A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy LifeJ.M. Dent & Company, 1906 - 355 páginas |
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... less of expense , and glad to be able to adorn herself with every costly ornament of dress , and does the other consider her fortune as a talent given her by God , which is to be improved religiously , and no more to be spent in vain ...
... less of expense , and glad to be able to adorn herself with every costly ornament of dress , and does the other consider her fortune as a talent given her by God , which is to be improved religiously , and no more to be spent in vain ...
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... the whole course of their lives , swearing more or less , just as it happens , some con- stantly , others only now and then as it were by chance . Matt . vi . 31 , 32 . Now I ask , how comes it , that two A Devout and Holy Life I I.
... the whole course of their lives , swearing more or less , just as it happens , some con- stantly , others only now and then as it were by chance . Matt . vi . 31 , 32 . Now I ask , how comes it , that two A Devout and Holy Life I I.
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... less consumption of our time ; but he asks whether God is pleased with these things , or whether these are the appointed ways of gaining His favour ? He does not inquire , whether it be pardonable to hoard up money , to adorn ourselves ...
... less consumption of our time ; but he asks whether God is pleased with these things , or whether these are the appointed ways of gaining His favour ? He does not inquire , whether it be pardonable to hoard up money , to adorn ourselves ...
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... less of these great things , that are coming so fast upon us ! Just as you came in my chamber , I was thinking with myself , what numbers of souls there are now in the world , in my condition at this very time , surprised with a summons ...
... less of these great things , that are coming so fast upon us ! Just as you came in my chamber , I was thinking with myself , what numbers of souls there are now in the world , in my condition at this very time , surprised with a summons ...
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... less he has lived , without any reflection , without any rules , in things of such eternal moment , as no heart can sufficiently conceive them ? Had I only my frailties and imperfections to lament at this time , I should lie here humbly ...
... less he has lived , without any reflection , without any rules , in things of such eternal moment , as no heart can sufficiently conceive them ? Had I only my frailties and imperfections to lament at this time , I should lie here humbly ...
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Página 56 - Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was an hungered and ye gave me no meat ; I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink ; I was a stranger and ye took me not in ; naked and ye clothed me not ; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Página 164 - I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air : but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection : lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Página 126 - Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed ; and I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth : lo, there thou hast that is thine.
Página 269 - For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord : whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
Página 56 - Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Página 94 - Lord: 33 But he that is married caretb for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. 34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy, both in body and in spirit : but she that is married, careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
Página 33 - Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
Página 311 - But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
Página 78 - Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.