Sermons, addressed chiefly to young persons, with a sermon, and appendix, on the benefit of Scriptural instruction |
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... believe the word of God , which offers it to all . There is a happiness - the only substantial and last- ing happiness - spoken of in the text . What is it ? " Happy is the man , " says Solomon , " that findeth wisdom , and the man that ...
... believe the word of God , which offers it to all . There is a happiness - the only substantial and last- ing happiness - spoken of in the text . What is it ? " Happy is the man , " says Solomon , " that findeth wisdom , and the man that ...
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... of short- lived happiness , which he enjoys , is the result of insensibility to his true condition , like the joy of a madman dancing in his chains ? Believe me , whosoever of you has not sought the 8 HAPPINESS OF THE MAN.
... of short- lived happiness , which he enjoys , is the result of insensibility to his true condition , like the joy of a madman dancing in his chains ? Believe me , whosoever of you has not sought the 8 HAPPINESS OF THE MAN.
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Matthew Morris Preston. Believe me , whosoever of you has not sought the pardon of his sins in the way which the Gospel proposes , has not even entered on the path which alone leads to happiness . Till you are reconciled to God , you ...
Matthew Morris Preston. Believe me , whosoever of you has not sought the pardon of his sins in the way which the Gospel proposes , has not even entered on the path which alone leads to happiness . Till you are reconciled to God , you ...
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... believe to be pleasing to God , but in order to prepare you to see and feel the necessity , not only of rendering to Him the outward homage of the lips , but of surrendering to Him your best affections - of seeking Him , not by ...
... believe to be pleasing to God , but in order to prepare you to see and feel the necessity , not only of rendering to Him the outward homage of the lips , but of surrendering to Him your best affections - of seeking Him , not by ...
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... believe in His Son , and which He has earnestly and repeatedly pressed upon your acceptance . He still waits to be gra- cious to you . He says , " Why will ye die ? " He still solicits you to give Him that heart , those affections and ...
... believe in His Son , and which He has earnestly and repeatedly pressed upon your acceptance . He still waits to be gra- cious to you . He says , " Why will ye die ? " He still solicits you to give Him that heart , those affections and ...
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Page 99 - But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with ? They say unto him, We are able.
Page 55 - The condition of man, after the fall of Adam, is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God : wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 219 - And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not : the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
Page 75 - Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven ; and come and follow me. But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful : for he had great possessions.
Page 295 - My faith would lay her hand On that dear head of thine, While like a penitent I stand, And there confess my sin. 4 My soul looks back to see The burdens thou didst bear, When hanging on th' accursed tree ; And hopes her guilt was there.
Page 153 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 220 - 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 ? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion ? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children : how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him ? " And He was casting out a devil, and it was dumb.
Page 258 - Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue : for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
Page 297 - THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign, Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never-withering flowers : Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours.
Page 261 - Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: and others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment...