The Purpose and Use of ComfortCosimo, Inc., 1 okt 2007 - 384 pagina's One of the most popular American preachers of the 19th century, Episcopalian bishop Phillips Brooks was famous-and beloved-for his collections of sermons. The Purpose and Use of Comfort, first published in 1878, includes the title sermon as well as: . "The Withheld Completions of Life." "The Conqueror from Edom." "Keeping the Faith." "The Soul's Refuge in God." "The Man with One Talent." "Is It I?." "The Food of Man." "The Symbol and the Reality." and more.American clergyman PHILLIPS BROOKS (1835-1893) is also the author of Bohlen Lectures on The Influence of Jesus (1879) and Sermons Preached in English Churches (1883), but he is best remembered for writing the Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem." |
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Pagina 4
... nature . If you are not sure that any mercy comes to you from God ; if , whatever pious words you use about it , the recovery of your health , or the saving of your fortune , seems to you a piece of luck , some good thing which has ...
... nature . If you are not sure that any mercy comes to you from God ; if , whatever pious words you use about it , the recovery of your health , or the saving of your fortune , seems to you a piece of luck , some good thing which has ...
Pagina 5
... nature and you clear away those obstructions which , in so many men , stop God's mercies short , and absorb , as personal privileges , what they were meant to radiate as blessings to mankind . Think of it even in reference to the lowest ...
... nature and you clear away those obstructions which , in so many men , stop God's mercies short , and absorb , as personal privileges , what they were meant to radiate as blessings to mankind . Think of it even in reference to the lowest ...
Pagina 15
... nature of God , and sealed by the new life of thankful obedience which begins at once in the forgiven man . And what shall we say of that forgiveness ? Is it only for the forgiven man that it is bestowed , that God loves to bestow it so ...
... nature of God , and sealed by the new life of thankful obedience which begins at once in the forgiven man . And what shall we say of that forgiveness ? Is it only for the forgiven man that it is bestowed , that God loves to bestow it so ...
Pagina 22
... natural completion . They crown its struggles with a manifest success . There are certain fine results of feel- ing and contentment which are the true and recognized results of the best ways of living . They crown the hid- den ...
... natural completion . They crown its struggles with a manifest success . There are certain fine results of feel- ing and contentment which are the true and recognized results of the best ways of living . They crown the hid- den ...
Pagina 23
... natural and healthy result to which it is all tending , one flower into whose beauty its hard work was made to bloom ... nature of the things . The man who does no good expects no thanks . The selfish life feels THE WITHHELD COMPLETIONS ...
... natural and healthy result to which it is all tending , one flower into whose beauty its hard work was made to bloom ... nature of the things . The man who does no good expects no thanks . The selfish life feels THE WITHHELD COMPLETIONS ...
Inhoudsopgave
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THE CONSOLATIONS OF | 98 |
VIII | 138 |
IX | 157 |
UNSPOTTED FROM THE WORLD | 174 |
XI | 193 |
AN EASTER SERMON | 210 |
IS IT I? | 247 |
THE FOOD OF MAN | 265 |
THE SYMBOL AND THE REALITY | 282 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 74 - ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace by the confession of a true faith to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the Divine Majesty to worship the Unity...
Pagina 39 - And I looked, and there was none to help; And I wondered that there was none to uphold : Therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; And my fury, it upheld me. And I will tread down the people in mine anger, And make them drunk in my fury, And I will bring down their strength to the earth.
Pagina 3 - Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort ; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
Pagina 20 - Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now ; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.
Pagina 53 - I have trodden the wine-press alone, and of the people there was none with me : for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury, and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
Pagina 317 - I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ ; which is far better ; nevertheless to abide, in the flesh is more needful for you. And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all, for your furtherance and joy of faith, that your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.
Pagina 192 - Except a man be born again, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God,