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History of the Origins of Christianity. Book I. Life of Jesus. by Renan, Joseph Ernest (1823-1892).
The chief event in the world's history is the revolution by which the noblest portions of humanity passed from the ancient religions comprised under the name of Paganism to a religion based on the divine unity, the trinity, and the incarnation of the Son of God.
Short and Easy Method of Prayer by Guyon, Madame Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Mothe (1647-1717)
CHAPTER XXI The Noble Results of this Species of Prayer Some persons, when they hear of the prayer of silence, falsely imagine, that the soul remains stupid, dead, and inactive.
Abstract of Systematic Theology by Boyce, James Petigru (1827-1888)
By the will of God is meant that power inherent in his nature, by which he purposes and chooses any end or object, or determines its existence. I. That God must have this power is evident.
Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Philippians by Rainy, Robert (1826-1906)
THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST. "Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may gain Christ, and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of mine own, even that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ,…
Expositor's Bible: The Epistles of St. John by Alexander, William (1824-1911)
. "The world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever."—1 John ii. 17. The connection of the passage in which these words occur is not difficult to trace, for those who are used to follow those "roots below the stream," those real rather than verbal links latent in the substance of St.
Great Controversy by White, Ellen Gould (1827-1915)
Chapter 3 An Era of Spiritual Darkness The apostle Paul, in his second letter to the Thessalonians, foretold the great apostasy which would result in the establishment of the papal power.
Holy Wisdom: or, Directions for the Prayer of Contemplation by Baker, Augustine (1517-1641)
CHAPTER VII. § 1. Internal affective prayer (of contemplation) hath always been entertained at first with jealousy and rigour. §§ 2, 3, 4. An illustrious example in the person of the late R.
Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 10. by Tillotson, John (1630-1694)
How much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?”—Luke xi. 13. IN discoursing on these words, I proposed, First, To endeavour to shew what is comprehended in the gift of the Holy Spirit mentioned in my text, and how great a blessing and benefit it is.
History of the Moravian Church by Hutton, J. E.
CHAPTER Xl. THE LAST DAYS OF AUGUSTA, 1560–1572. TO Augusta the prospect seemed hopeful. Great changes had taken place in the Protestant world. The Lutherans in Germany had triumphed.
Person of Christ: The Miracle of History. With a Reply to Strauss and Renan, and a Collection of Testimonies of Unbelievers. by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Dr. Strauss wrote two works on the life of Jesus: a large one for scholars, which appeared first in 1835, in two volumes; and a condensed one for the people, in 1864, in one volume.80 In both he maintains the same theory, with unimportant modifications.