A homiletical commentary on the Book of Esther, Volym 221Dickinson, 1881 - 323 sidor |
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... spirit manifested in the latter part of the Book is not an example for our imitation . We may reply that it is no more an example to be imitated than Persian luxury and effeminacy are to be commended , and no more than the vices of Old ...
... spirit manifested in the latter part of the Book is not an example for our imitation . We may reply that it is no more an example to be imitated than Persian luxury and effeminacy are to be commended , and no more than the vices of Old ...
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... Spirit direct in our reading , as he directed in the writing of the Book . Come then , O gracious and holy Spirit , bless our labours , and make them productive of moral enlargement . CHAPTER I. PERSIAN SPLENDOUR . CRITICAL NOTES . ] 1 ...
... Spirit direct in our reading , as he directed in the writing of the Book . Come then , O gracious and holy Spirit , bless our labours , and make them productive of moral enlargement . CHAPTER I. PERSIAN SPLENDOUR . CRITICAL NOTES . ] 1 ...
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... spirit . The soul of man cannot find in sensual pleasures its true good . In this book we find that merriment was the direct cause of melancholy . Our greatest earthly joys are too often the sources of our deepest sorrows . Pleasure and ...
... spirit . The soul of man cannot find in sensual pleasures its true good . In this book we find that merriment was the direct cause of melancholy . Our greatest earthly joys are too often the sources of our deepest sorrows . Pleasure and ...
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... spirit of self- glorification ! II . But this proud display was a contemptible exhibition . For it showed ( a ) The materialism of his nature . No mention here of moral riches . He showed the riches of his kingdom , but never spoke of ...
... spirit of self- glorification ! II . But this proud display was a contemptible exhibition . For it showed ( a ) The materialism of his nature . No mention here of moral riches . He showed the riches of his kingdom , but never spoke of ...
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... spirit which he displayed . I. This monarch's liberality was unwise , for it was an encouragement to drunkenness . According to Grecian information , an exceedingly large quantity of wine was drunk at Persian feasts . Now , if the ...
... spirit which he displayed . I. This monarch's liberality was unwise , for it was an encouragement to drunkenness . According to Grecian information , an exceedingly large quantity of wine was drunk at Persian feasts . Now , if the ...
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Sida 247 - And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
Sida 298 - Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
Sida 266 - Who shall separate us from the love of Christ ? shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword ? Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Sida 101 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Sida 91 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Sida 156 - But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Sida 89 - And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die, for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Sida 214 - I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.
Sida 201 - For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the earth ; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Sida 220 - I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.