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German Pulpit, Being a Selection of Sermons by the Most Eminent Modern Divines of Germany by Baker, Richard
SERMON XVI. BY RÖHR. FOR CHRISTMAS. SERMON XVI. FOR CHRISTMAS. WE are come, O Father in heaven, to adore, and to pour out our thankful hearts before thy holy presence.
Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Volume II by MacLaren, Alexander (1826-1910)
1 How lovely are Thy dwellings, Jehovah of Hosts! 2 My soul longs, yea, even languishes, for the courts of Jehovah, My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)
But in this abject distress, the emperor and empire were still possessed of an ideal treasure, which drew its fantastic value from the superstition of the Christian world.
Four-Fold Gospel by McGarvey, John William (1829-1911)
CV. Jesus' Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem. (from Bethany to Jerusalem and Back, Sunday, April 2, a.d. 30.) Matt. XXI. 1–12, 14–17; Mark XI. 1–11; Luke XIX. 29–44; John XII.
History of the Christian Church, Volume II: Ante-Nicene Christianity. A.D. 100-325 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. The Catacombs of Rome and other cities open a new chapter of Church history, which has recently been dug up from the bowels of the earth. Their discovery was a revelation to the world as instructive and important as the discovery of the long lost cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, and of Nineveh and Babylon.
Autobiography of St. Ignatius by Ignatius of Loyola, St (1491-1556)
CHAPTER VIII HIS ARRIVAL IN HIS NATIVE LAND AND THE VIRTUES PRACTISED THERE—HIS JOURNEY INTO SPAIN AND ITALY—THE FAMOUS APPARITION AND HIS LIFE IN THE SAME PLACE After the event related in the last chapter, Ignatius mounted the little horse which his companions had purchased for him, and began his journey toward his native land.
History of the Origins of Christianity. Book IV. The Antichrist. by Renan, Joseph Ernest (1823-1892).
The spectacle of the world, as we have already said, only answered too well to the dreams of the Seer of Patmos. The government of the military Coups d’Etat, bore its fruits.
Expositor's Bible: The Book of Numbers by Watson, Robert Alexander (1845-1921)
XXV THE WAY AND THE LOT Numbers xxxiii., xxxiv 1. The itinerary of xxxiii. 1-49 is one of the passages definitely ascribed to Moses. It opens with the departure from Rameses in Egypt on the morrow after the passover,…
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
Geography Abyssinia, extending from the sixth to the fifteenth degree of north latitude, and situated to the south of Nubia, is, by reason of its peculiar contour, unique among the countries of the African continent, It has been compared, indeed, to a vast fortress, towering above the plains of eastern Africa.
St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh by Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint (1090-1153)
INDEX Abélard, 101 Acœmetae, 30 Adeline, 69 Age for ordination, 15 f. Agnew, Sir Andrew, 78 Aidan, St., liv Ailech, 40 Aleth, mother of St. Bernard, 7, 71 Alexander I., King of Scots, 76 Alps, 72 passes of, when closed, 142 Alternative sees, xlvii, 19 Amalgaid, coarb of Patrick, 164, 165 Anacletus II., anti-pope, 72 Anastasius, St., monastery of, at Rome, 118 Anmchara, 161 Anselm,…