Essays on the Distinguishing Traits of Christian CharacterDodge & Sayre, 1813 - 230 pages |
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... reader , therefore , sit down to the follow- ing pages with this solemn question before him : Am I the friend of God ... readers to suspend their decision of vi Introduction .
... reader , therefore , sit down to the follow- ing pages with this solemn question before him : Am I the friend of God ... readers to suspend their decision of vi Introduction .
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Gardiner Spring. him to beg his readers to suspend their decision of the solemn question before them , until they shall have taken a full view of the subject . If any thing should be said that wounds them , let them remember , it is the ...
Gardiner Spring. him to beg his readers to suspend their decision of the solemn question before them , until they shall have taken a full view of the subject . If any thing should be said that wounds them , let them remember , it is the ...
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... readers , to say that mere morality is not con- clusive evidence of Christian Character , were it not for the multitude of hopes that are built upon this crumbling basis . An unblemished moral character is in itself so amiable , that it ...
... readers , to say that mere morality is not con- clusive evidence of Christian Character , were it not for the multitude of hopes that are built upon this crumbling basis . An unblemished moral character is in itself so amiable , that it ...
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... Reader , look into your Bible . Will such moral- ity be of any avail in the solemn hour , that tries the spirits of men ? To the law and the testimony : Every page will flash conviction on the con- science , that such spurious morality ...
... Reader , look into your Bible . Will such moral- ity be of any avail in the solemn hour , that tries the spirits of men ? To the law and the testimony : Every page will flash conviction on the con- science , that such spurious morality ...
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... reader has a right to the plain result , that no de- gree of conviction for sin is conclusive evidence of Christian Character . Look at the feelings of a convinced sinner , and find , if you can , one spark of genuine holiness . Find ...
... reader has a right to the plain result , that no de- gree of conviction for sin is conclusive evidence of Christian Character . Look at the feelings of a convinced sinner , and find , if you can , one spark of genuine holiness . Find ...
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Page 198 - He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall; but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Page 90 - Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of : but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Page 46 - Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us; because he hath given us of his Spirit.
Page 187 - Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
Page 77 - O thou bounteous giver of all good, Thou art of all thy gifts thyself the crown ! Give what thou canst, without thee we are poor ; And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.
Page 138 - Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory ; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Page 158 - I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Page 70 - Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth: And their words to the end of the world.
Page 215 - They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us : but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
Page 195 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.