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Page 110 - Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain : yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
Page 115 - I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
Page 76 - Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord; forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Page 263 - Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.
Page 376 - Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart...
Page 116 - Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answering, said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing ; nevertheless, at thy word I will let down the net.
Page 265 - The two following letters continue his pious and interesting correspondence with Mr. Chambers. " My dear Friend, — I have received your kind letter, and praise God for all the blessings he bestows on you, and for all the assistance he vouchsafes you in difficult circumstances. This evening we were edifying ourselves with Rev. vii. wherein we read of the great number of those that were sealed, standing before the throne, clothed in white robes and palms in their hands. O may we always be...
Page 146 - I can confidently approach him in prayer, and have a certain hope of eternal life ; so that even days of sickness cannot deprive me of these consolations. " Many of the Roman Catholics in this place acknowledge the superior advantages which the pure Gospel has over the confused doctrines and traditions of men ; which, instead of relieving, only oppress the conscience. When I visit them in their houses they listen to me gladly, and I affectionately invite them to convince themselves of the full, perfect,...
Page 350 - ... could have induced me, a priest, who has nothing to do with political concerns, to come to you, and that on an errand, which does not properly belong to my sacerdotal functions. But, as I was plainly told, that the sole object of my journey was the preservation and confirmation of peace ; and having witnessed, more than once, the misery and horrors attending on war ; I thought within my own mind, how happy I should deem myself, if I could be of service in cementing a durable friendship between...
Page 326 - ... himself servants to do his will, and to promote the glory of his name, though those who are most obliged to do it should turn faithless to their charge. "May you be a burning and a shining light, like St. John — a light full of divine knowledge — burning, and vigorous to live according to that knowledge ; and lastly, shining, and diffusing that knowledge wherever you are ! " My poor prayer shall attend you, and your dear friends. Whenever I bow my knees before the Father of our Lord Jesus...