SermonsB. H. Greene, 1849 - 302 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 73 - For the Lord will not cast off for ever: But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
الصفحة 73 - What are these which are arrayed in white robes ? and whence came they? And I said unto him ; Sir thou knowest. And he said to me ; These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
الصفحة 49 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
الصفحة 100 - And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
الصفحة 67 - She at once saw the beauty and the comfort too of the expression, "he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver." Christ sees it needful to put his children into the furnace, but he is seated by the side of it. His eye is steadily...
الصفحة 215 - Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour : but for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name.
الصفحة 51 - All sheep and oxen : yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea : and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.
الصفحة 67 - Scriptures, and to make them the subject of profitable conversation, when they came to the third chapter of the prophecy of Malachi, had some discussion over the second and third verses, respecting the method of purifying the precious metals. As none of the company knew anything about the process, one undertook to inquire of a silversmith, with whom she was acquainted, how it was effected, and particularly, what was the business of the refiner himself, during that operation.
الصفحة 67 - for I must keep my eye steadily fixed on the furnace, since, if the silver remain too long under the intense heat, it is sure to be damaged." She at once saw the beauty and propriety of the image employed, " He shall sit as a refiner of silver ;" and the moral of the illustration was equally obvious. As the lady was returning with the information to her expecting companions, the silversmith called her back, and said...
الصفحة 68 - ... was, that he only knew the exact instant when the purifying process was complete by then seeing his own countenance in it. Again the spiritual meaning shone forth through the beautiful veil of the letter. When God sees his own image in his people the work of sanctification is complete. It may be added that the metal continues in a state of agitation till all the impurities are thrown off, and then it becomes quite still — a circumstance which heightens the exquisite analogy in this case ; for,...