Practical Thoughts: Thoughts on PoperyAmerican Tract Society, 1836 - 446 pages |
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... wonder the Lord had not become weary of bestowing his bounty on such an one . It is because he is the Lord and chan- ges not . But for that , the person of whom I speak would have been consumed long ago . There is no- thing he admires ...
... wonder the Lord had not become weary of bestowing his bounty on such an one . It is because he is the Lord and chan- ges not . But for that , the person of whom I speak would have been consumed long ago . There is no- thing he admires ...
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... wonder . I am not so much surprised that men should neglect a manifest duty , but when I think what a privilege it is , what a happiness , what an honor , to be on terms of intimacy , and in habits of intercourse with God , it amazes me ...
... wonder . I am not so much surprised that men should neglect a manifest duty , but when I think what a privilege it is , what a happiness , what an honor , to be on terms of intimacy , and in habits of intercourse with God , it amazes me ...
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... wonder if that is not a duty , the omission of which is the sub- ject of prophetic denunciation . I wonder if that is not by implication commanded , the neglect of which brings down the wrath of God on those guilty of the neglect ...
... wonder if that is not a duty , the omission of which is the sub- ject of prophetic denunciation . I wonder if that is not by implication commanded , the neglect of which brings down the wrath of God on those guilty of the neglect ...
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... wonder if any one ever lived who supposed that family prayer was not more pleasing to God than the omission of it . I wonder if any one ever omitted it for fear of being guilty of will - worship , or through dread that it might for some ...
... wonder if any one ever lived who supposed that family prayer was not more pleasing to God than the omission of it . I wonder if any one ever omitted it for fear of being guilty of will - worship , or through dread that it might for some ...
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... wonder that so little time should be employed , and so little energy expended in prayer , even by those who are prompt to acknowledge its dignity as a privilege , and its efficacy as a means of obtaining good . It is not now as it was ...
... wonder that so little time should be employed , and so little energy expended in prayer , even by those who are prompt to acknowledge its dignity as a privilege , and its efficacy as a means of obtaining good . It is not now as it was ...
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Page 66 - Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Page 197 - Hearken, my beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Page 29 - Oh that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Page 67 - UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. 2 Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us.
Page 135 - For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us...
Page 123 - Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Page 193 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 47 - The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed. Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly ; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind : neither as being lords over God's heritage, but...
Page 59 - I confess to Almighty God, to blessed Mary ever Virgin, to blessed Michael the Archangel, to blessed John the Baptist, to the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and to all the Saints, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word and deed, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault.
Page 28 - And I said, This is my infirmity : but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High. I will remember the works of the LORD : surely I will remember thy wonders of old.