author: donald maurice

Bartók's Viola Concerto: The Remarkable Story of His Swansong

... Violin Concerto. From correspondence from Bartók to Yehudi Menuhin dated April 21, 1944, we can ascertain that the he was quite prepared for considerable changes to occur after Menuhin had assessed the playability of the Solo Violin Sonata ...

Christian evidences. The Holy spirit. The beatitudes. The Lord's prayer. Man, and his traits of character

... temptation , but all shall be good- ress , and joy , and peace . - Karslake ... trials with which God is pleased from time to time to prove His children ... temptation , though hav- ing no evil in itself , so often finds evil in man , and ...

The Pulpit Commentary

... 7 , 12. - A solemn fast and a joyous feast . Lessons may be drawn from the dates and the order of these two annual solemnities , viz . , ( 1 ) the day of atonement ... blessings ( " feast of ingathering , " Exod . xxiii . 16 ) . We too may ...

The homiletical library, ed. by H.D.M. Spence and J.S. Exell

... eyes are to be shut from gazing on evil , approving it , gloating over it . All spectacles , all sights suggestive of evil , and things by which sin might reach and defile the heart ... pure eye looking out of a clean heart . III . THE ...

Christian dogmatics (concluded)

... justice , redeemed His people , and purchased for them all saving blessings , securing for the gifts of Divine love , without impairing its freeness , all the inevitable certainty of Divine law itself— what sort of office do you think ...

The Pulpit Commentary ...

... he remains " to all generations , " since the Church of Christ is now the true Zion ( Heb . xii . 22 ) . Praise ye ... set the captives free ( ver . 7 ) . Thus he executed judgment for the oppressed ( ver . 7 ) , as he had done more ...

Revelation

... ever and ever . " Wrong will not stand for ever before right . Though ... chords that will vibrate through all the arches of immensity . 2. Whatever ... Bethel , we are all dreaming , unconscious of the presence of the great Spirit . Ere ...

The Pulpit Commentary

... ever and ever . " Wrong will not stand for ever before right . Though ... chords that will vibrate through all the arches of immensity . 2. Whatever ... Bethel , we are all dreaming , unconscious of the presence of the great Spirit . Ere ...

The pulpit commentary, ed. by H.D.M. Spence and J.S. Exell. nT

... priestly prayer given in John xvii . took place , which being ended , he ... blessing , so had the Saviour in the garden . He was in an agony of ... prayer was efficacious . Now , let us consider what he prayed for . It was for ...

Jehovistic names and titles of God. The attributes of God. Sins. Christian dogmatics

... GOD'S PERFECTION . I In His creative works . [ 10955 ] What an immense workman is God ! in miniature as well as in ... attributes of God we prefer because of our interest in them , and the relation they bear to us : as we esteem His ...

The Pulpit Commentary ...

... it is only by the terror of such times that psalms like this can be understood . II . HARD QUESTIONS . Of these there are two . One is in the first verse . 1. Why is God silent ? As we look at matters , we might be apt to say that if God ...

The Pulpit Commentary

... Divine mark or seal put upon them . This sealing : 1. Indicates proprietorship . Believers have God's seal upon them because they are God's . He lays claim to them . They are in a most special sense for God . " Ye are not your own . 2 ...

The Pulpit Commentary

... Magical words . Exorcism . Not merely among the lower classes , but throughout the city . A dead man said to have spoken from the funeral pile . A wrestler with magic scroll round his body always victorious . Magic an elaborate ...

The pulpit commentary, ed. by H.D.M. Spence and J.S. Exell. nT

... neither Greek nor Jew , circumcision nor uncircumcision , barbarian , Scythian , male nor female , bond nor free ; " there is neither - that is , neither exclusively - Buddhist , Mahommedan , Christian , Jew ; neither Romanist , Eastern ...

Virtues, including excellences (second, third, fourth, & fifth parts) The Mosaic economy

... little sorrow that have so much sin ? Yea , rather let us bless God , who ... make even the disappointment of our hopes and the contradictions of life ... alchemy , transmuteth every metal into gold , every sorrow and grief into a ...

The Church of England: A History for the People

... Templar oath- probably misunderstood - to increase the wealth of the order by right and wrong . But of the graver charges none were held to have been established . Some of the evidence brought against the un- happy order was of a most ...

The Church of England: The medieval church

... Templar oath— probably misunderstood - to increase the wealth of the order by right and wrong . But of the graver charges none were held to have been established . Some of the evidence brought against the un- happy order was of a most ...

The Pulpit Commentary

... of the sanctuary should be an open one ( ver . 23 ) . Restrictions and hin- drances to attendance should be swept ... Song and prayer have won not a few from the kingdom of Satan . But the song service is sometimes a hindrance to ...

The Pulpit Commentary

Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones. it may be doubtful , considering the facts of ... heart to build a house of rest , i.e. an abiding house ( Ps . cxxxii . 8 ... into whom , were it possible , he would pour the advantage of all he had learned ...

The Pulpit Commentary ...

... my words ; rather , all the day long they wrest ( or , torture ) my words . They ... track my footsteps . Ver . 7. - Shall they escape by iniquity ? Shall they ... tears into thy bottle . Take also note of my tears - let them not pass ...

The Pulpit Commentary

... seven lamps of fire burning before the throne , which are the seven Spirits of God " ( Rev. iv . 5 ) . It is generally allowed that these " seven spirits " represent the one indivisible but sevenfold Spirit , who imparts of his sevenfold ...

The Reputation of Jonathan Swift 1781-1882

... Vanessa . Scott among others blindly accepted his con- clusions , thus lending his authority to the false impression that Swift shows less fondness for Stella in the latter part of the Journal . 2See also Month . Rev. , May , 1785 ...

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