Lectures Delivered Before the Young Men's Christian Association, 1845-1846--1864-1865, Volume 15James Nisbet & Company, 1860 |
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Pagina 8
... called history , and how easily a little fashion , or a little romance , in the hands of a skilful writer , will sometimes obscure and eclipse for a whole generation the memory of the greatest and most patriotic services . I need not ...
... called history , and how easily a little fashion , or a little romance , in the hands of a skilful writer , will sometimes obscure and eclipse for a whole generation the memory of the greatest and most patriotic services . I need not ...
Pagina 11
... called down even from James V. the strongest expressions of condemnation . It is not a history that it is pleasant to look back upon . The mind of Scotland -its public opinion - was still dormant ; it did not awake except at the voice ...
... called down even from James V. the strongest expressions of condemnation . It is not a history that it is pleasant to look back upon . The mind of Scotland -its public opinion - was still dormant ; it did not awake except at the voice ...
Pagina 14
... called upon to take upon himself the office of the ministry . He declined ; he begged and entreated that this might not be thrust upon him ; but at last he was compelled to yield . In the Castle of St. Andrew's , until the siege was ...
... called upon to take upon himself the office of the ministry . He declined ; he begged and entreated that this might not be thrust upon him ; but at last he was compelled to yield . In the Castle of St. Andrew's , until the siege was ...
Pagina 29
... called down ven- geance on her for the blood she had spilt , and prophesied in the end of the work her speedy death . His surmise came true . She died on the 17th of November , 1558 , and Eliza- beth ascended the throne , and never to ...
... called down ven- geance on her for the blood she had spilt , and prophesied in the end of the work her speedy death . His surmise came true . She died on the 17th of November , 1558 , and Eliza- beth ascended the throne , and never to ...
Pagina 30
... , the quiet parson of Geneva , in 1559 was called again to Scotland . To Scot- land he came , and from the day he landed down to the day of his death he was substantially Scotland's ruler . He 30 THE INFLUENCE OF KNOX AND THE.
... , the quiet parson of Geneva , in 1559 was called again to Scotland . To Scot- land he came , and from the day he landed down to the day of his death he was substantially Scotland's ruler . He 30 THE INFLUENCE OF KNOX AND THE.
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Pagina 319 - And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: And they shall see his face ; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Pagina 318 - And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Pagina 306 - Another parable he spoke to them : the kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.
Pagina 409 - Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his Maker? Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly...
Pagina 318 - And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal...
Pagina 409 - There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
Pagina 179 - O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord : My goodness extendeth not to thee ; But to the saints that are in the earth, And to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
Pagina 319 - In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month : and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Pagina 209 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: The waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. They go up by the mountains; They go down by the valleys Unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.
Pagina 319 - And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl : and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.