 | Manual - 1839 - 454 pages
...Lord came mightily upon him." Judges xiv. 5, 6. This was an earnest of his subsequent victories, " not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord," Zech. iv. 7. Thus David slew a lion and a bear before he killed Goliath, and slew the enemies of Israel,... | |
 | John Campbell - 1839 - 424 pages
...of the Son of God. It requires, however, more than lessons to save a soul; this work is achieved not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord. This great gift is promised, in answer to prayer. Is prayer presented for it? Yes; once a month, a... | |
 | Nathan Sidney Smith Beman - 1840 - 788 pages
...be builded together for an eternal habitation of God through the Spirit. The building of this temple is, not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord. This appears from the greatness of the work which it was necessary to perform in order to lay the foundation;... | |
 | William Harvey- Jellie - 1882 - 718 pages
...who are making self-reliant efforts for the good of others. How are we driven to the conclusion that it is " not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of God. Man's heart is very hard ; it is like the northern iron and steel. 1. Our preaching — we try... | |
 | Samuel Miller - 1883 - 360 pages
...love. It pleases God to save by many or by few — a single word spoken in season, how good is it ; it is not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord. And I do trust that those labourers who may be removed for a space from the sphere of their operations... | |
 | 1835 - 418 pages
...blessed." We are in great danger of placing too much dependence on mere instruments, forgetting that it is not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord, the imperishable temple of divine grace is to be raised to its final perfection. And just as the missionary... | |
 | 1830 - 632 pages
...plans of Christian benevolence, they nevertheless hold, with inviolable firmness, the conviction that it is not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the J.ord that the salvation of a world is ultimately to be achieved. Two ESSAYS :— I. OK the Assurance... | |
 | 1845 - 752 pages
...unchanged, unless the influence of the Holy Spirit be present to quicken and to bless. So true is it, that it is not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of God alone that good can be done to peiishing souls. licliold the vision of the prophet. (Ezek. xxxvii.)... | |
 | 1884 - 1122 pages
...interests of Christian education in this place ; but we are taught by fiainful experience that success in it is not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of God. G. ANDERSON. SEO.NI, 7/7; Nov., 1882. Hand- Books for Bible Classes. The Keformation. By TM Lindsay,... | |
 | William Dennes Mahan - 1884 - 368 pages
...told them that they were mistaken ; that the building up of the kingdom of heaven was not to be done by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord, and it would not do for us to use carnal weapons, nor to expect carnal pleasures derived therefrom... | |
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... but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts, that the world is to be overcome, and the kingdom of righteousness and peace established. 
