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out far and high above our earthly, human hfe. Nature gives us an impression of it in the firmament that arches high above us, in the sky that hastens upwards, and in the mighty thunder that rolls through the dark hosts of clouds. In a heavy thunder-storm, in the hurricane that rages upon the gre ...
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Reverence before the Almighty has always proved itself most deep and most true with those who stand nearest to the Lord. While on the other hand they who have never entered into seeret fellowship ^^^th God. have become more and more devoid of all salutar\^ fear, awe and reverence before the Lord ...
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down to us. soul to him.The secondis, that we lift up our with the first. The second follows. In Paradise after the fall God comes down, to Adam, and this condescension on the part of God goes on thoughout all Revelation. This coming down is made perfect in the manger of Bethlehem i ...
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dressing the Highest Being. It betrays the tendency to show how intimately the man who prays holds converse with his God. And while this is done at the expense of reverence towards God, itleads to sin.Both whatisexalted and whatisordinary havevery ...
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poor are frequently treated with far more consideration by those of assured position, than by those of lower social standing. When a subject approaches his king, as a rule he is surprised by the kind treatment which he receives. And since the Lord God is highly exalted above every one of us, it i ...
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monent, that there is a God with whom we have to do. But as soon as the danger is past, it takes but a little while for the faint impression to wear away. After a deliverance from pestilence, for instance, unblushing worldliness has frequently shown itself more godless than before. Everything was ...
De 'kleyne luyden' - pagina 11
„DE KLEYNE LUYDEN".Hooggeachte Heeren en Broedeven,Deradicale omgieting,waarmee de nieuwe Kieswet onzefundament zelf van haar bestaan bedreigen komt, is in zoo hooge mate bedenkelijk, dat Voorzitter in de rede, die aan onze beraadslagingen voorafgaat, ditmaal vó ...
De 'kleyne luyden' - pagina 2
KUYPER BX9479.K8 K44 1917 1837-1920. Kuyper, A. 'kleyne luyden' openingsrede ter deputaten-vergadering van 23 November 1917. ,: ...
De 'kleyne luyden' - pagina 12
6Wmvan Oranje op de Edelen uit zijn dagen gehoe jammerlijk liep 't toch niet al op bittere teleurstelling uit, tot tenleste alleen de „kleyne luyden" hem getrouw bleven, schier enkel kleyne luyden, niet dan door zeer enkelen uit de mannen van naam gerugsteund. Zoo was het toe ...