The Hope of the GospelA collection of 12 sermons on New Testament texts. |
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Page 15
... brothers and sisters free , that he may fill them to overflowing with that essential thing , joy . For that they were indeed created . But the moment they exist , truth becomes the first thing , not happiness ; and he must make them ...
... brothers and sisters free , that he may fill them to overflowing with that essential thing , joy . For that they were indeed created . But the moment they exist , truth becomes the first thing , not happiness ; and he must make them ...
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... brother or sister . He needed no forgiveness ; there was nothing to forgive . No more could he be baptized for re- pentance in him repentance would have been to turn to evil ! Where then was the propriety of his coming to be baptized by ...
... brother or sister . He needed no forgiveness ; there was nothing to forgive . No more could he be baptized for re- pentance in him repentance would have been to turn to evil ! Where then was the propriety of his coming to be baptized by ...
Page 48
... at home with the lord of the house , the father of the family , not one with our elder brother who is his right hand . It is only the son , the daughter , that abideth ever in the house . When 48 The Hope of the Gospel.
... at home with the lord of the house , the father of the family , not one with our elder brother who is his right hand . It is only the son , the daughter , that abideth ever in the house . When 48 The Hope of the Gospel.
Page 51
... brothers ! see the watery floor obey him and grow still ! See how the wandering creatures under it come at his call ! See him leave his mountain- closet , and go walking over its heaving surface to the help of his men of little faith ...
... brothers ! see the watery floor obey him and grow still ! See how the wandering creatures under it come at his call ! See him leave his mountain- closet , and go walking over its heaving surface to the help of his men of little faith ...
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... brothers so vilely misuse the Father's house by grasping , each for himself , at the family things ! If the knowledge that a spot in the landscape retains in it some pollution , suffices to disturb our pleasure in the whole , how must ...
... brothers so vilely misuse the Father's house by grasping , each for himself , at the family things ! If the knowledge that a spot in the landscape retains in it some pollution , suffices to disturb our pleasure in the whole , how must ...
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Page 193 - For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
Page 60 - Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor ; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Page 152 - In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes : even so, Father ; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Page 40 - And when they saw him, they were amazed : and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
Page 185 - Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven: therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 176 - Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
Page 54 - Before I understood this place Appointed for my second race, Or taught my soul to fancy aught But a white, celestial thought; When yet I had not walked above A mile or two from my first love, And looking back — at that short space — Could see a glimpse of his bright face...
Page 172 - Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Page 152 - All things are delivered unto Me of My Father : and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father ; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him.
Page 147 - Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.