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Secret of Guidance by Meyer, Frederick Brotherton (1847-1929)
Chapter II WHERE AM I WRONG? This is thy eager question, Christian soul, and thy bitter complaint. On the faces and in the lives of others who are known to thee, thou hast discerned a light, a joy, a power, which thou enviest with a desire which oppresses thee, but for which thou shouldst thank God devoutly.
Aids to Reflection by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834)
PRELIMINARY ESSAY. BY THE REV. JOHN M'VICKAR. In the following reprint of Coleridge's "Aids to Reflection" as recently put forth in London, by his nephew and executor, with the author's final amendments, the Preface therein adopted of the earlier American edition of 1829, has been after full consideration dropped.
Short Papers on Church History by Miller, Andrew (1810-1883)
THE BURNING OF ROME As our two great apostles PETER and PAUL suffered martyrdom during the FIRST imperial persecution, it may be interesting to many of our readers to know something of the particulars which led to this cruel edict.
Christian View of God and the World by Orr, James (1844-1913)
“In whom we have our Redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace.”—Paul. “The faith of the Atonement presupposes the faith of the Incarnation.
History of Dogma - Volume IV by Harnack, Adolf (1851-1930)
Cyril died in the year 444; there were in his own party some who so far as he was concerned had never forgiven him the union of 433 which had led Cyril to agree to the expression “δύο φύσεις”.
Old Testament Types and Teachings by Smith, Hannah Whitall (1832-1911)
CHAPTER XII. II SAMUEL AND I CHRONICLES. THE REIGN OF DAVID. THE KINGDOM OF GOD BOTH INWARD AND OUTWARD. Keynote: Luke xvii. 20, 21. AND the Lord said unto Samuel, how long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing that I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite;…
History and Life of the Reverend Doctor John Tauler with Twenty-Five of his Sermons by Winkworth, Catherine (1827-1878)
By the Translator. JOHN TAULER, who appears as “the Master” in the foregoing History, was born at Strasburg in the year 1290. His father was most probably Nicolas Tauler, whose name occurs among those of the senators of Strasburg in 1313.
Expositor's Bible: The Book of Leviticus by Kellogg, S. H. (1839-1899)
. INTRODUCTORY. "And the Lord called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tent of meeting."—Lev. i. 1. Perhaps no book in the Bible presents to the ordinary reader so many and peculiar difficulties as the book of Leviticus.
History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland by Knox, John (c. 1505-1572)
. The Fourth Book of the Progress and Continuance of True Religion within Scotland. 1561-1564. No Dregs of Papistry left in the Reformed Church of Scotland. In the former books, gentle reader, thou mayest clearly see how potently God hath performed, in these our last and wicked days,…
Story of a Soul (l'Histoire d'une Ame): The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux by Therese, of Lisieux, St. (1873-1897)
PREFACE As we become acquainted with the histories of those in whom, in long succession, God has been pleased to show forth examples of holiness of life, it seems as if every phase of human existence had in the history of the Church received its consecration as a power to bring men nearer to their Maker.