 | 1803 - 504 pages
...in faith to prepare a high way in the defert for our God, that jefus in paffing by, may give fight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, and life to the dead ; that he who is the fpiritual rock may open the ftream in the-wildernefs and pour its water among... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1818 - 578 pages
...comforted the sorrowful ; cleansed the leprous, cast out devils, and restored soundness to the lame, sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, and life to the dead : and still more wonderful were his sufferings. AH the contradiction which he endured from sinners,... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 566 pages
...comforted the sorrowful, cleansed the leprous, cast out devils, and restored soundness to the lame, sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, and life to the dead ; and still more wonderful were his sufferings. All the contradictions which he endured from sinners,... | |
 | 1826 - 870 pages
...thou hast seen going about doing good; comforting flic afflicted, and healing the sick ; restoring sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, and life to the dead? Him, above all, who is the promised Messiah ; the Lord of life and glory ; the eternal Son of God,... | |
 | 1827 - 392 pages
...thank that God, who thus allows us to imitate himself? — to share with 1828.] PAYSON'S SERMON. 123 him the happiness of doing infinite good ? Compared...Saviour, a heaven within the reach, not of one only, bat of thousands. It may be fairly presumed, that every pious, indigent youth, who is educated for... | |
 | 1829 - 532 pages
...privilege, evtn the miraculous powers of the apostles, which gave sight to the blind, hearing to the drat; and life to the dead, shrink into insignificance....the ministry, will preach the gospel to at least a thnusand souls. The question, then, whether a pious young man shall be prepared for _the ministry,... | |
 | 1828 - 666 pages
...sick, fed the hungry, comforted the sorrowful, cleansed the leprous ; restored soundness to the lame, sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, and life to the dead. His instructions were divine. He declared the paternal character and essential benignity of God, and... | |
 | 1830 - 520 pages
...his Apostles armed not with swords and spears, but with the gift of tongues, with the power of giving sight to the blind. hearing to the deaf, and life to the dead— that he inspired them with more than human courage to brave the most appalling dangers — admit these... | |
 | Zachary Macaulay, Samuel Charles Wilks, John William Cunningham - 1830 - 556 pages
...thou hast seen going about doing good ; comforting the afflicted, and healing the sick ; restoring sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, and life to the dead ? Him, above all, who is the promised Messiah ; the Lord of life and glory ; the eternal Son of God,... | |
 | Bernard Whitman - 1832 - 304 pages
...sick, fed the hungry, comforted the sorrowful, cleansed the leprous, restored soundness to the lame, sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, and life to the dead. His instructions were divine. He declared the paternal character and essential benignity of God, and... | |
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Compared with this privilege, even the miraculous powers of the apostles, which gave sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, and life to the dead, shrink into insignificance. 
