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Expositions of Holy Scripture: St John Chs. XV to XXI by MacLaren, Alexander (1826-1910)
‘Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord.’—JOHN xxi. 7. It seems a very strange thing that these disciples had not, at an earlier period of this incident, discovered the presence of Christ, inasmuch as the whole was so manifestly a repetition of that former event by which the commencement of their ministry had been signalised,…
Expositor's Bible: The Song of Solomon and the Lamentations of Jeremiah by Adeney, Walter Frederic (1849-1920)
CHAPTER XI THE MAN THAT HATH SEEN AFFLICTION iii. 1-21 Whether we regard it from a literary, a speculative, or a religious point of view, the third and central elegy cannot fail to strike us as by far the best of the five.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Ezekiel, Daniel and the Minor Prophets; and Matthew Chaps. I to VIII by MacLaren, Alexander (1826-1910)
‘And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and His mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy Him.
Expositor's Bible: The Book of Proverbs by Horton, Robert Forman (1855-1934)
"O woman-hearts, that keep the days of old In living memory, can you stand back When Christ calls? Shall the heavenly Master lack The serving love, which is your life's fine gold? "Do you forget the hand which placed the crown Of happy freedom on the woman's head, And took her from the dying and the dead, Lifting the wounded soul long trodden down? "Do you forget who bade the morning break,…
Expositor's Bible: The Book of Proverbs by Horton, Robert Forman (1855-1934)
"Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth."—Prov. xxvii. 1. "The grave and destruction are never satisfied;…
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
Prophecy As the term is used in mystical theology, it applies both to the prophecies of canonical Scripture and to private prophecies. Understood in its strict sense, it means the foreknowledge of future events, though it may sometimes apply to past events of which there no memory, and to present hidden things which cannot be known by the natural light of reason.
Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, W. G. (1820-1899)
1 Samuel xxviii. 3–25. For a considerable time Saul had been drifting along like a crippled vessel at sea, a melancholy example of a man forsaken of God. But as his decisive encounter with the Philistines drew on, the state of helplessness to which he had been reduced became more apparent than ever.
To My Younger Brethren by Moule, Handley Carr Glyn (1841-1920)
. When the watcher in the dark Turns his lenses to the skies, Suddenly the starry spark Grows a world upon his eyes: Be my life a lens, that I So my Lord may magnify We come from the secrecies of the young Clergyman's life, from his walk alone with God in prayer and over His Word, to the subject of his common daily intercourse.
Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I by Erasmus, Desiderius (c. 1466-1536)
. The ARGUMENT This Discourse furnishes a childish Mind with pious Instructions of Religion, in what it consists. What is to be done in the Morning in Bed, at getting up, at Home, at School, before Meat, after Meat, before going to Sleep.
Maxims of the Saints by Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe (1651-1715)
ARTICLE ELEVENTH. One great point of difference between the First Covenant, or the covenant of works, which said to men, " Do this and live," and the Second Covenant, or the covenant of grace, which says, Believe and live," is this :-The first covenant did not lead men to anything that was perfect.