 | Lorin Woart Batten - Good and evil - 1918 - 242 pages
...Christianity, expresses the ancient sentiments as well as those of his own age when he says : " Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning." 2 The Old Testament writings enumerate... | |
 | Charles Rosenbury Erdman - Bible - 1918 - 200 pages
...it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death. 16 Be not deceived, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning. 18 Of his own will he brought us... | |
 | Isaac Ogden Rankin - Prayers - 1918 - 324 pages
...any evil enter and disturb thy stay. Amen. May 18 — The Sunlight of God's Presence Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning. — James 1 : 17. Thou Source of... | |
 | Martin Jerome Scott - Monastic and religious life of women - 1919 - 342 pages
...(Matt. 14: 28.) "He passed the whole night in the prayer of God." (Luke 3: 28.) And He tells us why : " Every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of Lights." (John 1: 17.) Prayer is not merely for those who pray and for their own benefit. Our Lord distinctly... | |
 | Alberta Munkres - Religious education - 1921 - 270 pages
...children. Out of the discussion would grow the verse learned in the autumn season, "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father" (James 1. 17). Speak of the winter with its cold and snow and then of the joy of the springtime with... | |
 | Otto Willmann, Felix Marie Kirsch - Education - 1922 - 536 pages
...paternity in heaven and earth is named."5 The content of life is derived from the same source, for "every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down i Plat., II, Alc., p. i48. 2 Ar., Nie. Eth., X, i0. 3 Supra, ch. XLVII, 2. 4 Soph., p. 246. 5 Eph.,... | |
 | Popes - 1923 - 320 pages
...their parity exists not at all. Next, be what we hold both of reason and of faith remembered, that " every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights," that God is the fountain-head of all good, and that all gifts whatsoever flow over from him to his... | |
 | James Andrew Corcoran, Patrick John Ryan, Edmond Francis Prendergast - 1879 - 796 pages
...who is called the Goa of all Knowledge1 in the divine oracles, by which also we are admonished that "every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of Lights,"* and again, " If any one want wisdom, let him ask of God who giveth to all abundantly, and upbraidcth... | |
 | Saint Thomas (Aquinas) - Theology, Doctrinal - 1913 - 364 pages
...Therefore in Christ there was not the fulness of grace. Obj. 3. Further, it is written (Jas. i. 17) : Every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights. But what comes thus is possessed partially, and not fully. Therefore no creature, not even the soul... | |
 | Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church - Church music - 1925 - 976 pages
...Christ, our Lord. AMEN. I. EPISTLE, James 1. 17-21. Good and Perfect Gifts from Above. EVERY good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that Is cast by turning. Of his own will he brought us forth... | |
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Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. 
