Our Christian HeritageJohn Murphy, 1889 - 523 pages |
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Page 240 - Even unto this hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no fixed abode. And we labor working with our own hands: we are reviled and we bless : we are persecuted and we suffer it: we are blasphemed and we entreat: we are made as the refuse of this
Page 236 - A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh a sign, and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. For, as Jonas was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights, so shall the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.
Page 203 - The souls of the just," says the Book of Wisdom, " are in the hand of God, and the torment of death shall not touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die, and their departure was taken for misery. . . . But they are in peace, and their hope is full of immortality.
Page 327 - You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not kill. And whosoever shall kill, shall be in danger of the judgment. But I say to you, that whosoever is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment
Page 390 - James and John said : Lord, wilt Thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and consume them? And turning, He rebuked them, saying : Ye know not of what spirit ye are. The Son of man came not to destroy souls,
Page 32 - Grant us Thy truth to make us free, And kindling hearts that burn for Thee, Till all Thy living altars claim One holy light, one heavenly flame. O Lord divine that stooped to share Our sharpest pang, our bitterest tear, On Thee we cast each earth-born care, We smile at pain, while Thou art near.
Page 171 - We make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars : as if we were villains by necessity ; fools, by heavenly compulsion ; knaves, thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance ; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by enforced obedience of planetary influence.
Page 190 - Thou foundedst the earth, and the heavens are the works of Thy hands. They shall perish, but Thou remainest, and all of them shall grow old like a garment: and as a vesture Thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed. But Thou art always the self-same, and Thy years shall not fail.
Page 32 - Lord of all being! throned afar, Thy glory flames from star to star; Centre and Soul of every sphere, Yet to each loving heart how near! ****#*** Grant us Thy truth to make us free, And kindling hearts that burn for Thee, Till all Thy living altars claim One holy light, one
Page 327 - have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery. But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart " " You have heard that it hath been said: