Religion: A Revelation and a Rule of LifeWhittaker, 1886 - 365 páginas |
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Página 273
... Balaam knew . " This is the boldness , " says S. John , t " which we have towards God , that , if we ask anything according to His will , He heareth us : and if we know that He heareth us whatsoever we ask , we know that we have the ...
... Balaam knew . " This is the boldness , " says S. John , t " which we have towards God , that , if we ask anything according to His will , He heareth us : and if we know that He heareth us whatsoever we ask , we know that we have the ...
Página 274
... Balaam , then , chose , against his knowledge and better judgment , to regard prayer as a means of constraining God to change His mind . If He would not change His mind , Balaam must submit to the divine will ; but at least he could try ...
... Balaam , then , chose , against his knowledge and better judgment , to regard prayer as a means of constraining God to change His mind . If He would not change His mind , Balaam must submit to the divine will ; but at least he could try ...
Página 275
... Balaam at night and said unto him , If the men be come to call thee , rise up and go with them . " But " God's anger was kindled " against Balaam " because he went . " With what in men might be called disdain , the Almighty granted to ...
... Balaam at night and said unto him , If the men be come to call thee , rise up and go with them . " But " God's anger was kindled " against Balaam " because he went . " With what in men might be called disdain , the Almighty granted to ...
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... Balaam perished . The example of David is , in some respects , even more instructive than that of Balaam . In forming an estimate of his character , and of the grievous sin which he com- mitted , we are nearly always misled by the very ...
... Balaam perished . The example of David is , in some respects , even more instructive than that of Balaam . In forming an estimate of his character , and of the grievous sin which he com- mitted , we are nearly always misled by the very ...
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... Balaam , much less does he possess the inward piety of David . He has a certain general knowledge of truth and duty ; a personal interest in the right which some- times becomes dominant in his feelings , if not supreme ; but he is ...
... Balaam , much less does he possess the inward piety of David . He has a certain general knowledge of truth and duty ; a personal interest in the right which some- times becomes dominant in his feelings , if not supreme ; but he is ...
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Página 16 - And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses.
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Página 30 - But often, in the world's most crowded streets, But often, in the din of strife, There rises an unspeakable desire After the knowledge of our buried life; A thirst to spend our fire and restless force In tracking out our true, original course; A longing to inquire Into the mystery of this heart which beats So wild, so deep in us - to know Whence our lives come and where they go.
Página 52 - Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Página 21 - God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son...
Página 324 - Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Página 206 - And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish ; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God.