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Beginnings of Christianity. Vol. I. by Wernle, Paul (1872-1939)
ST PAUL knew that he was called to be a missionary to the Gentiles. External circumstances favoured this conviction. He himself was a Jew of the dispersion, a seasoned traveller accustomed from his earliest years to the life of the Greek towns.
Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established by Burgon, John William (1813-1888)
HESE VERSES.—Part II. The other chief peculiarity of Codices B and א (viz. the omission of the words ἐν Ἐφέσῳ from Ephes. i. 1) considered.—Antiquity unfavourable to the omission of those words (p.
History of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Volume II. by Bangs, Nathan (1778-1862)
CHAPTER 6 The General Conference of 1804, and of the Annual Conferences of 1804-5-6-7 The fourth regular General Conference assembled in the city of Baltimore, on the 7th day of May, 1804.
History of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Volume IV. by Bangs, Nathan (1778-1862)
CHAPTER 15 The General Conference of 1840 This conference assembled in the city of Baltimore May 1, and was opened by Bishop Roberts by reading a portion of the Holy Scriptures and prayer.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 35: 1889 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
The Mediator’The Interpreter A Sermon (No. 2097) Delivered on Lord's-day Morning, July 28th, 1889, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed,…
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 57: 1911 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"And it shall be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there." 1 Kings 17:4. WHAT a mighty master of the art of prayer was Elijah the Tishbite! He was one of those who had the power to shut up Heaven so that it did not rain.
Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies. by Wace, Henry (1836-1924)
Theodoretus (2), bp. of Cyrrhus, or Cyrus, in the province of Euphratensis, was born at Antioch probably c. 393 (Tillemont). His parents held a high position at Antioch.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 59: 1913 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given unto us." Romans 5:5. As one reads the opening verses of this Chapter, one cannot help saying,…
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 15: 1869 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"The bellows are burned."- Jeremiah 6:29. THE Prophets frequently spoke in parables. They did this partly to excite the attention of their hearers. Those to whom they spoke might not have listened to didactic truth expressed in abstract terms, but when they heard mention of common things, such as bellows and lead and brass, they turned aside and asked,…
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 02: 1856 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
“The voice of the Lord is full of majesty.”—Psalm 29:4. All God’s works praise him, whether they be magnificent or minute, they all discover the wisdom, the power, and the benevolence of their Creator.