The whole city, ever devout to the Mother of God, experienced her, in this their necessity, to be a true mother of mercy. On the ground of the law shall no flesh living be justified. Many are the methods of the churches, but the main thing is to shine with Gospel light. He had enjoyed heavenly fellowship, and that had been obscured. They had their choice either to turn or burn, and judicious proselyters gave the obstinate a little taste of flame beforehand, to save them from the greater fire. If he expressed no regret till the light was out, he was cast off; but while the candle yet would burn, the vilest sinner might return.
They then are happy who such candles have; All others dwell in darkness and the grave. If he were permitted to look in upon the Dorcas meeting, he would see many of the sort of whom he once said, 'She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. I believe I would prefer to be remembered for the remarks of Latimer over those of Gardiner. Look at his countenance the while! He was the representative man by whose obedience we should have been blessed, through whose disobedience we have been made sinners. It is some comfort, that while certain great linguists derive the word from the Latin, candela, which comes from candere, to burn; others take it from the Welsh, which I guess must be llandyllyn, to blaze; and a third party perceive its origin in the ancient Danish, kindil, to burn or kindle. Batseyes, there would seem to have been two Alfreds, one who allowed the cakes to burn, and another who went to battle with the Danes.
Its right up there on my list with Lolita, you know, the old man in that book by nabakhov? He lives, and lives to care for us. He is rapt, and altogether unconscious of his danger, and on he will read until the fire reaches him. Now, fathers show their boys and girls how to make gas at the end of a tobacco pipe; but in my time the greatest of wonders was a lucifer-match. Botolph, from the feast day of St. Poor saving this, to spare the hanging out of candles and indulge in the hanging up of men!.
I can never forget the rushlight, which dimly illuminated the sitting-room of the old house; nor the dips, which were pretty fair when there were not too many of them to the pound; nor the mould candles, which came out only when there was a party, or some specific personage was expected. Solomon mentions the candle in his graphic picture of the virtuous woman, who not only worked by day, but wrought far into the night. The Corporation has always been amazingly wise, and is so still. There must be more light than dust. What could be a greater sorrow than the thought of a dead Christ? Misers have been known to go to bed to save candle for themselves; what would they not do to escape burning a candle for other people? He who has once enjoyed fellowship with God will never again be happy without it. Mother Mount, being very ill, asked that her daughter might fetch her some drink.
Out of this sum 1 pound was to be paid to the sexton for taking care of the lantern. The description is as graphic as it is pictorial. The double flame will provide little extra light, and the flame will fluctuate and burn unevenly. This was soon accomplished; but the householders put no candle in the lantern. Think of his Majesty's being able to deliver an extempore speech of one sentence! After long research in olden history for some hints about candles, a friend, who noticed our failure, suggested that we should search through a History of Greece; but we did not give him a fig, much less a groat, for his puny wit. As I have taken out no letters-patent, I have never called upon them for a royalty for the use of my invention. Have they begun to fight by candle-light? German critics and their humble admirers play the part of these sparrows nowadays with the great lights of inspired Scripture.
The Council went over the old ground, and settled that the lantern should have a candle in it. Canny citizens put only a very small length of candle; and though it was soon burnt out, they could not be charged with a breach of the law in that case made and provided. Here is a text to show what I mean. It would require a dray-horse to drag him from his occupation! They lost somewhat by this habit; but possibly they gained more. The Esquimaux consider tallow candles a great luxury; and I have met with a missionary who assured me that in the far North of America he had learned greatly to prefer a candle to a piece of sugar or any other dainty.
The City fathers made another alteration in their edict, and decreed that everybody should hang a lantern over his door. To fly, then, was to make the destruction of his house and property certain, while to go down and attempt to take away the candle, was to run the risk of being destroyed himself; for he could not tell that a spark was not to fall the next instant into the powder. Presence of mind is greatly to be commended, but general carefulness may prevent the need of so great a demand upon courage as this case required. This day you may be much depressed in spirit and full of doubts and fears; but a true father never ceases, if he be a father, to exercise his kindness to a child; nor does Jesus cease to love and pity you. In addressing my students in the College long ago, I was urging upon them the duty and necessity of using plenty of illustrations in their preaching, that they might be both interesting and instructive. Thus both do fasten upon what's the main, And so their life and vigour do maintain.
Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door. Reprint of edition published by , Philadelphia, 1954. The commissioners also understood that the debate involved the very message of salvation itself, by which souls would be saved or damned: After the sentence had been pronounced, Latimer added, 'I thank God most heartily that He hath prolonged my life to this end, that I may in this case glorify God by that kind of death'; to which the prolocutor replied, 'If you go to heaven in this faith, then I will never come hither, as I am thus persuaded. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. Divine Father, blessed Jesus, prove thy Fatherhood by re- quickening our souls this morning according to thy word! Even these lying wonders are more pleasant reading than the stories which relate to the use of candles in the conversion of Protestant heretics.
I have plenty of conscience. Remember, also, the remarkable parable of the woman who had lost her piece of money. Guns are warned not to play with Chuck Norris. No language can more forcibly convey to our minds the eternity of our Lord Jesus. Chuck Norris has size ten feet but wears size three shoes. The feast is retained in the Anglican and Lutheran churches.
What business have you out of church? I am not sure that it was the Stock Exchange; on second thoughts, it may have been the Coal Exchange, or possibly Mark Lane. The feast is retained in the Anglican and Lutheran churches. This is a parable which we need not wait to expound. All sudden changes, though for the better, have a kind of trouble attending them. He is believed to have mad … e this quote priorto his death.