The Purpose and Use of ComfortOne 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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... stand looking at every such difficulty , owning its darkness , but ready to see it brighten as the east brightens with the rising of the sun . Many of our religious doubts are like buildings which stand beside the road which we are ...
... stand looking at every such difficulty , owning its darkness , but ready to see it brighten as the east brightens with the rising of the sun . Many of our religious doubts are like buildings which stand beside the road which we are ...
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... come to God . We tell him of the heaven of the inner life here , and then point onward to the dim but certain joys of the heaven that stands with its golden walls and gates of pearl in the splendor of the THE PURPOSE AND USE OF COMFORT .
... come to God . We tell him of the heaven of the inner life here , and then point onward to the dim but certain joys of the heaven that stands with its golden walls and gates of pearl in the splendor of the THE PURPOSE AND USE OF COMFORT .
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... stand beyond us need- ing them . I have spoken very feebly , unless you have felt something of the difference which it would make to all of us if this truth really took possession of us . It would make our struggles after a higher life ...
... stand beyond us need- ing them . I have spoken very feebly , unless you have felt something of the difference which it would make to all of us if this truth really took possession of us . It would make our struggles after a higher life ...
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... standing seems hateful to you , and you grudge him his solitary pain . How unreasonable Peter was ap peared only a few hours later , when his denial proved his unfitness to go with Jesus into the mystery and pain which He was entering ...
... standing seems hateful to you , and you grudge him his solitary pain . How unreasonable Peter was ap peared only a few hours later , when his denial proved his unfitness to go with Jesus into the mystery and pain which He was entering ...
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... standing bewildered and distressed in front of the mystery which hid Him from their sight . And that is what is always happening ; what it is so hard for us to understand and yet what we must under- stand , or life is all a puzzle . For ...
... standing bewildered and distressed in front of the mystery which hid Him from their sight . And that is what is always happening ; what it is so hard for us to understand and yet what we must under- stand , or life is all a puzzle . For ...
Contents
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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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Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 192 - Except a man be born again, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God,