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Though as critics we might take exception to these Sermons , 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
...
Though as critics we might take exception to these Sermons , 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
...
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True , the ample estate , the noble rank , the hereditary honours were won . But
they that won them are long dead ; " their swords are rust , their bodies dust ; "
and underneath tattered banners , once borne before them in bloody fight , but
now ...
True , the ample estate , the noble rank , the hereditary honours were won . But
they that won them are long dead ; " their swords are rust , their bodies dust ; "
and underneath tattered banners , once borne before them in bloody fight , but
now ...
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Pilgrim to Sion , be ever pressing on and ever looking up ! thy true home is there ;
a home above these blue skies , above sun and stars ; a sweet , saintly , glorious
home — whose rest shall be all the sweeter for the pelting of the storm , thy ...
Pilgrim to Sion , be ever pressing on and ever looking up ! thy true home is there ;
a home above these blue skies , above sun and stars ; a sweet , saintly , glorious
home — whose rest shall be all the sweeter for the pelting of the storm , thy ...
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To that emblem of our Saviour , so splendid and yet so simple , science imparts
additional appropriateness , if the theory be true that accounts for those vast
stores of light and heat which we extract from dead dark coal . The coal , which
we ...
To that emblem of our Saviour , so splendid and yet so simple , science imparts
additional appropriateness , if the theory be true that accounts for those vast
stores of light and heat which we extract from dead dark coal . The coal , which
we ...
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But whether that speculation of science be true or false , to Jesus we can trace all
the light , direct or derived , which illuminates the world . Heavenly fountain of the
love that warms and the truth that enlightens mankind , he rose like a sun on ...
But whether that speculation of science be true or false , to Jesus we can trace all
the light , direct or derived , which illuminates the world . Heavenly fountain of the
love that warms and the truth that enlightens mankind , he rose like a sun on ...
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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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