 He did not, like some, try to build the house of God, the Lord's temple, with wood, hay and stubble, but with gold, silver and precious stones. His sermons were generally well prepared for the various occasions, full of logic, adapted to the wants of...  Necrology ... - Page 294by Andover Theological Seminary. Alumni Association - 1898Full view - About this book
 | 1856 - 702 pages
...being plain, nervous, manly, and striking. He dwelt upon things of the highest moment, and cautiously built, not with wood, hay, and stubble, but with gold, silver, and precious stones. His public discourses generally tended to promote the grand end of preaching, the advancement of the... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - Presbyterian Church - 1856 - 708 pages
...being plain, nervous, manly, and striking. He dwelt upon things of the highest moment, and cautiously built, not with wood, hay, and stubble, but with gold, silver, and precious stones. His public discourses generally tended to promote the grand end of preaching, the advancement of the... | |
 | William Buell Sprague - Baptists - 1858 - 684 pages
...wise master-builder in the house of God. He dwelt upon things of the highest moment, and cautiously built, not with wood, hay and stubble, but with gold silver and precious stones. His public discourses were calculated to convey light to the mind, warmth to the affections, and health... | |
 | William Buell Sprague - Baptists - 1858 - 666 pages
...wise master-builder in the house of God. He dwelt upon things of the highest moment, and cautiously built, not with wood, hay and stubble, but with gold silver and precious stones. His public discourses were calculated to convey light to the mind, warmth to the affections, and health... | |
 | American Unitarian Association - Unitarian churches - 1862 - 588 pages
...personal love. It is not a "great" building which he asks us to build, but to build with right material ; not with wood, hay, and stubble, but with gold, silver, and precious stones. What is, then, the true spirit of Christ, which makes all works, great or small, to be truly good works... | |
 | London metrop. tabernacle - 1869 - 584 pages
...comb. Take care that your deliverances are always weighty, and full of really important teaching. Build not with wood, hay, and stubble, but with gold, silver, and precious stones. This remark is necessary, especially to those gentlemen who mistake highflying sentences for eloquence,... | |
 | Ezra E. Eby - Reference - 1889 - 152 pages
...famous founder, Menno Simon. He did not, like some, try . to build the house of God, the Lord's temple, with wood, hay and stubble, but with gold, silver and precious stones. His sermons were generally well prepared for the various occasions, full of logic, adapted to the wants... | |
 | Ezra E. Eby - Canada - 1895 - 922 pages
...famous founder, Simon Menno. He did not, like some, try to build the house of God, the Lord's temple, with wood, hay and stubble, but with gold, silver and precious stones. His sermons were generally well prepared for the various occasions, full of logic, adapted to the wants... | |
 | Frederick Brotherton Meyer - Christian life - 1904 - 200 pages
...Him through the Holy Spirit, we shall proceed to build the structure of a godly and holy character, not with wood, hay, and stubble, but with gold, silver, and precious stones, and it shall grow unto a holy temple in the Lord (1 Cor. iii. 10-15). Is it to be wondered at that... | |
 | Alexander McConnell, William Revell Moody, Arthur Percy Fitt - Theology - 1906 - 1252 pages
...Him through the Holy Spirit, we shall proceed to build the structure of a godly and holy character, not with wood, hay and stubble, but with gold, silver and precious stones, and it shall grow into a holy temple in the Lord (1 Cor. iii. 10-15). THE LESSONS OF THE LESSON. Rev.... | |
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