The Gospel Adapted to the Wants of the World: A Sermon, Preached in Providence, R.I., Sept. 9, 1840, Before the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, at Their Thirty-first Annual Meeting |
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... reason God takes a variety of ways to make it known , and to impress it upon the hearts of men . And for the same reason I invite your attention to it at this time . The angel of the Lord came to the prophet , SERMON. ...
... reason God takes a variety of ways to make it known , and to impress it upon the hearts of men . And for the same reason I invite your attention to it at this time . The angel of the Lord came to the prophet , SERMON. ...
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... reason why they should not immediately hearken to his voice , believe his declarations , and obey his com- mands , is the very reason why they should . And in doing it , they will find that his commands are not grievous ; that his ways ...
... reason why they should not immediately hearken to his voice , believe his declarations , and obey his com- mands , is the very reason why they should . And in doing it , they will find that his commands are not grievous ; that his ways ...
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... reason , and meet with the approving response of conscience . The more calmly the Christian weighs the claims of his Sa- viour , the deeper will be the conviction of his obli- gation , and the more reasonable will appear that affection ...
... reason , and meet with the approving response of conscience . The more calmly the Christian weighs the claims of his Sa- viour , the deeper will be the conviction of his obli- gation , and the more reasonable will appear that affection ...
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... reason itself is dethroned , and the darkest images of horror haunt the mind , or maniac rage distorts the features , the love of kindness has subdued the soul to gentleness , and won the heart to confidence and gratitude . It was this ...
... reason itself is dethroned , and the darkest images of horror haunt the mind , or maniac rage distorts the features , the love of kindness has subdued the soul to gentleness , and won the heart to confidence and gratitude . It was this ...
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... reason which might well have led me to shrink from the duty of this hour , were it not that providential calls are designed for those to whom they come . I regard the present occa- sion as of very great sacredness , and as imposing on ...
... reason which might well have led me to shrink from the duty of this hour , were it not that providential calls are designed for those to whom they come . I regard the present occa- sion as of very great sacredness , and as imposing on ...
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Page 4 - 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 12 - And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Page 8 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ; all things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Page 4 - But rise, and stand upon thy feet : for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee...
Page 5 - For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead; And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them and rose again.
Page 7 - And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba : prayer also shall be made for him continually ; and daily shall he be praised. 16 There shall be a handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains ; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon : and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
Page 20 - He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Page 8 - Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Page 31 - Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Page 22 - God is not a man, that he should lie;. neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?