 | Alexander Robert C. Dallas - 1837 - 414 pages
...told His disciples that they were " the light of the world ;" and exhorted us to '' let our light so shine before men, that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father which is in heaven." (Matt. v. 14, 15.) Every christian may be said to be, in some degree, a light in the world ; he becomes... | |
 | Walter Farquhar Hook - 1837 - 170 pages
...the very Scriptures which proscribe vain-glory as a motive, command us expressly to let our light so shine before men that they may see our good works and glorify our Father which is in heaven. We are enjoined not only to hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering, but to consider... | |
 | William Evans, Thomas Evans - 1837 - 500 pages
...modesty, and temperance, and in that which is of good report. Our heavenly light ought to shine so before men, that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father which is in heaven. 1683. " Such as marry by the priests, or marry by the world, those that are unbelievers, go from God's... | |
 | Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1837 - 256 pages
...which we . have received from Him, if we do not let it shine forth in such a manner before men, as that they may see our good works and glorify our Father which is in Heaven ? Surely, surely if we know how to pray, and if God hath given us, in our own persons, a hearty desire... | |
 | Short family prayers - 1838 - 160 pages
...from this present evil world, and being faithful in all the duties of our station, our light may so shine before men that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father which is in heaven. Enlarge our .hearts with fervent charity, that we may be glad to distribute, and willing to communicate,... | |
 | William Van Mildert (bp. of Durham.) - 1838 - 590 pages
...blessings, by endeavouring to transmit, them unimpaired to posterity, and by " letting our " light so shine before men, that they may " see our good works, and glorify our Father " which is in Heaven °." The effect of such conduct upon the public weal requires no further illustration. Nor is its advantage... | |
 | Bp. Samuel Fallows - 1908 - 350 pages
...bushel, but on a candlestick, that it may give light to all that are in the house. May our light so shine before men, that they may see our good works and glorify our Father which is in heaven. Amen. FOR WORK May we wait upon thee and renew our strength. May we mount up with wings as eagles;... | |
 | Eden Phillpotts - 1910 - 472 pages
...show different," declared Gregory. " We Little Baptists shine with the Spirit; and if all men don't see our good works and glorify our Father which is in Heaven, then that's because they are blind, not because we are wrong." " And what do the world want now, Miss... | |
 | Robert Collyer - 1911 - 186 pages
...lie to the base line of our life, and no matter how high it may reach toward the stars ; and here men see our good works and glorify our Father which is in heaven. So is it hand work? Very well. Or work the world calls noble? Very well. Or humble ? Very well. The... | |
 | Robert Collyer - 1911 - 184 pages
...lie to the base line of our life, and no matter how high it may reach toward the stars ; and here men see our good works and glorify our Father which is in heaven. So is it hand work? Very well. Or work the world calls noble? Very well. Or humble ? Very well. The... | |
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... to let our light shine before men, that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father which is in heaven. 
