The Parochial System: An Appeal to English ChurchmenJ.G. & F. Rivington, 1838 - 142 pages |
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... spiritual destitution of a large portion of our countrymen , is too certain , and too gene- rally confessed , to require proof . Nor is it denied by any man who calls himself Christian , that some remedy on a large and effective scale ...
... spiritual destitution of a large portion of our countrymen , is too certain , and too gene- rally confessed , to require proof . Nor is it denied by any man who calls himself Christian , that some remedy on a large and effective scale ...
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... spiritual care even of a single popu- lous city , many of their charge must of necessity escape unnoticed in the crowd ; that the more docile , the more willing , the more zealous , the 1 Dan . x . 13. St. Matth . xviii . 10 , & c ...
... spiritual care even of a single popu- lous city , many of their charge must of necessity escape unnoticed in the crowd ; that the more docile , the more willing , the more zealous , the 1 Dan . x . 13. St. Matth . xviii . 10 , & c ...
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... spiritual care of the whole ; but in the sight of God and man they are not , and cannot be , responsible for the performance of impossibilities . They are the ministers of their own churches - they are the heads too of a sort of mission ...
... spiritual care of the whole ; but in the sight of God and man they are not , and cannot be , responsible for the performance of impossibilities . They are the ministers of their own churches - they are the heads too of a sort of mission ...
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... spiritual wel- fare of the people ? These have been , until very recently , only the erection of proprietary chapels , and the labours of pious individuals and societies . That a considerable amount of good has resulted from these means ...
... spiritual wel- fare of the people ? These have been , until very recently , only the erection of proprietary chapels , and the labours of pious individuals and societies . That a considerable amount of good has resulted from these means ...
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... spiritual wants of our own manufacturers are more fully provided ? We find that in and round Birmingham there are 101,292 immortal beings , who could not , if they would , attend the house of God . At Leeds , only 14,393 out of 123,393 ...
... spiritual wants of our own manufacturers are more fully provided ? We find that in and round Birmingham there are 101,292 immortal beings , who could not , if they would , attend the house of God . At Leeds , only 14,393 out of 123,393 ...
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Page 74 - Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest : go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
Page 62 - Lest haply after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Page 57 - He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
Page 91 - Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Page 58 - And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness ; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
Page 19 - There be many that say, Who will show us any good ? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Page 61 - If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Page 93 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 58 - He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Page 92 - Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity : for God loveth a cheerful giver.