 the Koran appears declamatory, monotonous, tedious." Its merit is in its intense earnestness, reflecting the various experiences of its author. It certainly has exercised a great fascination over the mind of the East. Comparing it with the Bible it may...  A comparison of all religions, fifth ed - 262 psl.autoriai: James Freeman Clarke - 1883Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | British and foreign sailors' society - 1879 - 398 psl.
...attention to the reading of sermons is not easily secured. It is far better to say with Paul : — " I had rather speak five words with my understanding, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue." Doubtlessmany will say, " It would be utterly impossible for me to preach... | |
 | John Leland - 1837 - 532 psl.
...spirit, that my meaning may be understood by others. And accordingly he adds, ver. 19, ' In the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.' And what he means by speaking ' with his understanding' he explains in... | |
 | John Leland - 1837 - 524 psl.
...spirit, that my meaning may be understood by others. And accordingly he adds, ver. 19, ' In the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.' And what he means by speaking ' with his understanding' he explains in... | |
 | Thomas M'Crie - 1841 - 602 psl.
...the vicar was soon afterwards decided. Having happened to quote, in his defence, the words of Paul, " I had rather speak five words with my understanding than ten thousand in an unknown tongue," he was asked where he found that ? " In my hook whilk is in my sleeve," answered... | |
 | Johannes Ronge - 1845 - 196 psl.
...constraint which outrages the clearest injunctions of the Gospel; for Paul says, (1st Cor. 14, 19,) ' I had rather speak five words with my understanding, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue,' and in the 23d verse he justly and directly denounces as madness the use... | |
 | Andrew Brooke Clarke - 1848 - 80 psl.
...11, 15, 16, 19.* 5. Quote some of the words of St. Paul against this practice ? — " In the Church, I had rather speak five words with my understanding, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue." Verse 1 9. 6. Does he not also say they are vain and unprofitable ? —... | |
 | Athanase Coquerel - 1851 - 172 psl.
...of the unlearned say, Amen, at the giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest. I had rather speak five words with my understanding than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue." (1 Cor. xiv. 6, 14, 16, 19.) 2d. Invocation of the saints and angels.... | |
 | 1851 - 398 psl.
...to teach classes to read understandingly, than it is to render them skilful pronouncers of words. " I had rather speak five words with my understanding * * * than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue," says the teacher Paul. Yet nine-tenths of the children in this State,... | |
 | Elisha Reynolds Potter - 1852 - 406 psl.
...teach classes to read understandingly, than it is to render them skillful pronouncers of words. '' I had rather speak five words with my understanding * * * * than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue," says the teacher Paul. Yet nine-tenths of the children in this state,... | |
 | Christian - 1853 - 518 psl.
...Christian's Sunday Evenings." necessity of praying in a language which the people understand. He says, "I had rather speak five words with my understanding than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue;" and in the same chapter he says, " I will pray with the spirit, and I... | |
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