The Power of the Pulpit, Or, Thoughts Addressed to Christian Ministers and Those who Hear Them |
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... Lord . " There were those who " walked with God , " like Enoch . There were men of faith like Abel , and Noah , and Joseph , and those fathers of the Church -a " cloud of witnesses , " who , " though not having received the promises ...
... Lord . " There were those who " walked with God , " like Enoch . There were men of faith like Abel , and Noah , and Joseph , and those fathers of the Church -a " cloud of witnesses , " who , " though not having received the promises ...
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... Lord's song ; their religious teachers were prominent in these seasons of refreshing , and their priests the first to blow the silver clarion of glad tid- ings . The nation was exalted or debased , as their religious teachers were ...
... Lord's song ; their religious teachers were prominent in these seasons of refreshing , and their priests the first to blow the silver clarion of glad tid- ings . The nation was exalted or debased , as their religious teachers were ...
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... Zion . Even a brief historical sketch of the one hundred and fifty years after the ascension of our Divine Lord , is forbidden us in these ob- servations . It was the beginning , rich in prom 2 THE POWER OF THE PULPIT . 25.
... Zion . Even a brief historical sketch of the one hundred and fifty years after the ascension of our Divine Lord , is forbidden us in these ob- servations . It was the beginning , rich in prom 2 THE POWER OF THE PULPIT . 25.
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... Lord , what wilt thou have us to do ? " A new world sprung into being at the voice which preached a crucified Saviour , and told of re- demption through the blood of Calvary . " " Pulpits there have been since , and still are , which ...
... Lord , what wilt thou have us to do ? " A new world sprung into being at the voice which preached a crucified Saviour , and told of re- demption through the blood of Calvary . " " Pulpits there have been since , and still are , which ...
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... lords ; and their ambition is to keep close to the college of fishermen , not of cardinals ; and to the doctrine of inspired apostles , not to the decrees of interested and aspiring bishops . They contend for a scriptural creed and a ...
... lords ; and their ambition is to keep close to the college of fishermen , not of cardinals ; and to the doctrine of inspired apostles , not to the decrees of interested and aspiring bishops . They contend for a scriptural creed and a ...
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Page 325 - And I was with you in weakness, and in fear and in much trembling. And my speech, and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit, and of power, that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Page 123 - She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors: "Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
Page 169 - But rise and stand upon thy feet; for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee.
Page 88 - And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow , of wines on the lees well refined.
Page 342 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both Angels and Men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all, with uniform consent, admiring her as the Mother of their peace and joy.
Page 185 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
Page 418 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2.
Page 441 - And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night : for upon all the glory shall be a defence. And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
Page 229 - Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation : and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
Page 281 - So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.