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... outward and temporary success denied them , that their lives may be saved unto higher ends . Perhaps no form of success is more dangerous and less dreaded than that which is accompanied by popular favor . The slightest taste of ...
... outward and temporary success denied them , that their lives may be saved unto higher ends . Perhaps no form of success is more dangerous and less dreaded than that which is accompanied by popular favor . The slightest taste of ...
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... outward glory was the out - raying of what was within . It was the momentary out- flashing not only of what was absorbed in prayer but of his own divine , essential glory . When he was brought into immediate contact with heaven he was ...
... outward glory was the out - raying of what was within . It was the momentary out- flashing not only of what was absorbed in prayer but of his own divine , essential glory . When he was brought into immediate contact with heaven he was ...
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... different names and creeds meet together a mighty ground - swell of enlarging life lifts them up and carries them outward , they know not whither . The Laymen's Missionary Movement , which was fol- lowed by the 52 THE PLACE OF PRAYER.
... different names and creeds meet together a mighty ground - swell of enlarging life lifts them up and carries them outward , they know not whither . The Laymen's Missionary Movement , which was fol- lowed by the 52 THE PLACE OF PRAYER.
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... regarding prayer . He had taught by example . He had been content to create a prayer - spirit , leaving it free to express itself in whatever form might be deemed suitable . He laid little stress upon outward forms , 59 THE MODEL PRAYER.
... regarding prayer . He had taught by example . He had been content to create a prayer - spirit , leaving it free to express itself in whatever form might be deemed suitable . He laid little stress upon outward forms , 59 THE MODEL PRAYER.
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James Mann Campbell. suitable . He laid little stress upon outward forms , knowing full well the tendency for form to de- generate into formality . But the time had come when to the contagion of his example it was neces- sary that he add ...
James Mann Campbell. suitable . He laid little stress upon outward forms , knowing full well the tendency for form to de- generate into formality . But the time had come when to the contagion of his example it was neces- sary that he add ...
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Page 163 - For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers...
Page 86 - If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone ? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent ? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion ? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him...
Page 182 - Spirit also helpeth our infirmity : for we know not how to pray as we ought ; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered ; 27 and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Page 74 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 80 - And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not : the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
Page 59 - And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Page 236 - And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us. And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.
Page 234 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Page 187 - And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Page 40 - Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared...