underlies all our life , and is as available and useable as the air we breathe , and the light by which we see ; and as we ...
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... once the abiding refuge of His people , and their strong and unfailing support , and exclaims , in an overflow of delight , " Hail to Thee , O Israel ! who is like Thee ? A people saved in the Lord , the shield of Thy help , and the ...
... once the abiding refuge of His people , and their strong and unfailing support , and exclaims , in an overflow of delight , " Hail to Thee , O Israel ! who is like Thee ? A people saved in the Lord , the shield of Thy help , and the ...
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... variety . Of the 365 days of the year , no two are alike , and no two come at once . There are days that dawn with such splendour that we open our eyes on a sea of sunshine , JOHN RUSKIN'S MOTTO . 13 soon , alas ! to.
... variety . Of the 365 days of the year , no two are alike , and no two come at once . There are days that dawn with such splendour that we open our eyes on a sea of sunshine , JOHN RUSKIN'S MOTTO . 13 soon , alas ! to.
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... once , and going through it , from the first to the last stroke , never " drawling , " or " dawdling , " or dropping minutes between your different tasks , but finishing each one faithfully , lovingly , and heroically , you shall " stir ...
... once , and going through it , from the first to the last stroke , never " drawling , " or " dawdling , " or dropping minutes between your different tasks , but finishing each one faithfully , lovingly , and heroically , you shall " stir ...
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Page 305 - The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble ; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Page 152 - Hast thou not known ? hast thou not heard, that the Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary ? there is no searching of His understanding.
Page 315 - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Page 293 - Oh that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Page 253 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Page 240 - But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart ; that is, the word of faith which we preach...
Page 295 - Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Page 248 - Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Page 123 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 318 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.