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Little self-denials, little honesties, little passing words of sympathy, little nameless acts of kindness, little silent victories over favorite temptations-these are the silent threads of gold which, when woven together, gleam out so brightly in the pattern of life that…

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Speaking of the murder of the younger Hanan, and other eminent nobles and hierarchs, Josephus says, "I cannot but think that it was because God had doomed this city to destruction as a polluted city, and was resolved to purge His sanctuary by fire, that He cut off these their great defenders and well-wishers; while those that a little before…

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It appears to be uncertain whether the journey of Mary with her husband was obligatory or voluntary. . . . Women were liable to a capitation tax, if this enrolment also involved taxation. But, apart from any legal necessity, it may easily be imagined that at such a moment Mary would desire not to be left alone. The cruel suspicion…

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If miracles be incredible, Christianity is false. If Christ wrought no miracles, then the Gospels are untrustworthy.

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We often do more good by our sympathy than by our labors. A man may lose position, influence, wealth, and even health, and yet…

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Concerning the prayer that mountains fall to crush and hide, Farrar , says: "These words of Christ met with a painfully literal illustration when hundreds of the unhappy Jews at the siege of Jerusalem hid themselves in the darkest and vilest subterranean recesses, and when, besides those who were hunted out, no less than two thousand were killed by being…

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The knowledge of evil tempteth to its commission.

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By the cross we, too, are crucified with Christ; but alive in Christ. We are no more rebels, but servants; no more servants, but sons! "Let it be counted folly," says Hooker, "or fury, or frenzy, or whatever else; it is our wisdom and our comfort. We care for no knowledge in the world but this, that man hath sinned,…

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The address 'Woman' was so respectful that it might be, and was, addressed to the queenliest.

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It is easy to be a slave to the letter, and difficult to enter into the spirit; easy to obey a number of outward…

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The following sentiments are illustrative of the philosophy of the Talmud: "Love peace and pursue it at any cost."

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Little self-denials, little honesties, little passing words of sympathy, little nameless acts of kindness, little silent victories over favorite temptations-these are the silent threads…

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A man may be an heretic in the truth, and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so…

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