... bell began to ring, and then in the face of the whole room knelt down to pray. Not five words could he say — the bell mocked him; he was listening for every whisper in the room — what were they all thinking of him? He was ashamed to go on kneeling,... McGuffey's First [-sixth] Eclectic Reader - Стр. 182авторы: William Holmes McGuffey - 1920Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| George Burder - 1835 - Страниц: 654
...cordially adopt those of Job, " Behold I am vile, I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes ;" or the words of the publican, " God be merciful to me a sinner;" or the words of Paul, who calls himself " the chief of sinners." We have now considered Conviction,... | |
| Thomas Scott - 1811 - Страниц: 824
...relenting, a softened spirit, a disposition to yield and submit, to confess guilt, to cry for mercy, in the words of the publican " God be merciful to me, " a sinner !" he knows little of our ministrations, who does not know, that we go almost out of our way, to meet such... | |
| David Bogue, James Bennett - 1812 - Страниц: 554
...of blessedness, I shall shout, grace, grace !" So long as he was, capable of speaking, he repeated the words of the publican, •* God be merciful to me a sinner ;" and when he could speak no more, his looks expressed the devotion of his soul. This truly apostolic... | |
| Thomas Scott - 1817 - Страниц: 530
...relenting, a softened spirit, a disposition to yield and submit, to confess guilt, to cry for mercy, in the words of the publican, " God be merciful to me, a sinner!" he knows little of our ministrations, who does not know, that we go almost out of our way, to meet such... | |
| 1824 - Страниц: 542
...giving a power, an importance, and a vitality to those known before. Nothing is more easy than to repeat the words of the publican, " God be merciful to me a sinner !" but to enter into them aright, the Spirit of God must enlighten our understandings. Then we no longer... | |
| Daniel Wilson - 1825 - Страниц: 680
...and said, " Now this does me harm. The last sermon I preached, or something like a sermon, was from the words of the publican, God be merciful to me a sinner. I take them to myself. I am a sinner ; nay more, not merely a sinner, but the sinner, the chief of... | |
| Daniel Wilson - 1825 - Страниц: 674
...and said, " Now this does me harm. The last sermon I preached, or something like a sermon, was from the words of the publican, God be merciful to me a sinner. I take them to myself. I am a sinner ; nay more, not merely a sinner, but the sinner, the chief of... | |
| Timothy East - 1825 - Страниц: 390
...and said, " Now this does me harm. The last sermon I preached, or something like a sermon, was from the words of the publican, 'God be merciful to me a sinner.' 1 take them to myself. I am a sinner ; nay more, not merely a sinner, but the sinner, the chief of... | |
| Samuel Burder - 1827 - Страниц: 502
...been spent, I cannot but blush, and be confounded, in thy awful presence. I can only address thee in the words of the publican, ' God be merciful to me, a sinner !' Yet, Lord, 1 cannot but hope that, in the course of the year which is past, I have made some little... | |
| David Marks - 1831 - Страниц: 410
...excited, that I should be compelled to rise without offering a single petition to Heaven. But finally the words of the publican, " God be merciful to me a sinner," came to my recollection, and were as soon repeated. Then I arose and returned, weeping, because of... | |
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