"Holy spirit" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... New Testament. The moral chasm between it and the very earliest Christian writers seemed to me so vast, as only to be accounted for by the doctrine ..... that the New Testament was dictated by the immediate action of the Holy Spirit." (Phases, p. 25.) ...
— The Eclipse of Faith - Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic • Henry Rogers
... see. My arms are palsied. I want to take hold of thy cross. Have mercy on me, O Lord Jesus!" Why will you live on husks when you may sit down to this white bread of heaven? Oh, with such a God, and with such a Christ, and with such a Holy Spirit, and with such ...
— New Tabernacle Sermons • Thomas De Witt Talmage
... that revival was the prayer-meeting which Mr. Gear attended, and in which he asked the prayers of the church. When in June he stood up before the congregation to profess his faith in Christ as a Savior from sin, and in the Holy Spirit as a Divine Comforter in trial and in sorrow, he did not stand alone. Twenty-eight stood with him. Among them were nine of the boys from our Mill village Bible-class. Of that brightest of Sabbath days I cannot trust myself to speak. ...
— Laicus - The experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish • Lyman Abbott
... Jesus, pour thy blessings On these terrible heart-pressings: O I bless thee, unseen Angel; Lead me—teach me, holy Spirit." ...
— The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems • H. L. Gordon
... contadino. He takes two of them to a tavern, where he breaks bread and vanishes. So they recognise him and go to tell the good news to the Madonna and the other holy women. Doubting Thomas is convinced. Jesus breathes the Holy Spirit upon them and they receive the gift of tongues. The last scene is the Ascension, and Christ as he is received into heaven speaks words of comfort to his mother, telling her it will not be long before she ...
— Castellinaria - and Other Sicilian Diversions • Henry Festing Jones
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