| 单词 | backslider |
| 例句 | Although the sermon was purported to be addressed to us, he used the occasion to speak to backsliders, gamblers and general ne’er-do-wells. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. didn’t care that Pa was glued to the Lakers and the Celtics game or that Big Ma was just a step from calling her a backslider and a heathen. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Of course, pressing other countries on democratic regression is that much more complicated because another backslider on the Carnegie list is the United States itself. Biden Takes His Battle for Democracy Case by Case 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z The list of backsliders has spanned the globe from India and South Africa to Hungary, Poland, Mexico — even, in recent years, the United States. Column: Democracy around the world is looking a little healthier, at least next to the alternative 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z Locklear compared his life to that of David in the Bible and said he was a “backslider.” Lumbee Tribe recognizes 102-year-old Navy vet 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z Leaders of some of the world’s top climate-change sufferers, do-gooders and backsliders round out the rest of the 40 invitations being delivered Friday. Biden invites Russia, China to first global climate talks 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z The new paper also tested whether revealing more information about each potential backslider changed the accuracy of predictions. Will Past Criminals Reoffend? Humans Are Terrible at Guessing, and Computers Aren’t Much Better 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z He was a firebrand who preached daily about sins of the flesh, and cursed wayward members as "backsliders" who were going to hell. 'Hundreds' allege Jesus Army abuse 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z That election winner will succeed Jones, who was considered a conservative maverick by some and a GOP backslider by others. Physicians seeking Walter Jones seat advance to GOP runoff 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z In contrast, the EU’s approach to Hungary and other democratic backsliders is to consult its legalistic checklist. The EU’s Hungary Problem Is the EU 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z By staying home and refraining from voting, the backsliders let down those who paved the way. Opinion | Trump’s sad ‘thank you’ to African Americans 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Sermons on Friday, when more backsliders may appear, are an opportunity to boost their faith. Losing my religion 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z And in February, Mr. Putin visited Hungary, the European Union’s autocratic backslider, peddling economic deals. Using Cash and Charm, Putin Targets Europe’s Weakest Links 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z It is time for the United States to live up to its historical pledge by taking action against Ethiopia, whose reckless government has, since 2005, been the world’s star backslider on democracy. Op-Ed Contributor: Letter From Ethiopia’s Gulag 2013-07-25T00:57:32Z The goal was to sweep out the moderates, backsliders and "cosmopolitans" and replace them with a purer and more devoted class. Go Ahead, Round Up the RINOs! 2013-03-28T20:15:10Z By means of the chapter, a convent of reasonable seriousness and goodwill could keep up its own standard of life and control its own backsliders. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z So, too, you may moan, weep, cry, pray, brother, sister, father, mother, backslider, and any others that the singer happens to think of, and the chorus, “Drinkin’ of the wine,” is the favorite refrain. Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes 2012-03-09T03:00:17.743Z Now, he said to himself, if I should prove a backslider, that would be a calamity for God also. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z If this is true, many of the West Indians in Panama are backsliders, as a majority are not at present showing any interest in Christian observances or moral living. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z Exaggeration prevented the backslider from applying the description to himself; and as the way to reformation was neither intelligibly nor mildly pointed out, he was rather irritated than corrected. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z The third case is that of the backslider, who, having nearly attained perfection,—perhaps even touched it,—degrades and soils his white robe, and is put back into the lower form again. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z He continues, “Where are you goin’ gambler, backslider, drunkard, liar, hypocrite?” and answers each with, “An’ you can’t cross there,” while the entire chorus, “You must have that true religion,” is often repeated after each. Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes 2012-03-09T03:00:17.743Z There are many now living who could bear witness to the earnestness, with which she sought to warn the unconverted, to reclaim the wanderer, to recover the backslider. The Pilot's Daughter an account of Elizabeth Cullingham 2012-01-12T03:00:15.090Z If I hadn't to hold my little sisters Mamie wouldn't be a backslider now. Emmy Lou's Road to Grace Being a Little Pilgrim's Progress 2012-01-12T03:00:14.550Z Her indignation toward backsliders and moral culprits was not a projected censure of similar weakness in herself. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z It is a miserable thing to be a backslider. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z Have we never heard of a backslider in Brooklyn, or of a clerical co-respondent at home, that we should expect perfection in the Philippines? The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z She sought after backsliders with great care and perseverance, and aimed to encourage those that stood fast in the Lord. The Pilot's Daughter an account of Elizabeth Cullingham 2012-01-12T03:00:15.090Z They who enjoy such spectacles deny God, and, as backsliders in the faith, hunger after that which they renounced at their baptism, enslaving themselves to the devil with his pomps and vanities.' The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z Nothing can satisfy God, in reference to a wanderer or backslider, but his being entirely restored. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z They are backsliders on their knees long before they backslide openly in the eyes of the world. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z At the close of the talk, we invited backsliders to come forward and kneel. Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work 2011-11-01T02:00:21.043Z Is it the will of Providence that the realm of Germany, once the foremost backslider, shall now be the firm foundation-stone of the kingdom of God? For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:49.420Z And he congratulated himself on having always voted in favour of the ball being given as formerly: secretly hoping that Miss Mandeville knew that he had not been one of the backsliders. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z False humility, which is simply the fruit of unbelief, would lead the wanderer or backslider to take lower ground, not knowing the principle or measure of God's restoration. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z If any reader of this paper is a Christian indeed I trust he will never be a backslider. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z She was a backslider and put off her return to God and kept putting it off. Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work 2011-11-01T02:00:21.043Z There are ever backsliders in all church communities; many walked into the ordinary door instead of up the church “alley.” Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z Likewise he there asserts, there is a lawful forbearance of union and compliance with notorious backsliders, in that which is of itself sinful, or inductive to it: which is far from separation strictly taken. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z It says the wicked are "like the troubled sea," the backslider like the dog "turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire." The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z A stranded ship, a broken-winged eagle, a garden overrun with weeds, a harp without strings, a church in ruins,—all these are sad sights; but a backslider is a sadder sight still. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z Had I in that act of denial become a "backslider," and was it necessary for me to be converted again? What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z A backslider from your own ideas to those of an inferior. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z He's a bit of a backslider, but if giving him a job'll pull him up and help him, why, give it him. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z In other words, every Christian who ceases to bear fruit, becomes a backslider and is cut off; while every one that bears fruit, keeps connected with the True Vine, and gets cleansed, or sanctified. The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z Truly that saying of the wise man is solemn and weighty,—"The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways." Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z But fool-wisdom told him that this was the right way to tackle a backslider. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z The chief feature of this work, however, seems to be the renewal of backsliders in their allegiance to God. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z When the backsliders came home, they found her deploring the vanity of this world, the imperfections of our mortal life, and the weakness of human clay against the powers of evil. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z "I know it, I am sure of it," he said to himself "he is a believer; a backslider, perhaps, but not a sceptic." The Torn Bible Or Hubert's Best Friend 2011-02-09T03:00:51.890Z But Brother Jones proved to be a grievous backslider, my boy, and said he had an engagement to go to Hoboken on the morning in question. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z Every new heresy professed to be orthodoxy itself, purified and restored; and woe to all backsliders from the reformed faith! Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z Members of chess clubs will retire—prominent ones even—a very frequent cause being marriage; the backsliders, however, often come back eventually. The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion Could he not, by some means, save them both,—these two, weak backsliders, from this same honour's roll,—and thus redeem his vow and wipe that dimmer blot from the scutcheon of his house? A Blot on the Scutcheon Here the backsliders most do congregate, and here are located rookeries devoted to their temporary lodgment. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands He was severely just in administering the duties of his responsible office, and was both respected and feared by all backsliders. The Story of Malta For some time he was an open backslider, but it is currently supposed he was converted before he died. Brother Francis Less than the least Let me ask the poor backslider, Did you ever feel the touch of the hand of Jesus? Wondrous Love and other Gospel addresses He was one of God's people, a restored backslider, when he wrote that Psalm. The Spirit-Filled Life Many professed conversion, and a number of backsliders were reclaimed. The Bright Side of Prison Life Experience, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary Soujouner in Rebellion It is an awful thing for a man who has been a backslider to have his children mock him. Moody's Stories Incidents and Illustrations No backslider after gross sin may be readmitted till after three months. The Religious Life of London The prodigal has come home, the wanderer has returned, and the old man rejoices over the backslider’s return. Wondrous Love and other Gospel addresses Rabbi Meir pointed to Hosea as proof that the backsliders also remain “children of the living God.” Jewish Theology He marries but the one wife, uses the Protestant Bible, observes Protestant forms of worship, forbids the use of liquor and tobacco, practises adult baptism by immersion, and after every public sin, rechristens the backslider. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) The backsliders of Israel found it only too easy to give up the struggle for right, and to sink down into the horrible wickedness of the heathen tribes around them. The Bible in its Making The most Wonderful Book in the World But in his more recent gospel of pistol practice, Clem Douglas was not a backslider. The Missourian Oh, backslider, come home, and there will be joy in your heart and in the heart of God. Wondrous Love and other Gospel addresses That is the way backsliders fall—by turning away from the word of God. The Way to God and How to Find It "A backslider," says he, eying my face over his spectacles. Phemie Frost's Experiences The only question was whether he was a backslider or a spy. Dreamers of the Ghetto Whatever he was, “poet, orator and dramatist, an English Gavazzi,” or, “mountebank,” “humbug,” or “backslider,” Mr. Gough was, even at that early period, an antagonist not to be despised. The Strollers Oh, poor backslider, behold the Lamb of God weeping over you, and crying to you to come to Him, and receive shelter and refuge from the storm which has yet to sweep over this earth! Wondrous Love and other Gospel addresses That is the charge which God brings against the backslider. The Way to God and How to Find It They were not apostates or renegades, but backsliders. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors They forsake the ranks of God's people, sometimes for a very trifling reason, and go back into the world and suffer the shame that attaches to a backslider. Heart Talks Accordingly, the next day he was on the lookout for the backslider. Bert Wilson on the Gridiron Many a time in the Bible God is represented as running; He is in great haste to meet the backslider. Wondrous Love and other Gospel addresses And it is a pitiful sight to see that old backslider going through the streets of Sodom at midnight, after he has warned his children, and they have turned a deaf ear. The Way to God and How to Find It Moreover, anger and severity are not the successful means of reclaiming the backslider, or of melting the obdurate. The Mind of Jesus If you are a backslider, do not think that it does not matter what you do; for it does matter greatly. Heart Talks I am a sad backslider, am I not? Not Like Other Girls No one has any confidence in a backslider; for even the world despises such a character. Wondrous Love and other Gospel addresses As we desire to be faithful we warn these backsliders. The Way to God and How to Find It I consented to, and acted, the lie: I, who lived in an atmosphere of sanctity—a hypocrite, a cheat, a fraud, admonishing sinners and backsliders—I, the greatest of them all. The Scarlet Feather We often see reports of meetings saying that so many “backsliders were reclaimed.” Heart Talks "But I have decided not to be a backslider." It, and Other Stories One who knew him intimately in private life has seen him exhorting such backsliders, and denouncing their misconduct and imprudence with the tears streaming down his cheeks. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Nor should we have had that wonderful sermon on the day of Pentecost when three thousand were converted—preached by another restored backslider. The Way to God and How to Find It But he was leaning on a broken reed, for Beta was himself a backslider. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God The prodigal was a backslider: when furthest from home he could yet think and speak of the privileges of his father's house. Separation and Service or Thoughts on Numbers VI, VII. The "backslider" is an excellent illustration of the results of periodic renewal of impulse to right living. Church Cooperation in Community Life The redeemed man, the real child of God, can be tempted, can be led into sin, and some of them do become backsliders, but God's word teaches that they will be chastised in this life. God's Plan with Men May God restore other backsliders and make them a thousand times more used for His glory than they ever were before. The Way to God and How to Find It Six weeks passed in this state of spiritual declension, when God took a strange way to reclaim the backslider. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God Hiring a lot of lads with mobile faces, And all the world to tap for filméd scenes, Would I not set backsliders in their places And give my errant congregation beans? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 24, 1914 After several voyages Borella became "cold and a backslider," and an eye disease nearly blinded him. The Kirk on Rutgers Farm But do not redeemed people, God's children, sometimes become backsliders? God's Plan with Men If there be a penitent backslider, one who is anxious for pardon and restoration, you will find no words more tender than are to be found in Jeremiah iii. The Way to God and How to Find It "Has the backslider been brought again to the fold?" Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Many backsliders were taught the folly of remaining away from the Father, and many were turned from darkness unto light. With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back I am a sinful man, a miserable backslider. Greener Than You Think Second, they become backsliders, sin wilfully and are chastised. God's Plan with Men He just puts words into the mouth of the backslider. The Way to God and How to Find It It is very instructive to note how many backsliders there are among professors of mature age. Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet "Yes, he's my dog if he is a backslider, and that settles it." Flamsted quarries His communion with GOD is brought to an end, and it is hard to say how far Satan may not be permitted to carry such a backslider in heart and life. A Ribband of Blue And Other Bible Studies If the end of life is merely to escape death, and serve themselves, possibly they have done well; but if it is to attain an ever increasing perfection, then are they backsliders indeed. Natural Law in the Spiritual World You have to get out of the backslider’s pit just in the same way you got in. The Way to God and How to Find It Today the planting is a failure, while the owner is an irate backslider who would not plant another nut tree even though it bore ten dollar bills. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 She takes a course of Jay's Sermons, to be sure, but she takes it disconsolately, and has serious fears of becoming a backslider. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 As a reward, he had been sent to the paradise of Fitu-Iva, where all were or had been good converts, to gather in the backsliders. A Son Of The Sun We have our traitors and our renegades, our backsliders, and our well-dissembling hypocrites—but so few are they, that they give us little disquiet, and bring slight discredit upon us with the enemy. Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century A gentleman in Cornwall once met a Christian in the street whom he knew to be a backslider. The Way to God and How to Find It In connexion with this one of my chief companions at this time, the last-mentioned American Professor, was a backslider. A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, First Part If they hadn't any, others had; and those others were the very ones with power to make backsliders uncomfortable. The Heather-Moon A stray volume of Darwin, a nagging wife, and a pretty Fitu-Ivan widow had driven him into the ranks of the backsliders. A Son Of The Sun To us belongs the earthly god, which was made for us with such sorrow by Aaron in the desert ... the Golden Calf which the backsliders are worshipping!’ The History of a Lie 'The Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion' Some have never been converted: they have gone through the form of joining a Christian community and claim to be backsliders; but they never have, if I may use the expression, “slid forward.” The Way to God and How to Find It I now walked with the man before the gig, and conversed with him about the things of God, and soon found out that he was an awful backslider. A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, First Part Though Mussulmans in these days, the schisms with which they desecrated the true religion were worse in the eyes of Maïeddine than the foolish faith of Christians, who, at least, were not backsliders. The Golden Silence Scarcely arrived at Bologna, Francis was obliged to proceed against those who had become backsliders. Life of St. Francis of Assisi The elder had closed his admonitions by warning his daughter not to be listening to any teachings of the preacher's wife, for she was a backslider, and she had fallen from grace. John Ward, Preacher Before closing, let me say that I trust God will restore some backslider reading these pages, who may in the future become a useful member of society and a bright ornament of the Church. The Way to God and How to Find It And if they had seen it, it is quite likely they would have joined the backsliders at that instant. Prudence of the Parsonage He was a backslider, in my grandfather's eyes. Orange and Green A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick Those who obeyed were regarded by their congregations as backsliders and self-seekers. Claverhouse A backslider in heart, even though a real Christian, is not prepared to partake of this spiritual feast, without renewing his repentance and faith. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister Now there is one thing to which we wish to call the attention of backsliders; and that is, that the Lord never forsook them; but that they forsook Him! The Way to God and How to Find It Uncle is a convert—no, hardly a backslider; but he swears by the regenerating process instead of violence. Visionaries The skipper of the new school is a sad backslider. The Romance of the Coast And, indeed, we shall find him seriously taken to task by the more extreme of the party as a backslider from the good cause for his endeavour to avert that disastrous affair. Claverhouse The very idea of a living spring seems to cut off the hope of backsliders. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister If we were to treat Christ as any earthly friend we should never leave Him; and there would never be a backslider. The Way to God and How to Find It "The lot of the backslider is justifiably awful," was Paul's rejoinder. My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People God may bear awhile with a Christian who has fallen into sin, but the backslider has no pleasant time with his God while he stays a backslider. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation If she shut her eyes to the sight, their groans were in her ears; and if she turned away, they took her by the elbow, and called her a backslider herself. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia And such is truly the deplorable case of the backslider. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister How many times have I held that passage up to a backslider! The Way to God and How to Find It I am the chief of sinners, the chief of backsliders; every thing in me, of me, or by me, is vile as far as it is mine. The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. B answered: "Oh, yes, I do; I'm not such a backslider as that." More Toasts He knew the man more recently arrived west of the Pecos, possibly later to prove a backslider. Heart's Desire This point is worth making at a time when Japan is regarded as a Laodicean convert to the invigorating ideas of the Western peoples, at heart a backslider and a potential schismatic. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Our own Cromwell is very prompt; but the rest chafe much, and the Scots are sore backsliders. 3rd Troop. Cromwell It is in our nature to backslide for ever: and whenever we see a backslider restored, or a rebel lay down the weapons of rebellion, there we may trace thy footsteps, O God of grace. The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. Lewis was particularly pleased with their kindly mode of talking about backsliders. A Dream of the North Sea What I have spoken is the language of the Good Old Cause: if it seem strange to any, it will not seem more strange, I hope, than convincing to backsliders. The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 The Reformer relieved his mind in the pulpit at the end of May or early in June, rebuking backsliders, and denouncing the Queen’s rumoured marriage with any infidel, “and all Papists are infidels.” John Knox and the Reformation They are closely followed by other spirits, the backsliders, who, not having had the strength or patience to endure, preferred inglorious ease to adventurous life and are now consumed with regret. The Book of the Epic Even backsliders, among whom I stand chief, have been recalled. The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. He's a backslider just now, through that dreadful drink. A Dream of the North Sea I exerted myself very much, felt very deeply, and prayed very earnestly over an old man who had been a backslider for seven years. The Authoritative Life of General William Booth But the last word about Demas is that which points him out as a backslider; and as such he must be for ever known. Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters Death-bed scenes, of the Christian, the backslider, the infidel, the universalist, the profane man, or the worldling. The National Preacher, Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec. 1827 Or Original Monthly Sermons from Living Ministers, Sermons XXVI. and XXVII. Taking the law of God for my rule, backslider is my name; yet peace I have found, and on the best Security; this blessed Bible is my charter. The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. And for the backsliders, the "weak brethren, the outcasts—aw! let's feel for the lek, and 'keep a houl' o' their ban.'" The Bed-Book of Happiness If you care to know," Matvey went on in a loud voice, as he, too, began to get angry, "you are a backslider from God and a heretic. The Bishop and Other Stories You are then a backslider from the God whom you covenanted to serve. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians Antonyms: fertile, arable. desert, v. forsake, abandon, leave, run away from. deserted, a. forsaken, desolate, abandoned, derelict. deserter, n. renegade, turncoat, delinquent, backslider, apostate, recreant, poltroon, rat, traitor. desertion, n. abandonment. Putnam's Word Book L. M. The backslider restored; or, Repentance and faith in the blood of Christ. The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament and Applied to the Christian State and Worship Your correspondent encountered six white-chokered gentlemen on their way to interview the great nautical backslider. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 A man isn't a backslider because he's carnally weak, and a man isn't a saint because he's moral and well-behaved. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 He said that Mistawasis and Chicastafasin, the chiefs, and some others, were feeble of heart and backsliders, for they had left their reserves to escape being drawn into the trouble. The Rising of the Red Man A Romance of the Louis Riel Rebellion "We want none of your proofs, you backslider," cried the deaconess. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 I just want to catch one or two of these backsliders. A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle The work began at one of the side meetings, where an old backslider was led back to the cross. Thirty Years in the Itinerancy The secluded and inactive life she now led confirmed the opinion of her Presbyterian friends that she was a backslider in the divine life. The Grimké Sisters Sarah and Angelina Grimké: the First American Women Advocates of Abolition and Woman's Rights Her classes, though large, were well preserved, and seldom did the column for backsliders gain addition from them. Religion in Earnest A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York No religion was ever propagated by scolding backsliders or contemning the weak; no chivalry was ever worth the name that did not stand for a desire to do battle only with the strong. The Silent Isle There appeared to be a great lack of zeal among the denizens of Lebanon, as notwithstanding the energetic exhortations of the preachers, and their fulminating denunciations against backsliders, they failed in exciting much enthusiasm. A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America Taylor is another backslider in the exercise line and is not looking well. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I This young Saint Anthony for a while resists, but presently becomes a backslider, and in dumb show defies the sniggerers to ‘heave’ a marble or two in his direction. The Uncommercial Traveller Lord, help me on my way.—I went to see a backslider, whom the Lord had made willing to return. Religion in Earnest A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York Two or three old backsliders in the crowd come right up and repented all over agin on the spot. Danny's Own Story After a period of well- doing several of these have become backsliders and reverted again to lying and swindling. Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology In their eyes, the backslider was palpably a far more unsavory fact than the original sinner. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 You ought to be prepared to explain, also, for the benefit of any sucking Socrates, why it is that these feathered choristers have their "revival seasons," and are terrible backsliders during the moulting period. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 Three persons came; two of them backsliders, and one who has never met before.—Visited several of the villagers. Religion in Earnest A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York But if this troop of sinners and backsliders was hard to drive, the devout were perhaps harder. Saint Augustin Now these points being settled, the judges conferred, and Jurgen was decreed a backslider into the ways of undesirable error. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice More obscurely adumbrated is the day of vengeance, when virtue should return to the repentant backslider, and the idolatrous crew should be smitten with a swift destruction in the midst of their insolent revelry. Milton I am a dreadful backslider from Camp Fire rules, but I just had to have some candy this afternoon. The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill And, having been a backslider, he is cursed with a half-frenzied humor. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1 Perhaps, if there were more plain speaking about these at the beginning, there would be fewer backsliders and dead professors with 'a name to live.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII The former shows us the backslider in heart as filled 'with his own ways.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Just a few backsliders and chronic grumblers remained to hear Brother B—'s message. Trials and Triumphs of Faith Crowding, weeping, rushing to the penitent-form came convicted sinners and repentant backsliders. Catherine Booth — a Sketch You will find the individuality of my Ideal wherever you touch the corps; converts, backsliders, seniors, juniors, young people, home league, boys’ band, swimming club, corps cadet, company guards, ‘War Crys,’ songsters. The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" Mahomet was sure enough of himself and his magnetism to allow the clause to stand, which allowed any backslider full permission to return to Mecca. Mahomet Founder of Islam Being caught in the act, he acknowledges his guilt, and says he was a deserter from his God,—a backslider,—a church-member one year—the next, in the Potomac with a schooner, stealing seventy-four negroes! Personal Memoir of Daniel Drayton For Four Years and Four Months a Prisoner (For Charity's Sake) in Washington Jail God wonderfully owned and blessed his Word, and a number of backsliders were reclaimed. Trials and Triumphs of Faith Hawthorne's Zenobia, who, for all her emancipation, drowned herself in a fit of amorous jealousy, was no greater backslider from the true path of woman's advancement. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) Some backsliders who withstood her pleadings in life were brought home by her death. The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" They are educated and to an extent cultured, being "gentlemen born" but sad backsliders in the practise of the profession. Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John "De time am comin' w'en dat backslider got to be sot on," he would mutter, and this seemed his one consolation. The Earth Trembled At a camp-meeting in Michigan God made it clear to my soul that at the evening service he wanted me to deliver a message especially for the benefit of backsliders. Trials and Triumphs of Faith Henry has been called a backslider because of the lenity of his counsels, but I cannot but think it is the Spirit of Christ that influences him. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe Heart backsliders or open backsliders were all the same to her–deserters to be followed down and brought back to loyal service. The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" This was to backsliders, to people who had been professing to believe, but who had gone back under the dominion of their fleshly appetites and passions. Godliness : being reports of a series of addresses delivered at James's Hall, London, W. during 1881 Your aggravation of punishment, applied without pity to the backslider, is, then, iniquitous, barbarous, since this backsliding is, thus to express it, a forced consequence of your penal institutions. Mysteries of Paris, V3 At night the Red Elephant Tusk boomed and groaned among the hills, and the faithful waked and said: 'The God of Things as They Are matures revenge against the backsliders. Soldiers Three He will not hate thee, O thou foul backslider! Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 With a word of direction to all backsliders. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 "You need not be afraid that I shall be a backslider." Castle Richmond None knows the things that haunt the backslider's mind; his new sins are all turned talking devil's, threatening devils, roaring devils, within him. The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works For years she had been the richest woman in Middleborough, the head of everything charitable and religious, the mainstay of ministers, the court of final appeal in the case of sinners and backsliders. Love, the Fiddler From God he's a backslider, Of ways he loves the wider; With wickedness a sider, More venom than a spider. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 If thou yet, notwithstanding what hath been said, dost remain a backslider: 1. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 Indeed, he was what many called a very easy backslider; and at times was recognised by the somewhat singular soubriquet of Deacon Pious-proof. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter It doth not say, "And any one but a backslider; any one but him." The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works He set his teeth together and cursed himself for a fool and a backslider. In the Wilderness He cannot mean the backslider, for Bunyan was such. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 If when sinners, backsliders, or believers come to the altar they would pray with earnestness and desperation, there would be a far larger PER CENT. of them who would go away fully satisfied. The Heart-Cry of Jesus I will confess that my mind ran persistently that evening upon revolutions after the best French pattern, and I sat on a Committee of Safety and tried backsliders. In the Days of the Comet If thou yet, instead of repenting and doing thy first works, dost remain a backslider, 1. The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works He alluded to the backsliders with an ironical jest, preferring to believe that they were the losers. Maurice Guest But the backslider is worse, he proclaims, in his downward course, the awful blasphemy that 'sin is better than Christ'; 'hell is preferable to heaven.' Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 "There's many a backslider from the 'Cause' out here, I'm thinkin'," continued the doctor. Peg O' My Heart Mr. Tidditt's scornful comments concerning "white feathers" and "backsliders" had no effect. Cy Whittaker's Place Mr. Hyde, the backslider, says in his book that "Brigham always sleeps by himself, in a little chamber behind his office;" and if he has eighty wives I don't blame him. The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 4: To California and Return But, among those backsliders, I regret to say, that men now reckon Lord Lufton. Framley Parsonage O! that some poor bewildered backslider may, by a Divine blessing upon the voice of Bunyan, be arrested in his mad career.—Ed. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 They impute wrong motives, base motives, to the backslider. Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography He thought of the trousers, the tea-things, the mangling, the knives, the kettles, and the windows; and he thought of them in the way of a backslider. Stories by English Authors: London (Selected by Scribners) He was a backslider without power or asceticism, who couldn't even raise a table by force of volition, much less project an army of kittens through space. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English One backslider returned to the fold is a greater victory than a thousand heathen. The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke Cartouche, discovering the backslider, resolved upon a public exhibition. A Book of Scoundrels The old salmon of the sea who begot thee, long ago, in these inland waters, became a backslider, descending again to the ocean, and grew gross and heavy with coarse feeding. Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness What has this wretch to do with souls, Or with backsliders either, Whose business only is his awls, His lasts, his thread, and leather? Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 |
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