 | 1833 - 468 էջ
..." It is impossible, but that offences must come, but woe unto him through whom they come ! It were better for him, that a millstone were hung about his neck, and that he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones." He blushed... | |
 | William Sime - 1834 - 336 էջ
...? What have you to say against this sentence, ' Whosoever shall lay a stone of stumbling before any of these little ones, it were better for him that a millstone were hung about his neck, and he cast into the bottom of the sea ?' " We know very well, that this passage of the gospel is quite misunderstood,... | |
 | Andrews Norton, Charles Folsom - 1833 - 518 էջ
...: " It is impossible but that offences must come, but woe unto him through whom they come ! It were better for him that a millstone were hung 'about his neck, and that he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones." He blushed... | |
 | Elizabeth Palmer Peabody - 1836 - 262 էջ
...disdain to let his thoughts begin at the beginning ; since so did Christ. " Whosoever offendeth one of these little ones, it were better for him that...he were cast into the uttermost depths of the sea." The principles growing out of the few primal facts of human nature which are stated above, carried... | |
 | Sir Thomas Wyse - 1836 - 578 էջ
...hinderancc, an obstacle, to his being led into the way of salvation : ' Whosoever shall offend one of these little ones, it were better for him that a millstone were hung about his neck, and that he were cast into the sea.' " — Dr. Whately, Sermon for the Benefit of the Halesworth and Chediston... | |
 | Robert Mudie - 1839 - 340 էջ
...of fearful import, and the realization of it would be unutterable woe. " It were better for that man that a millstone were hung about his neck, and he were cast into the depths of the sea." This is not said merely of the hypocrite who is at the same time a villain —... | |
 | Jesus Christ, Author of Essays on the church - 1845 - 522 էջ
...have you to say against this sentence, that, ' Whosoever shall lay a stone of stumbling before any of these little ones, it were better for him that a millstone were hung about his neck, and he cast into the bottom of the sea 1 ' " We know very well, that this passage of the Gospel is very ill... | |
 | Henry Alford - 1846 - 140 էջ
...Whosoever offendeth (they are His own words) one* of these little ones that believe on Me, it were better for him that a millstone were hung about his neck, and that he were cast into the sea." You may well tremble before that king whom you have so grievously... | |
 | Hosea Ballou, George Homer Emerson, Thomas Baldwin Thayer, Richard Eddy - 1856 - 464 էջ
...device ! Not only does he thus shipwreck his own integrity, but he perils their dearest interests. Better for him that a millstone were hung about his neck, and he drowned in the depth of the sea ! We trust that it will not be deemed arrogant in us, to say that we... | |
 | Martha Griffith Browne - 1857 - 390 էջ
...most doleful ! Why came there no swift execution of that Divine threat, '' Whoso causeth harm to one of these little ones, it were better for him that a mill-stone were hung about his neck and that he were drowned in the sea." CHAPTER XXI. TOUCHING FAREWELL FULL OF PATHOS — THE PARTING —... | |
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It were better for him that a millstone were hung about his neck, and he were cast into the uttermost depths of the sea. 
