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History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)
VII. Diocletian had no sooner published his edicts against the Christians, than, as if he had been desirous of committing to other hands the work of persecution, he divested himself of the Imperial purple.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 16: 1870 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"Cast me not away from Your Presence. And take not Your Holy Spirit from me." Psalm 51:11. THIS Psalm is beyond all others a photograph of penitent David.…
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 28: 1882 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"And the Lord was with Judah; and he drove out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 21: 1875 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts." Galatians 5:24. FROM SEVERAL QUARTERS we have heard lately intensely earnest objections to the matter and tenor of the preaching of the evangelists from America, who have been working among us.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 21: 1875 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony;…
Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical notes. Volume I. The History of Creeds. by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
With the Puritan emigration from England and the Presbyterian emigration from Scotland and the North of Ireland, the Westminster standards were planted on the virgin soil of America long before the Declaration of Independence.
Sermons for the New Life by Bushnell, Horace (1802-1876)
XIV THE LOST PURITY RESTORED. 1 John, iii. 3.—“And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.” THIS hope, as the apostle is speaking, is a hope to be with Christ; and as Christ is, in highest verity, the manifestation of God who is infinite purity, it is a hope to be concomitant with purity, the purity of Christ and of God;…
Light in the Dark Places: or, Memorial of Christian Life in the Middle Ages by Neander, Augustus Johann (1789-1850)
BONIFACE, or Winfried, as they called him in Anglo-Saxon, born at Crediton in Devonshire, in 680, deserves to be honoured as the father of the German Church, although he was by no means the first who brought the seeds of the Gospel to Germany.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 50: 1904 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish forever." Psalm 9:18. These words will fall upon different ears with quite different effects.
Essays on the Social Gospel by Harnack, Adolf (1851-1930)
CHAPTER X CONFLICT BETWEEN THE EVANGELISTIC AND MODERN OUTLOOK YET the Cross itself would be of no avail if it happened that in seeking our moral goal we had to look beyond Jesus Himself: Along the path of duty He must always be our Guide.