History of the Church in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Volume 1C. Scribner & Company, 1869 - Church history |
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Page 8 - Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
Page 99 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Page 46 - For whosoever will save his life shall lose it : but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
Page 195 - And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
Page 405 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Page 470 - I'll praise my Maker while I've breath, And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler pow'rs : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 468 - Brethren, be not children in understanding : howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
Page 478 - And they shall come from the east and from the west, and from the north and from the south ; and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
Page 224 - Bible itself, translating the introduction of the Gospel of John, "In the beginning was the Word...
Page 58 - O Lord ! how unsearchable are thy judgments : and thy ways past finding out ! ' I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth : and though after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God : whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another.