A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America: Principally Selected and Altered from Nelson's Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England ; with Forms of DevotionStanford & Swords, 1851 - 335 pages |
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... disciples , and St. Peter's denying him ; his own resur- rection , and the descent of the Holy Ghost . " He prophesied of the destruction of Jerusalem , which came to pass in forty years after his own death , within the compass of that ...
... disciples , and St. Peter's denying him ; his own resur- rection , and the descent of the Holy Ghost . " He prophesied of the destruction of Jerusalem , which came to pass in forty years after his own death , within the compass of that ...
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... disciples were subject to Christ , so were the elders and deacons to the apostles . St. Paul sends to Miletus , and calls thither the elders of Ephesus , to whom he gives a most solemn charge ; which is a manifest sign that they were ...
... disciples were subject to Christ , so were the elders and deacons to the apostles . St. Paul sends to Miletus , and calls thither the elders of Ephesus , to whom he gives a most solemn charge ; which is a manifest sign that they were ...
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... disciples a commission to preach , but never allowed them , while he continued among them , to communicate that commission to any other . Afterwards , when the apos- tles were the chief visible governors of the Church , they ordained ...
... disciples a commission to preach , but never allowed them , while he continued among them , to communicate that commission to any other . Afterwards , when the apos- tles were the chief visible governors of the Church , they ordained ...
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... disciples at Ephesus had been baptized by Timothy , or some other of St. Paul's assistants , Paul laid his hands on them , and the Holy Ghost came upon them . Q. What results from this account of the original of this rite ? A. From this ...
... disciples at Ephesus had been baptized by Timothy , or some other of St. Paul's assistants , Paul laid his hands on them , and the Holy Ghost came upon them . Q. What results from this account of the original of this rite ? A. From this ...
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... disciples that they should not offend others , proceeds to instruct them how to behave themselves when others should offend them . That , first , they should privately admonish the offender ; if this did not bring him to repent- ance ...
... disciples that they should not offend others , proceeds to instruct them how to behave themselves when others should offend them . That , first , they should privately admonish the offender ; if this did not bring him to repent- ance ...
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Page 315 - God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting. To thee, all Angels cry aloud; the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. To thee, Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory.
Page 33 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 272 - And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
Page 296 - IF there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, 2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Page 268 - ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we, thine unworthy servants, do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us, and to all men. We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life...
Page 79 - God ; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul.
Page 273 - And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: and the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD...
Page 310 - Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
Page 222 - Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist : notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Page 279 - In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.