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 10
... tell me , is it the gain of that one doubter only ? Is the world no richer ? Is no other questioner helped ? how few men are aided by the arguments with which their friends plead for their faith , compared with those to whom religion ...
... tell me , is it the gain of that one doubter only ? Is the world no richer ? Is no other questioner helped ? how few men are aided by the arguments with which their friends plead for their faith , compared with those to whom religion ...
Pagina 11
... tell him of my doubts . Who am I that He should care to convince me and answer my questions ? It is a bad mood , but it is common enough . But if I can count my enlightenment as something greater than my own release from doubt ; if I ...
... tell him of my doubts . Who am I that He should care to convince me and answer my questions ? It is a bad mood , but it is common enough . But if I can count my enlightenment as something greater than my own release from doubt ; if I ...
Pagina 15
... tell him of the happiness of the life with God . We assure him of faculties in himself , capable of a kind of pleasure which he does not know , which will come out to their true enjoyment if he will only come to God . We tell him of the ...
... tell him of the happiness of the life with God . We assure him of faculties in himself , capable of a kind of pleasure which he does not know , which will come out to their true enjoyment if he will only come to God . We tell him of the ...
Pagina 29
... tell me still that there is a nat- ural connection between doing right and being happy ? " Surely I will , I answer . I will insist on your remember- ing it . I will warn you never to forget it , nor to get to counting gloominess the ...
... tell me still that there is a nat- ural connection between doing right and being happy ? " Surely I will , I answer . I will insist on your remember- ing it . I will warn you never to forget it , nor to get to counting gloominess the ...
Pagina 31
... tell you all you want to know . Nobody can . But there are two great anxieties which I do feel for such a soul as yours . One is , lest you should give up hoping for and expecting that privilege of communion which , however long it be ...
... tell you all you want to know . Nobody can . But there are two great anxieties which I do feel for such a soul as yours . One is , lest you should give up hoping for and expecting that privilege of communion which , however long it be ...
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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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,