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... regarded simply as written compositions , we can have no hesitation in
declaring that , for reading aloud ( the true use of a sermon ) , they are the most
effective specimens of pulpit oratory that we have lately seen . " “ To clergy and
laity alike ...
... regarded simply as written compositions , we can have no hesitation in
declaring that , for reading aloud ( the true use of a sermon ) , they are the most
effective specimens of pulpit oratory that we have lately seen . " “ To clergy and
laity alike ...
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... courage never won . Thus the saints hold heaven . In the terms of a court of law
, it is theirs , not by conquest , but by heritage . Won by another arm than theirs , it
presents the strongest imaginable contrast to the spectacle seen in England's ...
... courage never won . Thus the saints hold heaven . In the terms of a court of law
, it is theirs , not by conquest , but by heritage . Won by another arm than theirs , it
presents the strongest imaginable contrast to the spectacle seen in England's ...
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... started up from the deepest obscurity . And so I have seen a man come into a
court of law , and , producing some old moth - eaten Bible , with its time - worn
record of births , and marriages , and deaths , all long ago forgotten , or some
damp ...
... started up from the deepest obscurity . And so I have seen a man come into a
court of law , and , producing some old moth - eaten Bible , with its time - worn
record of births , and marriages , and deaths , all long ago forgotten , or some
damp ...
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This work , so necessary , as we have seen , in the very nature of things , has
been assigned to the Holy Spirit . It was the office of the Son to purchase heaven
for the heirs . And it is the office of the Spirit to prepare the heirs for heaven .
This work , so necessary , as we have seen , in the very nature of things , has
been assigned to the Holy Spirit . It was the office of the Son to purchase heaven
for the heirs . And it is the office of the Spirit to prepare the heirs for heaven .
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Ere autumn has tinted the woodlands , or the cornfields are falling to the reaper's
song , or hoary hill - tops , like grey hairs on an aged head , give warning of
winter's approach , I have seen the swallow's brood pruning their feathers , and ...
Ere autumn has tinted the woodlands , or the cornfields are falling to the reaper's
song , or hoary hill - tops , like grey hairs on an aged head , give warning of
winter's approach , I have seen the swallow's brood pruning their feathers , and ...
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| Title | Christ and the Inheritance of the Saints: Illustrated in a Series of Discourses from the Colossians |
| Author | Thomas Guthrie |
| Publisher | Adam and Charles Black, 1858 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 14 Jun 2016 |
| Length | 385 pages |
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