The Corner-stone: Or, A Familiar Illustration of the Principles of Christian Truth

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W. Peirce, 1836 - Christian life - 360 pages
 

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Page 152 - But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. 9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 219 - And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night : for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.
Page 189 - Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
Page 170 - The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Page 199 - And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name ; and we forbade him, because he followeth not with us. 50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not : for he that is not against us, is for us.
Page 190 - Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me ? The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself; but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me, that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works
Page 21 - And behold, it shall come to pass that my servants shall be sent forth to the east and to the west, to the north and to the south; 64.
Page 168 - After asserting that the blood of bulls and of goats could not take away sin, he adds, Then said I, Lo I come to do thy will, O God.
Page 179 - ... save to the uttermost all who come unto God through him...
Page 171 - Children, taught as they should be from early infancy, know and feel that it is an evil and bitter thing to sin against God, and that wisdom's ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are paths of peace. "Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

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