The Prodigal Son: Four DiscoursesS. Rose, 1868 - 88 pages |
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alienated angels anger beauty beneath blasphemy bosom Brethren Cabul child Christ compassion conscience conscious contrite dark deep degradation delight deliverance devoured thy living Divine earth elder eternal evil faith famine father fatted calf feel feet felt flax folly fret friends gaze gladness God's grace guilty happy hath devoured thy hear heart heaven Holy homelessness honoured hope human hunger husks impiety Jehovah left the prodigal leprosy look man's memory mercy merry mind natural ness outer darkness parable passion penitence peril Phari Pharisee pride privilege PRODIGAL SON prodigal's publicans and sinners rapturous rare blessedness rebellion rebuke remorse repentance robe ruin servitude shalt shame shudder sinned sinner sorrow soul spirit strange sullen surely swine swineherd tenderness thee thine things thou hast never thought thrilled thy brother tion trampled transgression unbelief UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN unto waste wending wonder word workhouse yearning yourselves
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Page 77 - Trust in the Lord, and do good ; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord ; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him ; and he shall bring it to pass.
Page 26 - Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat ; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live ; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the...
Page 66 - And he was angry and would not go in ; therefore came his father out and entreated him. And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment ; and yet thou never gavest me a kid that I might make merry with my friends ; but as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Page 66 - And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. 27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
Page 47 - But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet...
Page 65 - And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad : for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again ; and was lost, and is found.
Page 7 - And he said, a certain man had two sons : and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
Page 7 - And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country : and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat : and no man gave unto him.
Page 7 - A certain man had two sons : And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the. portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
Page 19 - Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret to basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak wind of March...