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Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 53: 1907 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." Luke 23:34. [Other Sermons by Mr. Spurgeon upon Christ's cries from the Cross (in addition to those mentioned later) are as follows: #2562, Volume 44—CRIES FROM THE CROSS; #2803, Volume 48—THE SADDEST CRY FROM THE CROSS; #2344, Volume 40—CHRIST'S DYING WORDS FOR HIS CHURCH; #2311,…
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 06: 1860 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
“Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean?”—2 Kings 5:12. PROUD SELF and EVIL QUESTIONING are two of Satan’s firmest allies, and two of the chief destroyers of the souls of men.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible by Jamieson, Robert (1802-1880)
PART I—PROLOGUE OR HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION IN PROSE—(Job 1:1-2:13) Job 1:1-5. The Holiness of Job, His Wealth, &c. 1. Uz—north of Arabia-Deserta, lying towards the Euphrates.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 55: 1909 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." Genesis 1:2. [See Sermons #660, Volume 11—LIGHT, NATURAL AND SPIRITUAL and #1252, Volume 21—THE FIRST DAY OF CREATION.] WE cannot tell how the Spirit of God brooded over that vast watery mass.
Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky, Fyodor (1821-1881)
GRUSHENKA lived in the busiest part of the town, near the cathedral square, in a small wooden lodge in the courtyard belonging to the house of the widow Morozov. The house was a large stone building of two stories, old and very ugly.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 11: 1865 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"This Man receives sinners and eats with them." Luke 15:2. IT is not very unusual that the Pharisees could not understand the Savior's mode of action—not only because self-righteousness and bigotry had blinded their eyes and callousness of heart to the interest of others and had bound them up in the darkness of self-righteousness—but also because the Savior's mode of acting was contrary to the general current of the dispensation to which the Pharisee had been accustomed.…
Sermons on Proverbs by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
Spiritual Appetite A Sermon (No. 1227) delivered on Lord's Day Morning by C. H. Spurgeon, April 4th, 1875, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. “The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.”—Proverbs 27:7.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
That Christian marriage (i.e. marriage between baptized persons) is really a sacrament of the New Law in the strict sense of the word is for all Catholics an indubitable truth.
Saints' Everlasting Rest by Baxter, Richard (1615-1691)
CHAPTER VIII. HOW TO DISCERN OUR TITLE TO THE SAINTS’ REST. Self-examination urged, 1. From the possibility of arriving at a certainty; 2. From the hindrances which will be thrown in our way by Satan, sinners, our own hearts, and many other causes; 3.
Private Thoughts Upon a Christian Life; or, Necessary Directions for Its Beginning and Progress Upon Earth... Part II. by Beveridge, William (1637-1708)
THE most glorious Sight questionless that was ever to be seen upon the face of the Earth, was to see the Son of God here, to see the supreme Being and Governour of the World here; to see the Creator of all things conversing here with his own Creatures; to see God himself with the nature, and in the shape of Man; walking about upon the surface of the Earth, and discoursing with silly Mortals here;…