Select Sermons Preached in the Broadway Church

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H. Lyon, 1859 - Sermons, American - 348 pages
 

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Page 149 - So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants : we have done that which was our duty to do.
Page 101 - Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Page 135 - But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat? and will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken ; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink ? Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him ? I trow not.
Page 204 - And the scribe said unto Him, Well, Master, Thou hast said the truth: for there is one God ; and there is none other but He : and to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, He said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.
Page 88 - Verily verily I say unto you ; Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone ; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
Page 225 - That seeing they may see, and not perceive ; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. 13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
Page 278 - For the poor ye have always with you; but Me ye have not always.
Page 83 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing ] And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. * * * * Fear ye not, therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Page 115 - And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury : for all they did cast in of their abundance ; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
Page 197 - What profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh under the sun ? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth forever...

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