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[size=18]The Holy War[/size] [b]by John Bunyan Chapter Twelve[/b] Now all the while that the raging renegades and hellish Diabolonians were thus contriving the ruin of the town of Mansoul, they (namely the poor town itself) were in a sad and woeful case; partly because they had so grievously offended Shaddai and his Son, and partly because that the enemies thereby got strength within them afresh; and also because, though they had by many petitions made suit to the Prince Emmanuel, and to his Father Shaddai by him, for their pardon and favour, yet hitherto obtained they not one smile; but contrariwise, through the craft and subtilty of the domestic Diabolonians, t…
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[size=18]The Holy War[/size] [b]by John Bunyan Chapter Eight[/b] Now, when the time was come, and the court set, commandment was sent to Mr. True-Man, the jailer, to bring the prisoners down to the bar. Then were the prisoners brought down, pinioned and chained together, as the custom of the town of Mansoul was. So, when they were presented before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and the rest of the honourable bench, first, the jury was empanelled, and then the witnesses sworn. The names of the jury were these:
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[size=18]The Holy War[/size] [b]by John Bunyan Chapter Nine[/b] Now when Mr. True-Man, the jailer, perceived that he had lost his prisoner, he was in a heavy taking, because that prisoner was, to speak on, the very worst of all the gang: wherefore, first he goes and acquaints my Lord Mayor, Mr. Recorder, and my Lord Willbewill, with the matter, and to get of them an order to make search for him throughout the town of Mansoul. So an order he got, and search was made, but no such man could now be found in all the town of Mansoul. {No incredulity found in Mansoul} All that could be gathered was, that he had lurked a while about the outside of the town, and that h…
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[size=18]The Holy War[/size] [b]by John Bunyan Chapter Six[/b] Now, Captain Boanerges and Captain Conviction were, both of them, men of very great majesty; their faces were like the faces of lions, and their words like the roaring of the sea; and they still quartered in Mr. Conscience
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[size=18]The Holy War[/size] [b]by John Bunyan Chapter Seven[/b] Well, I told you before how the prisoners were entertained by the noble Prince Emmanuel, and how they behaved themselves before him, and how he sent them away to their home with pipe and tabor going before them. And now you must think that those of the town that had all this while waited to hear of their death, could not but be exercised with sadness of mind, and with thoughts that pricked like thorns. Nor could their thoughts be kept to any one point; the wind blew with them all this while at great uncertainties; yea, their hearts were like a balance that had been disquieted with a shaking hand. Bu…
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[size=18]The Holy War[/size] [b]by John Bunyan Chapter Five[/b] So when Emmanuel saw that Mansoul was thus involved in sin, he calls his army together (since now also his words were despised), and gave out a commandment throughout all his host to be ready against the time appointed. Now, forasmuch as there was no way lawfully to take the town of Mansoul but to get in by the gates, and at Ear-gate as the chief, therefore he commanded his captains and commanders to bring their arms, their slings, and their men, and place them at Eye-gate and Ear-gate, in order to his taking the town. When Emmanuel had put all things in a readiness to give Diabolus battle, he sen…
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[size=18]The Holy War[/size] [b]by John Bunyan Chapter Four[/b] Now Diabolus had waited for his return, for he had heard that they had been at their points. So, when he was come into the chamber of state, Diabolus saluted him with
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[size=18]The Holy War[/size] [b]by John Bunyan Chapter Three[/b] Now all this time the good King, the King Shaddai, was preparing to send an army to recover the town of Mansoul again from under the tyranny of their pretended king Diabolus; but he thought good, at first, not to send them by the hand and conduct of brave Emmanuel his Son, but under the hand of some of his servants, to see first by them the temper of Mansoul, and whether by them they would be won to the obedience of their King. The army consisted of above forty thousand, all true men, for they came from the King
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[b]The Holy War[/b] [b]by John Bunyan Chapter Two[/b] When the giant had thus engarrisoned himself in the town of Mansoul, and had put down and set up whom he thought good, he betakes himself to defacing. Now there was in the market place in Mansoul, and also upon the gates of the castle, an image of the blessed King Shaddai. This image was so exactly engraven (and it was engraven in gold), that it did the most resemble Shaddai himself of anything that then was extant in the world. This he basely commanded to be defaced, and it was as basely done by the hand of Mr. No-Truth. Now you must know that, as Diabolus had commanded, and that by the hand of Mr. No-T…
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[b]The Holy War by John Bunyan[/b] [b]Chapter One A RELATION OF THE HOLY WAR[/b] In my travels, as I walked through many regions and countries, it was my chance to happen into that famous continent of Universe. A very large and spacious country it is: it lieth between the two poles, and just amidst the four points of the heavens. It is a place well watered, and richly adorned with hills and valleys, bravely situate, and for the most part, at least where I was, very fruitful, also well peopled, and a very sweet air. The people are not all of one complexion, nor yet of one language, mode, or way of religion, but differ as much as, it is said, do the planets …
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[b]The Little Baptist Chapter 8. The Country - Dr. Farnsworth's Visit - Bible Pictures.[/b] During Frank's stay at home, much of the time of the family was spent in entertaining company and returning visits. Mellie's time being thus employed, she ceased to annoy them with questions about her "Baptist Bible," as she always called it. Her mother permitted her to go with Frank to visit her aunts and cousins in the country; a trip which pleased her very much, and of which she had much to tell when she returned. She was greatly attracted by country life. She loved the trees and the flowers - loved to gather the fruits with her own hands. She delighted to ramble amid …
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[b]The Little Baptist Chapter 9. Reflections - Conversations - Visitors.[/b] The pastor's remarks weighed heavily with Mrs. Brown. Reflections and misgivings were aroused that had never before entered her mind. She could only interpret certain expressions to mean that a too free use of the Bible was dangerous to certain tenets of her church. She had been a church member twenty years, and such a thought had never before entered her mind. She had not even allowed herself to doubt that the Bible was the reliance of her church for the defense of its practice. These reflections gave her great trouble. Had she been all her life mistaken? Instead of following God's tru…
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[b]The Little Baptist Chapter 7. The Investigation.[/b] Monday morning found Mellie engaged helping to get the housework done, so that everything might be in readiness for the examination of the subject of baptism. When through with the work, she arranged her toilet, fixed some flowers in her hair, then got her Bible, and said: "Come now, Buddie, you and mamma, and I'll show you what makes me a little Baptist. But, then, if you will convince me that I don't understand the book, I will not be a little Baptist any longer. I was so glad to see Laura Thompson baptized, and I did want to go to her and kiss her when she came out of the water - she did look so sweet an…
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[b]The Little Baptist Chapter 5. Doing Good For Evil.[/b] One morning Mr. Hamilton opened school by reading the twelfth chapter of Romans. During the reading Mollie marked several places she desired to have explained, but she preserved silence until the last verse was read: "Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good," when she asked Mr. Hamilton to explain it, saying: "Mamma talked to me once about doing good for evil, and about forgiving persons who offended me: and I read in my Bible that God said, if we forgive not each other's trespasses, He will not forgive us when we sin against Him. I think this is the meaning of it, and I thought that this tex…
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[b]The Little Baptist Chapter 4. Mellie At School.[/b] When the morning came for Mr. Hamilton to open his school, Mellie Brown was there at an early hour, with her satchel of books, eager to begin her lessons. After a short examination, Mr. Hamilton permitted her to enter the class of her choice. She was found to be equal to many who were much her senior, and who had spent much more time at school. Mellie soon became a great favorite in the school, and especially so of her teacher. Mr. Hamilton was not long in discovering her rare mental capacity, and in appreciating her genial and lovely disposition. And it was not at all strange that he conceived for her …
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[b]The Little Baptist Chapter 3. Conversation About The Bible.[/b] Mellie became satisfied that there was no mistake about her Bible, and continued to read it, and to ask her mother the meaning of texts she did not fully understand. Mrs. Brown took great pains to explain to Mellie all about the Bible. How it was first written by men inspired of God; but that it was not first given in our language, therefore had been translated from other languages into the English. That a good and wise king of England, named James, seeing the great need among the people of the Bible in a language that they could read, employed a number of the best scholars in his kingdom, and ha…
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[b]The Little Baptist Chapter 1. The Surprise.[/b] "O mamma! look here! This Bible that brother gave me, is a [i]Baptist[/i] Bible. I am sure that brother didn't know it, else he would not have given it to me; and I [i]won't have it[/i]. The merchant cheated him; don't you think he did, mamma?" "Why, darling, what have you found in it to make you talk so? Don't you know that your brother brought you the best Bible he could find, and are you not going to be satisfied with it?" "No, mamma, because it's a Baptist Bible - [i]I know it is[/i]; and I don't want a Baptist Bible. I do wish Buddie hadn't gone to college, so I could have him take it back and get…
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[b]The Little Baptist[/b] By J.M. Martin [i]"And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus."[/i] 2 Timothy 3:15 [b]Publisher's Preface[/b] We send forth "The Little Baptist", with a prayer that the reader may be stirred by the clarity and sincerity of thought and understanding, which this work reveals concerning the great Baptist Distinctives, that we hold so dear. "The Little Baptist", is written so that a child or an adult may read it with equal enjoyment and learning. "The Little Baptist", has been out of print since 1848. It was written by J.M. M…
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[b]Spiritual Cancer[/b] A sermon preached by David Garner to the Teen Youth Group at People's Baptist Church on Sunday, August 28th/05. Cancer: a malignant new growth anywhere in the body of a person or animal; malignant tumor: cancers tend to spread and ulcerate. Anything bad or harmful that spreads and destroys. Malignant: having an evil influence; wishing evil or harm Intro: cancer is when healthy cells start mutating, multiplying, and growing uncontrollably, taking over and killing healthy cells. Uncle Kenny's back cancer. There is a spiritual cancer that can take over an otherwise happy and healthy Christian life to the point where it can destroy the bel…
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[size=18]Daily Devotional for Monday August 1st/05[/size] The following was taken from [b][url=http://www.xsorbit6.com/users/baptistbiblebelieverswebsite/index.cgi?board=PRECEPTS&action=display&num=1121534642]Thirty-Nine Keys to the Old Testament[/url][/b] by William W. Orr. These short studies are basically an overview or highlight of key features and main themes of each of the Old Testament books. They are useful for gathering a quick grasp of the Old Testament. [b]Key to I CHRONICLES[/b] [b]1. STATISTICS:[/b] Writer, presumably Ezra, scribe and priest (II Chronicles 36:22 and Ezra 1:1, 2). Time of writing 500 B.C. Key thought, kingdom history from …
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[b]THE GREATEST TEXT IN THE BIBLE[/b] by Harry Ironside [i]"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life"[/i] (John 3:16). WHY do so many people think this is the greatest text in the Bible? There are other wonderful texts that dwell on the love of God, that show how men are delivered from judgment, that tell us how we may obtain everlasting life, but no other one verse, as far as I can see, gives us all these precious truths so clearly and so distinctly. So true is this that when the gospel is carried into heathen lands, and missionaries want to give a synopsis of the…
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[b]Refuge In The Storms Of Life[/b] Contents may be viewed on my poetry site, [url=http://www.earnestlycontending.com/realmccoy][b][i]Home Of The Real McCoy[/i][/b][/url] with backgrounds: [url=http://www.earnestlycontending.com/realmccoy/PoetryRefuge.html][b]Refuge In The Storms Of Life - Table Of Contents[/b][/url] The above page also contains the links for the individual pages/poems in this book. I am also posting all of the poems in this book here for ease of view, and so you may be able to freely copy/paste them into emails or print them. Feel free to pass any of my poems or study on to others. Please keep authors names and dates written with each poem. Thank…
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[b]What is the Gospel?[/b] By Dr. Harry Ironside [i]"Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the scriptures"[/i] (1 Cor. 15:1-4). It might seem almost a work of supererogation to answer a question like this. We hear the word, "Gospel" used so many times. People talk of thi…
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Here is a song Angela just wrote for our Evangelistic meetings in May. I wrote three of the stanzas. [b]For Such A Time As This[/b] [i](To the tune of So Little Time by John R. Rice)[/i] 1. Esther was called to plead for her people. Fear gripped her heart; Mordecai reminded her: Twas her life too that now hung in the balance, And she was given the king
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My second poetry book is finished printing. It is called [url=http://www.earnestlycontending.com/realmccoy/PoetrySeasons.html][b]The Seasons Of Your Pilgrimage[/b][/url], and the theme is growth and victory in Christ through the various seasons of our lives as Christians. Ben's picture is on the cover of this book: [url=http://www.earnestlycontending.com/LUJesus/vnt/Luke24-5b-6a.html][b]The Empty Tomb Picture[/b][/url] Below are the [i]Foreward [/i]and [i]Table Of Contents[/i]. Any pages that open on my older site will be transferred shortly to my new site on EarnestlyContending.com. Please forgive me for the ungodly pop-up ads as I have no control over them - and …
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Yes, I have a pastor friend in the Independence, MO area that spoke against this often. I've got an aunt and uncle in O'Fallon, MO who could be on either side of the issue. -
The country seems to be going in a positive direction, sadly in Missouri we allowed amendment three to be passed.
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I complete agree brother, we younger people are taught as you said that we are the descendants of primates, we are then taught that as you’ve mentioned about the new view of the Bible, that our religion is wrong and backward, a very sad thing in todays education. I hear it even from teachers and peers who would profess to be Christians.
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It's strange how the Bible was held in such high esteem then, but that after this trial, not so very far from where I live today, the Bible is no longer welcomed into the classroom, and we are now considered to be the proginy of monkeys. It's so very sad. -
Hello brothers and sisters, I was recently given the assignment of writing a paper on the infamous Scopes V. Tennessee trial. I found it quite interesting how the defense attorney, Clarence Darrow, had no genuine argument or examination of the evidence itself. He instead called the prosecuting attorney, Mr. William Jennings Bryan, as a sole witness and ridiculed his faith, interpretation of the Bible, and his view of the creation account. I find this very thought provoking. best regards, Oldtyme (edits have been made for clarity and grammar purposes.)
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