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"Yes," said the man, "I earn an honest living by selling pies." "Poor fellow," said the parson, "how I pity you." "Bother your pity; buy a pie," retorted the man. That, according to Fiddler Joss, is the way in which constituted authorities in church and chapel matters deal with the poor man in London and elsewhere. Mr. Methodist would not speak to Mr. Baptist, Mr.
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As our Lord said to Nicodemus: 'Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. The 'water' stands in the same relation to the 'Spirit' as the 'fire' does in the saying of John the Baptist already referred to that is to say, it is simply a symbol or material emblem of the Spirit.
It is in this light that we view the two illustrious men who were, each in his own measure, the apostles of new epochs in human history Elijah in the old Covenant, and John the Baptist in the new.
The house is a neat frame, well finished inside and out, and large enough for all ordinary use. It was promptly built and paid for. In November I held a debate there the first use made of the new house with I. W. Bruner, a Baptist preacher. The Baptist church there and ours arranged for a debate, on certain specified propositions, and each had the privilege of selecting its representative.
"He has made more peers of the realm than our gracious Sovereign," said the journalist. "And since the reform of parliament the only chance of a tory becoming a peer is the favour of Baptist Hatton; though who he is no one knows, and what he is no one can describe." "You speak in conundrums," said Morley; "I wish I could guess them. Try to adapt yourself to my somewhat simple capacity."
Both were industrious, uncritical, and Wood especially sometimes venomous; both were vivid and picturesque, keen observers, and had a wonderful power of saying much in few words. Antony Wood, the son of Thomas Wood, Bachelor of Arts and of Civil Law, was born in 1632 at Oxford, where his father lived, in the Collegiate parish of St John Baptist de Merton.
From thirty miles down the Broad, a gaunt Baptist preacher on a fat white pony arrived the night before. He had been sent for to tie the knot. Polly Ann's wedding-day dawned bright and fair, and long before the sun glistened on the corn tassels we were up and clearing out the big room. The fiddlers came first a merry lot. And then the guests from afar began to arrive.
His eye happening to light upon John Baptist with this inquiry, that little man briskly shook his head in the negative, and repeated in an argumentative tone under his breath, altro, altro, altro, altro an infinite number of times. 'Now came the difficulties of our position. I am proud. I say nothing in defence of pride, but I am proud. It is also my character to govern.
'Stay! said the jailer, putting his little daughter on the outer ledge of the grate, 'she shall feed the birds. This big loaf is for Signor John Baptist. We must break it to get it through into the cage. So, there's a tame bird to kiss the little hand! This sausage in a vine leaf is for Monsieur Rigaud. Again this veal in savoury jelly is for Monsieur Rigaud.
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