 | Elizabeth Hamilton - 1809 - 182 oldal
...we ought 6 thankfully to remember, that our prayers have 7 been heard. QUESTIONS. J . When we pray, that the will of God may be done on earth as it is in heaven, what do we mean to express by that petition ? 2. Does this imply any engagement on our parts... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 450 oldal
...they do this, only because it is his will ; for this and no other reason. 10. When therefore we pray, That the " Will of God may be done on earth as it is in heaven," the meaning is, that all the inhabitants of the earth, even the whole race of mankind,... | |
 | John Flavel - 1824 - 302 oldal
...child. — Think how repugnant an unsubmissive temper is both to your prayers aud professions. You pray that the will of God may be done on earth as it is in heaven ; and yet when it seems to cross your wills or interests, you struggle against it. You profess... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1826 - 284 oldal
...therefore perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect :" and our blessed Lord has taught us to pray that the will of God may be done on earth as it is- in heaven. We are all invited to this state of perfection ; but how few, alas ! endeavour to attain... | |
 | John Richards - 1827 - 466 oldal
...the religion of angels, and of the spirits of the just glorified in heaven ; and therefore we pray that the will of God may be " done on earth as it is in heaven :" that is, so far as such imperfect creatures can do it, fully, cheerfully, unreservedly.... | |
 | American Temperance Society - 1828 - 742 oldal
...cheering with new expectations, and exciting all who are governed by them, to higher and holier efforts, that the will of God may be done on earth as it is done in heaven. A striking development of these principles has been made in the Temperance Reformation.... | |
 | Richard Mant - 1828 - 634 oldal
...should pray, and it is to be presumed that we accordingly make it the subject of our daily prayers, that " the will of God may be done on earth, as it is in heaven." The angels do his will perfectly in heaven : and if we would that it should be done also... | |
 | Thomas Wright (of Borthwick, Scotland.) - 1828 - 464 oldal
...and of good report," — that thus human nature may be beautified in its sentiments and actions, and that the " will of God may be done on earth as it is done in heaven." The whole of our Saviour's discourses, and all the exhortations of his Apostles, will... | |
 | John Rogers Pitman - 1828 - 606 oldal
...their bright examples of goodness for your own imitation. Your Lord himself has taught you to pray, that the will of God may be done on earth, ' as it is in heaven.' You are not to regulate your practice by the defective standard of human righteousness,... | |
 | Marcus Dods - 1831 - 594 oldal
...truly and as strongly in him as they are in us ? — who tell us that while our Lord teaches us to pray that the will of God may be done on earth as it is done in heaven, he himself was far from exemplifying that petition ; for he obeyed, if indeed he did... | |
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Lord has taught us to pray that the will of God may be done on earth as it is- in heaven. 
