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Secret of Guidance by Meyer, Frederick Brotherton (1847-1929)
Chapter I THE SECRET OF GUIDANCE Many children of God are so deeply exercised on the matter of guidance that it may be helpful to give a few suggestions as to knowing the way in which our Father would have us walk, and the work He would have us do.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 35: 1889 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"And Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. And God spoke unto Israel in the visions of the night and said, Jacob, Jacob.
Life of Our Most Holy Father St. Benedict by Gregory I, St. (c. 540-604)
Benedict having now left the schools resolved to betake himself to the desert, accompanied only by his nurse who most tenderly loved him. Coming therefore to a place called Affile, and remaining for some time in the Church of St.
History of the Christian Church, Volume V: The Middle Ages. A.D. 1049-1294 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
§ 70. St. Francis d’Assisi. "Not long the period from his glorious birth, When, with extraordinary virtue blest, This wondrous sun began to comfort earth, Bearing, while yet a child, his father’s ire, For sake of her whom all as death detest, And banish from the gate of their desire, Before the court of heaven, before His father, too, he took her for his own; From day to day,…
Sermons on Several Occasions by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
“Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And I will be to you a Father, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.” 2 Cor.
ANF08. The Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts and Epistles, The Clementia, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs of Edessa and Syriac Documents, Remains of the First Age by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Apocrypha of the New Testament by Anonymous
———————————— In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, one God.…
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 53: 1907 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"Jesus answered them, Do you now believe? Behold, the hour comes, yes, is now come, that you shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave Me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me." John 16:31,32.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)
But these generous deliverers were unwilling to release their hostage, till they had obtained from his father the payment, or at least the promise, of their recompense.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 43: 1897 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped Him." Mark 5:6. "But when he wasyet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him." Luke 15:20.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 57: 1911 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"For I am a stranger with You, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were." Psalm 39:12. IF you read the whole verse, you will see that David used these words as an argument in prayer—"Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not Your peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with You, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were." It is a grand thing to be able to argue with God in prayer!…