| Alvan Bond, Pliny Fisk - 1828 - 454 páginas
...are mighty.' The representations of Scripture, which teach us that the work is to be accomplished not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord, may encourage those who, but for these representations, would never dare engage in the sacred office.... | |
| 1829 - 414 páginas
...conclusions and the Scriptures, which uniformly testify, that it is the work of God. They would perceive, that it is ' not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord.' And that, in order to give existence to this divine creation, there is actually exerted on the moral... | |
| 1829 - 760 páginas
...are mighty.' The representations of Scripture, which teach us that the work is to be accomplished not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord, may encourage those who, but for these representations, would never dare engage in the sacred office.... | |
| Joel Hawes - 1830 - 250 páginas
...descendants of the pilgrims, never be ashamed to own their dependance on the Holy Spirit, or to confess that it is not by might nor by power, but by the spirit of the Lord that his kingdom is to be built up in this fallen world. Finally, ever bear it in mind, that you 'have... | |
| Short memorials - 1830 - 300 páginas
...wisdom and strength ; and to him, from whom cometh all the power, was ascribed all the glory. " Not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of Hosts." (Zee. iv. 6.) The following incident, and the simplicity with which she related it, may interest our... | |
| William Swan - 1830 - 372 páginas
...hail imbecility and stupidity as the best qualifications for that work which is to be performed " not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord." — I say, when men entertain such sentiments, or hold principles evidently drawing; such conclusions... | |
| 1838 - 508 páginas
...word of the Lord and prevailed." It literally " ran, had free course, and was glorified," and " not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord." But in 1775 those combustible materials which had been collecting and preparing for ten years, since... | |
| John Holmes - 1830 - 430 páginas
...Moravia rose the renewed Church of the Brethren, not by any human contrivance or preconcerted plan, " not by might nor by power; but by the Spirit of the Lord.'*' She too, like her parent, has weathered many a storm, and can look back to a cloud of faithful witnesses... | |
| 1831 - 716 páginas
...cannot exist, and you will find thorn biltcr opposers. lint we need not despair. Thanks be to God, it is not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of Hosts. There is a mighty agency, which we do not see with our eyes, at work in this world. We cannot discern... | |
| 1832 - 488 páginas
...men and money and books ; and to convince him by evidence (since the word of God would not convince) that it is not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord that the nations shall be converted unto Him. May the Lord restore unto his Church the joy of his salvation,... | |
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