| Angelina Emily Grimké - HISTORY - 1838 - 138 pages
...dodging.' I presume thy friend only felt the truth of the prophet's declaration, ' Is not my word like as a fire, saith the Lord, and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ?' I wonder not that he did dodge, when the sledge hammer of truth was wielded by an abolition army.... | |
| William Cogswell - Theology - 1838 - 188 pages
...a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. — Jer. xxiii. 29. Is not my word like as a fire, saith the Lord ; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces 7 (c) 1 Cor. iii. 6. I have planted, Apollos watered \ but God gave the increase. — 1 Pet. i. 23.,... | |
| English monthly tract society - 1838 - 634 pages
...character and its effects. " What is the chaff to the wheat ? saith the Lord. Is not my word like as a fire ? saith the Lord ; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? " As if he said, Does it not possess power over the hearts and consciences of men ? Does it not convince... | |
| Pharcellus Church - Christian union - 1838 - 410 pages
...human institutions, ever reared by the art or the invention of man. " Is not my word like as a fire 1 saith the Lord ; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ?" But, there are probably more that fail to understand the complete sense of those parts of Scripture,... | |
| William Cogswell - Charity - 1839 - 408 pages
...convincing and converting sinners, and preparing them for the kingdom of glory. " Is not my word like as fire, saith the Lord, and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? " The prayer of the Saviour, respecting his disciples, was, " Sanctify them through thy truth ; thy... | |
| Archibald McLean - Faith - 1839 - 160 pages
...unsusceptible and untoward mind, and breaks the stoutest and most obdurate heart. " Is not my word like as a fire ? saith- the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?" Jer. xxiii. 29. It storms the heart in its strongest holds, whereby it seeks to fortify itself against... | |
| John Landis - Christian life - 1839 - 222 pages
...my word faithfully : what is the chaff to the wheal? saith the I -ord. — Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?" O that it would break the stony hearts of this people, and influence the inhabitants of this totteiing... | |
| 1839 - 540 pages
...before the truth of the passage was manifested, Jer. xxiii. 29, " Is not my word like as a fire, saitb the Lord, and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? " By a perusal of the Scriptures, he was led to see his unhappy condition, to be convinced of his sins,... | |
| Albert Barnes - 1840 - 790 pages
...sharper than any two-edged sword," &c. Comp. Isa. xlix. 2. Jer. xxiii. 29. " Is not my word like as a fire ? saith the Lord ; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ?" It is implied here, that the gospel is not a dead letter ; that it has power to accomplish a great... | |
| Joshua William Brooks - Religion - 1840 - 876 pages
...speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord. Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? Jer. xxiii. 26 — 39. But is not true religion, the genuine light of the gospel, amazingly increased... | |
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