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... Henry Ward Beecher's " Book of Public Prayer " ; and to the author and publishers of W. E. Orchard's " The Temple , " E. P. Dutton & Company . June 1 , 1915 H. E. F. CHAPTER I The Naturalness of Prayer DAILY READINGS First Day xii PREFACE.
... Henry Ward Beecher's " Book of Public Prayer " ; and to the author and publishers of W. E. Orchard's " The Temple , " E. P. Dutton & Company . June 1 , 1915 H. E. F. CHAPTER I The Naturalness of Prayer DAILY READINGS First Day xii PREFACE.
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... Henry Ward Beecher was giving us something more than a whimsical simile when he said : " I pray on the principle that the wine knocks the cork out of a bottle . There is an inward fermentation and there must be a vent . " Even Comte ...
... Henry Ward Beecher was giving us something more than a whimsical simile when he said : " I pray on the principle that the wine knocks the cork out of a bottle . There is an inward fermentation and there must be a vent . " Even Comte ...
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... Henry Ward Beecher . Seventh Day , Fourth Week Yet thou hast not called upon me , O Jacob ; but thou hast been weary of me , O Israel . - Isaiah 43:22 . And there is none that calleth upon thy name , that stirreth up himself to take ...
... Henry Ward Beecher . Seventh Day , Fourth Week Yet thou hast not called upon me , O Jacob ; but thou hast been weary of me , O Israel . - Isaiah 43:22 . And there is none that calleth upon thy name , that stirreth up himself to take ...
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... Henry Ward Beecher . Fourth Day , Seventh Week Yet a further reason for 116 [ VII - 3 ] THE MEANING OF PRAYER.
... Henry Ward Beecher . Fourth Day , Seventh Week Yet a further reason for 116 [ VII - 3 ] THE MEANING OF PRAYER.
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... Henry Ward Beecher stated with characteristic humor what is often a very serious truth in the practice of prayer . " A woman , " he said , " prays for patience and God sends her a green cook . " That is , we seek for a thing , and God ...
... Henry Ward Beecher stated with characteristic humor what is often a very serious truth in the practice of prayer . " A woman , " he said , " prays for patience and God sends her a green cook . " That is , we seek for a thing , and God ...
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Ahab answer believe Bible blessing called cause Christian communion Consider DAILY READINGS dominant desire earnest earth Eternal evil experience face faith Father feel fellowship friendship gifts give glory God's grace grant Habakkuk habitual hand hear heart heaven Henry Ward Beecher Holy Holy Spirit Horace Bushnell human individual intercession Jehovah Jeremy Taylor Kingdom knowledge lives Lord man's Master Matt means mercy mind moods natural natural law never ourselves peace petition practice prayer wheel presence Psalm Psalmist READINGS First Day realm reign of law rejoice religion righteous sake Scripture secret seek servant soul speak spirit SUGGESTIONS FOR THOUGHT supplication Thine things Thomas à Kempis Thou art Thou hast thou wilt thy name Thyself tion trouble true truth unanswered unanswered prayer unselfish unto thee Walter Rauschenbusch wants Week wisdom wish words
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Page 133 - If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
Page 114 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! how great is the sum of them. If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Page 80 - I looked to Heaven, and tried to pray; But or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust.
Page 180 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you; That ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Page 57 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 27 - And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Page 6 - LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father : and I am but a little child : I know not how to go out or come in.
Page 42 - See from His head, His hands, His feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down ! Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown ? Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small ; Love, so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all.
Page 40 - How think ye? If a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains and seeketh that which is gone astray ? And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep than of the ninety and nine which went not astray...
Page 50 - There was an old woman who lived In a shoe, She had so many children, she didn't know what to do.