 | Christian religion - 1862 - 370 Seiten
...vouchsafed them. This is the inside, or " spiritual" part of the Sacrament. GOD frequently makes use of the " weak things of this world to confound the things which are mighty." 1 Cor. i. 27. Thus He " sanctifies" common water to the " washing away of sin." Do you remember... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1863 - 362 Seiten
...enterprises among which it floats dash proudly before the wind with sails all set, until they ride, staunch and trim, in the harbors for which their owners destined...its sincerity. It has shown plainly, if it has shown any thing, that the real nature of the claims of Christianity is but feebly realized by its professors.... | |
 | Rev. John Levington - 1863 - 288 Seiten
...are very different ; yet, even this does not discourage us when we remember that truth, u God hath chosen the weak things of this world to confound the things which are mighty." Eesting here, and merely claiming credit for sincerity of belief and honesty of purpose, and... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1872 - 464 Seiten
...unostentatiously, perseveringly, a band of Sunday School Teachers, in quiet confidence in Him who hath chosen the weak things of this world to confound the things which are mighty. In presenting their Fifty-ninth Annual Eeport, your Committee desire to express their gratitude... | |
 | Legh Richmond - 1864 - 270 Seiten
...whom cometh every good and perfect gift ? How rich and free is the mercy of Jehovah ! Hath not he " chosen the weak things of this world to confound the things which (+D 13 are mighty?" Let no flesh glory in his presence : but "be that glorieth, let him glory in the... | |
 | Parthene Ballard Chamberlain - 1865 - 382 Seiten
...and it matters little whether we bring much or little to his feet, so that it be all; for " God hath chosen the weak things of this world to confound the things which are mighty ; and base things of the world, and things which arc despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things... | |
 | Mrs. Waller - 1865 - 112 Seiten
...are called. But God hath chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise, and God hath chosen the weak things of this world to confound the things which are mighty." Now-a-days, Maude, the might is all on the side of the wealthy, and such as you and I may... | |
 | John Edmund Coulson - 1866 - 412 Seiten
...wrapped Himself in the form of a humble, Jewish peasant ; and practically demonstrated that God employs " the weak things of this world to confound the things which are mighty, and base things of the world ; and things which are despised, yea, and things which are not... | |
 | Legh Richmond - 1868 - 232 Seiten
...whom cometh every good and perfect gift ? How rich and free is the mercy of Jehovah ! Hath not he " chosen the weak things of this world to confound the things which are mighty ? " Let no flesh glory in his presence : but " he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord."... | |
 | mrs. Alexander S Orr - 1869 - 300 Seiten
...' from darkness unto light, and from the power of Satan unto God;' proving thereby that ' God hath chosen the weak things of this world to confound the things which are mighty.' Since his arrival in England he had attended the ministry of the great Newton, who had instructed... | |
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Heaven has chosen the weak things of this world to confound the things which are mighty ; and the business test which we have applied to the Christian enterprise, and its managers and management, low and subordinate as it is, has reached down into the... 
