Short Discourses to be Read in FamiliesArmstrong and Plaskitt, 1833 - 493 pages |
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... Pray without ceasing . " " Pray , and not faint . " " He who hears the young ravens that cry , " will not refuse the importunity of children . He hears prayer . Thousands , millions , have sought him - and none ever sought him in vain ...
... Pray without ceasing . " " Pray , and not faint . " " He who hears the young ravens that cry , " will not refuse the importunity of children . He hears prayer . Thousands , millions , have sought him - and none ever sought him in vain ...
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... pray- er , is a step taken , which brings us nearer heaven or hell - that the means of grace with which we are so frequently indulged will Blessed be his name , he has fed me through prove either " the savour of life unto life " or the ...
... pray- er , is a step taken , which brings us nearer heaven or hell - that the means of grace with which we are so frequently indulged will Blessed be his name , he has fed me through prove either " the savour of life unto life " or the ...
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... prayer . I often know not what to pray for as I ought ; but he always knows what to give . I cannot ex- press myself properly in words , and words are not necessary to inform him who “ know- eth what is the mind of the Spirit - my ...
... prayer . I often know not what to pray for as I ought ; but he always knows what to give . I cannot ex- press myself properly in words , and words are not necessary to inform him who “ know- eth what is the mind of the Spirit - my ...
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... pray , or surround the table of the Lord , let us remem- ber that " God weigheth the spirits . " If we had to do ... prayers , bered by his people ; and the expectation of meeting him at the last day has forced them to exclaim , " How ...
... pray , or surround the table of the Lord , let us remem- ber that " God weigheth the spirits . " If we had to do ... prayers , bered by his people ; and the expectation of meeting him at the last day has forced them to exclaim , " How ...
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... pray is our best friend ; and there is nothing we should more highly prize than those instructions which are ... prayed for enemies , and said , " Father , for - use , I will not say to a superior , but even to give them , for they know ...
... pray is our best friend ; and there is nothing we should more highly prize than those instructions which are ... prayed for enemies , and said , " Father , for - use , I will not say to a superior , but even to give them , for they know ...
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Page 52 - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open unto us;' and he shall answer and say unto you, 'I know ye not whence ye are.
Page 107 - Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Page 100 - Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Page 144 - Ye adulterers and adulteresses know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God ? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Page 159 - Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us : and establish thou the work of our hands upon us : yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Page 70 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; "Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.
Page 371 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground ; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 161 - 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 220 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Page 238 - Verily I say unto you ; There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.