Sternness
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) The quality or state of being stern.
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The Note of Pity.
... In the chapter just concluded we have tried to lay down that one essential of the
preacher's message is the note of sternness, that the preacher is, on God's ...
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Prepositional Phrases
... aspect of grandeur. assumption of sternness. atmosphere of obscurity. attitude of
mind. ... explosion of rage. expression of sternness. extension of experience. ...
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Particular Redemption
... first of all from the heinousness of our own guilt, from which He has delivered
us; secondly, we shall measure His redemption by the sternness of divine justice ...
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The Humanity of God
... That we need never show hardness, pride, sternness to our children when they do
wrong, but should win them by love and tenderness, caring for them all the more ...
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The Note of Accusation.
... It is one of the criticisms of to-day that sternness has died out of theology. ...
This warning and accusing note of sternness must be regained. ...
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The Meek and Lowly One
... There is a sternness which cannot be condemned. ... Neither do I condemn thee; go and
sin no more." Oh, how different from the sternness or Elijah! Sinners! ...
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Life in India.
... What a picture revealing Henry Martyn's character!"the contrasting attributes of
sternness and gentleness, his martyrlike determination to do his whole duty ...
/.../rhea/life of henry martyn missionary to india and persia/life in india.htm

A Short Account of the Origin of Methodism in England
... the age of sixteen he entered college at Oxford, and soon gave evidence, by his
progress in his studies, of that acuteness of intellect, and sternness of virtue ...
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God's Character Our Resting-Place
... Had God been all frowns, and the Bible all terrors, and Christ all sternness, these
men could not have been in a more troubled and uncertain state than that in ...
/.../bonar/gods way of peace/chapter iii gods character our.htm

An Account of the Organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church ...
... government, no longer under the control of Great Britain, either in civil or
ecclesiastical matters, Mr. Wesley began to relax from the sternness with which ...
/.../chapter 3 an account of.htm

Thesaurus
Sternness (1 Occurrence)
... (n.) The quality or state of being stern. Multi-Version Concordance Sternness (1
Occurrence). Romans 11:22 See then the goodness and severity of God. ...
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Sternly (9 Occurrences)

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Stew (7 Occurrences)

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Gehazi (14 Occurrences)
... On this latter occasion he was guilty of duplicity and dishonesty of conduct, causing
Elisha to denounce his crime with righteous sternness, and pass on him ...
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Frown (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To contract the brow in displeasure, severity,
or sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look. ...
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Rigor (8 Occurrences)
... winter. 6. (n.) Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness;
relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty. 7. (n ...
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Elisha (70 Occurrences)
... We next find him at Bethel (2:23), where, with the sternness of his master, he cursed
the youths who came out and scoffed at him as a prophet of God: "Go up ...
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Austere (2 Occurrences)
... and disobedient. The fear resident in a guilty conscience sees only sternness
and severity in God's perfect righteousness. The word ...
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Steel (7 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint. 6. (n.) Fig.: Anything
of extreme hardness; that which is characterized by sternness or rigor. ...
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Elijah (104 Occurrences)
... James (5:17) finds in him an illustration of the power of prayer. (See also Luke
4:25; 9:54.) He was a type of John the Baptist in the sternness and power of ...
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Resources
What does the Bible say about Christian fathers? | GotQuestions.org

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Concordance
Sternness (1 Occurrence)

Romans 11:22
See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
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Related Terms

Sternly (9 Occurrences)

Stew (7 Occurrences)

Gehazi (14 Occurrences)

Frown (1 Occurrence)

Rigor (8 Occurrences)

Elisha (70 Occurrences)

Austere (2 Occurrences)

Steel (7 Occurrences)

Elijah (104 Occurrences)

Corinthians (3 Occurrences)

Rehoboam (42 Occurrences)

Education (4 Occurrences)

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