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Expositions of Holy Scripture: Mark by MacLaren, Alexander (1826-1910)
‘And Jesus said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?’—Mark iv. 21. The furniture of a very humble Eastern home is brought before us in this saying.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: The Acts by MacLaren, Alexander (1826-1910)
‘Then Paul stood In the midst of Mars-hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. 23. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To the Unknown God.
NPNF-212. Leo the Great, Gregory the Great by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
(To Marcian Augustus, about the presumption of Anatolius, by the hand of Lucian the bishop and Basil the deacon.) I. He congratulates the Emperor on his share in the triumph of the catholic Faith.
Word Pictures in the New Testament by Robertson, Archibald Thomas (1863-1934)
PREFACE To Dr. Adolf Deissmann of Berlin who has done so much to make the words of the New Testament glow with life It has now been forty years since Dr. Marvin R.
Story of Prophets and Kings by White, Ellen Gould (1827-1915)
Chapter 40 Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream [This chapter is based on Daniel 2.] Soon after Daniel and his companions entered the service of the king of Babylon, events occurred that revealed to an idolatrous nation the power and faithfulness of the God of Israel.
Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky, Fyodor (1821-1881)
IT was not much more than three-quarters of a mile from the town to the monastery. Alyosha walked quickly along the road, at that hour deserted. It was almost night, and too dark to see anything clearly at thirty paces ahead.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Ezekiel, Daniel and the Minor Prophets; and Matthew Chaps. I to VIII by MacLaren, Alexander (1826-1910)
‘Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as His mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings Chapters by MacLaren, Alexander (1826-1910)
‘And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision. 2. And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see; 8.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings Chapters by MacLaren, Alexander (1826-1910)
‘Come not near unto the ark, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.’—JOSHUA iii.…
Spiritual Progress by Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe (1651-1715)
On the passive way to Divine Union. It is impossible to attain Divine Union, solely by the way of meditation, or of the affections, or by any devotion, no matter how illuminated.