| 1856 - 590 páginas
...unity ; desiring that all may walk by the same rule, and mind the same thing, even that of pressing towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus, the great object for all to set before them ; then, if there be anything in which they are otherwise minded,... | |
| Timothy East - 1858 - 638 páginas
...fashion, is not only an indication of a vain and little mind, but is certainly inconsistent with pressing towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. The desire of making an appearance has ruined many people in their circumstances — more in their characters... | |
| Henry Martyn - 1861 - 484 páginas
...your kind remembrance of me, but above all that you stand fast in the Lord, and are still pressing towards the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. The sickness and faintness, in which I was obliged to conclude the inclosed letter, are now nearly removed... | |
| 1863 - 142 páginas
...grace,' not being satisfied with present attainments, but like the apostle Paul ' pressing forward* towards the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. The Christian's is, indeed, a high and holy calling, and it becomes us while rejoicing in the salvation... | |
| Thomas Brooks - 1866 - 538 páginas
...those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before.' Ver. 14, ' I press towards the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.' The Greek word duaxu, doth emphatically import a pressing with an eager pursuit after the mark. It is the... | |
| George Washington Natt - 1867 - 420 páginas
...one for himself, and to prevail with. as many perishing sinners as he could, to come unto Jesus, and "to press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." The success of his ministry equally declares how he preached. Success is not always a test of truth. 'But... | |
| 1870 - 936 páginas
...alienations and rivalries of the past, and reacting forth to those things which are before, what have we, but to press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus ? The church expects of us, — the world with all its sorrows and sins, well aware that the true church... | |
| 1870 - 616 páginas
...alienations and rivalries of the past, and reaching forth to those things which are before, what have we, but to press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus ? The church expects of us, — the world with all its sorrows and sins, well aware that the true church... | |
| Bible Christians - 1873 - 598 páginas
...and for all my brothers and sisters in the Lord, I have felt rery happy, and encouraged to press on towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." The Bible was his daily companion ; and in times of sore trial he found, while reading its precious words,... | |
| Gardiner Spring Plumley - 1874 - 838 páginas
...PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH." of the past, and reaching forth to those things whicli .-ire before, what have we, but to press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus ? The church expects of us, — the world with all its sorrows and sins, well aware that the true church... | |
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