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  • By taking his stand upon the Bible and preaching thence, the preacher utters the prayer, and expresses the faith, that the thin, shallow trickle of his own words will be taken up into the living Word of him, con­cerning whom it was said that his voice was "as the sound of many waters."

    Archive 2006-10-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2006

  • By taking his stand upon the Bible and preaching thence, the preacher utters the prayer, and expresses the faith, that the thin, shallow trickle of his own words will be taken up into the living Word of him, con­cerning whom it was said that his voice was "as the sound of many waters."

    The Bible and preaching Fr Timothy Matkin 2006

  • Understanding the hold that belief lays upon the undis-cerning is the first step.

    Alector's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2005

  • Anna was breathing, but so lightly that Secca had trouble dis-cerning that.

    The Shadow Sorceress Modesitt, L. E. 2001

  • For more than forty days I had been away, and if she had supposed at first that I was on a journey with my cousin, she had soon begun to hear fearful stories con - cerning John.

    The Gospel according to the Son Mailer, Norman 1997

  • She had to know more con-cerning the Stormwarden's fate.

    Stormwarden Wurts, Janny 1989

  • Waylander lapsed into silence, remembering Hewla's words about the red-headed woman and Orien's enigmatic warning con-cerning companions.

    Waylander Gemmell, David 1986

  • So they brought the Demon to the room of learn - ing, and there Liliha started the tape readers, those records which had given them the information con - cerning the last days of the Demons.

    Breed to Come Norton, Andre 1972

  • Plato gathered myths and beliefs con - cerning Fate, and reshaped them in a certain order which was to be adhered to closely by subsequent thinkers.

    FORTUNE, FATE, AND CHANCE VINCENZO CIOFFARI 1968

  • Two works of Augustine were central in establishing the tradition of Western thought con - cerning the nature and dignity of man as a consequence of the character of his creation in the “image” of God.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas CHARLES TRINKAUS 1968

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