There is not a nation under Heaven but what has a right to be glad because God has come down among men! If you know yourself lost by nature and lost by practice. My heart dances as David danced before the Ark of God! Shame that there should be any cause for such words! He says, "Sweet Lord Jesus!
Hark, hark to the cry! The angels sang something which men could understand—something which men ought to understand—something which will make men much better if they will understand it. Although it would be a high sin, and an act of misdemeanor against the Sovereign Court of Heaven to pay the slightest adoration to the mightiest angel, yet it would be unkind and unseemly, if we did not give to holy angels a place in our heart's warmest love. Pause Christian, and consider this a minute. Sermons by charles spurgeon. I could not but notice in the late discovery of the famous Greek cities and the sepulchers of the heroes, the powerful rebuke which the spirit of skepticism has received! Do not be ashamed to be glad—you have a right to be happy. May great joy be upon us, also, while our thought shall be that the birth of Christ is the cause of supreme joy.
Why not rather anticipate the joys of heaven, and begin to sing on earth that song which you will never need to end? See there his hands rent with the rough iron, and his feet torn with the nails. It goes on to say, "Go on! He also considered other places in our world and daily life that have no room for Christ, as well as the modern-day equivalents of the "inn itself" that "had no room for Him, " in a message that shows the timelessness of human nature and describes a world so similar to the 21st century. In solemn pomp at the glorious advent of the great King. Her friends were written to; they came to meet her at the station at Bristol, and you can hardly conceive what a happy meeting it was. This is a season when all men expect us to be joyous. Already the teeth of war have been somewhat broken and a testimony is borne by the faithful against this great crime. He thinks he is on a sure road, and therefore it is that he rides so fast. I shall say nothing to day against festivities on this great birthday of Christ. Too, "Lord, keep me! Sermons by charles spurgeon pdf. Now, my hearer, have you a fear of God before your eyes—a filial fear, a fear which a child has lest it should grieve its parent? A gentle voice, which said, "Fear not. "
Do not the lightnings adore him when they flash his brightness in arrows of light piercing the midnight darkness? Thou shalt long to die, yet shalt thou linger in eternal death—dying every hour, yet never receiving the much coveted boon of death. O you sons of toil, rejoice, for the Savior is born of a lowly virgin and a carpenter is His foster father. But go straightway to the plain where Bethlehem shepherds sat by night, and when you hear the angels singing out the gospel, by the grace of God upon you, you cannot help believing that they manifestly feel the preciousness of telling. Christmas sermons by charles spurgeon. Come, my Brothers and Sisters, let us at least do as much as these simple shepherds and exult with our whole souls! Tell them how you were once a lost abandoned sinner, how the Lord met with you, how you bowed your knees, and poured out your soul before God, and how at last you leaped with joy, for you thought you heard him say within you, "I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for my name's sake. " Brethren and sisters, can you say that you have been made into children?
He is anointed of the Highest that He may carry out the offices which He has undertaken the Spirit of the Lord rested upon Him without measure! All my nerves become harp strings, and let gratitude touch you with angelic fingers! Infidel, you have sinned high and hard against the Most High; he has said no hard things against you, for he has good will towards men. But, let me say one word here before I go away from this point. And you whose faces are scorched by the heat of the torrid sun, let this be as a well of water unto you! If thou hast been born again, there is another matter by which to try thee. For I hear many of my congregation say, "Sir, I could relate that story to any one sooner than I could to my own friends; I could come to your vestry, and tell you something of what I have tasted and handled of the Word of God; but I could not tell my father, nor my mother, nor my brethren, nor my sisters. " And sweet that there might be a full service at the first propounding of the glad tidings of great joy! There are Protestants who. Will you not, wherever you go, tell of the God who loved you and died for you? You will look to the commencement of that work and then survey it even to its close and bless and magnify the name of the Lord.
We ought to be very jealous, very precise, very anxious, that even in the least significant of our Savior's Laws, we may obey, having our eyes up to Him as the eyes of servants are to their mistresses. I ere I sleep at peace will be. And whereas you once loved the pleasures of the world, they have now become as draff and dross to you, for you only love the pleasures of heavenly things, and are longing to enjoy more of them on earth, that you may be prepared to enjoy a fullness of them hereafter? You have been resting perhaps in some hope that you would make yourself better, and so save yourself. God help you to shake off your doubts. But I suppose that the very thought that the Creator should be linked with the creature that the great Invisible and Omnipotent should come into alliance with that which He, Himself, had made caused the angel, as a creature, to feel that all creatureship was elevated and this made him glad. That all the works of God s hands do not glorify Him so much as the gift of His dear Son that all creation and all. Does the Spirit bear witness with your spirit that you are born of God? This is one of the most practical ways of showing your joy. A Christmas Question.
Quiet, happy spirit, weigh in your heart the grand Truth of God that Jesus was born at Bethlehem. But then say, "I will go and find Him. " But, says the other, "I owe you nothing. " If Heaven s gate of pearl was set open at its widest and a stream of shining ones came running downward to the lower skies to anticipate the time when they shall all descend in solemn pomp at the glorious advent of the great King. Whatever abuse and scorn may be heaped upon Christ s true minister, he will never be silent while there are downtrodden nationalities and races needing his advocacy.
Be it ours to be as philosophical as the shepherds, for they did not believe too much, but simply believed what was well attested and this they found to be true upon personal investigation! Are you content while it is a question whether God loves you, or whether he is angry with you? I want to tell you how the glorious man who wrought my deliverance accomplished the miracle—how he said to the devils, 'Get ye hence, ' and they ran down a steep place into the sea, an I am come home healed and saved. " The hypocrite and the devil are very good friends after all, and they mutually rejoice over their profits: the devil leering because he has won the soul of the professor, and the hypocrite laughing because he has won his pelf. Why you would say, "Ah! Back for Christmas of 1855, to be exact on December 23rd, 1855, Spurgeon preached a Christmas sermon on Micah 5:2. First, tell it truthfully. The benediction of Elizabeth, Mary right well deserved, "Blessed is she who believes. No story is more worth hearing than a tale of gratitude. They have disinterred the king of men and this. They have made it as. Tell me one attribute of God that is not manifest in Jesus; and your ignorance shall be the reason why you have not seen it so.
But if you do this, you will find you are not tolerated, and you will get the cold shoulder in society. Mark well that believing what they did, these simple-minded shepherds desired to approach nearer the marvelous Babe. At any rate, our hearts rehearse the anthem and we. Will thou not sit in the grassy meads of heaven, and tell the story of thine own redemption? Therefore the angel delivered his message cheerfully, as became the place from which he came, the theme which brought him down and his own interest therein. Brethren, when the angels sang this there was an echo through the long aisles of a glorious future. So does it happen, that the best of men will question while the worst of men will presume. Evidently not on manhood in the abstract, for else had not Christ come to take upon Himself the form of man and to be. It is designed to do away with some of our pleasures, but it gives us many more, to make up for what it takes away; so it does not make them less. Brothers and Sisters, I know who will be most glad, today, to think that Christ was born a Savior. The stillness of the night, the.
It follows, then, that satisfying the beneficiary is the contractual responsibility of the insurer, not the fiduciary responsibility of the administratrix. 320, 324, 168 N. 804 (1929); see also Montague v. Hayes, 76 Mass. Strict compliance with insurance policy requirements is necessary to change a beneficiary under the policy. Barrell v. Joy, 16 Mass. It is for you to determine whether the defendant abused this privilege, and if you find he did, you may return a verdict in favor of Mr. Cooke and against Mr. Mackey and The Equitable. 178, 186-88, 146 N. 277 (1925) (when wife left property upon terms "as shall be provided for the trust established by my said husband's will relating to the residue of his estate, " wife's will established a valid " 'referential' trust... separate and distinct from the trust fund created by her husband"); Newton v. Seaman's Friend Society, 130 Mass. Cook v. equitable life assurance society of the united. The same relaxed standard holds true for the creation of trusts by contract, including policies of insurance. "Manifestly money so paid does not pass 'by will, or by the laws regulating intestate succession. ' We do not find it alarming that a jury may assess the losses associated with the breach of contract and damages to appellant's reputation to be worth $650, 000. We conclude, therefore, that the jury did find breach of contract. Any such finding would be based upon a failure to comprehend the fact that the court had granted a nonsuit as to the termination issue. Donald R. Peck, with whom David R. Schmahmann and Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellee Equitable Life Assur.
We do not believe the trial court abused its discretion by accepting appellee's reason for late submission under the "for good cause" exception to the pre-trial order. Yet, the defendants were, in many instances, unable to cross-examine in regard to these factors. 90, 93, 67 N. 2d 748 (1946) (writing on back of bank account card established trust); Stratton v. Edwards, 174 Mass.
From a decree overruling a demurrer to the bill, defendants appeal. There shall be no restrictions or limitations on said Trustee, whose discretion and decisions shall not be questioned by any party, including the beneficiaries of this Trust, in anything said Trustee shall do as long as the decision is based on the needs of my children named above as the beneficiaries of this Trust. If the insured has pursued the course pointed out by the laws of the association, and has done all in his power to change the beneficiary; but before the new certificate is actually issued, he dies, a court of equity will decree that to be done which ought to be done, and act as though the certificate had been issued. ¶ 9 Appellants argue that the employment contract between appellants and appellee contained an arbitration clause requiring the parties to arbitrate "any dispute, claim or controversy that might arise" between them, and that this clause was controlling in the instant case. 366, 371, 170 N. Cook v. equitable life assurance society of the united states. 2d 350 (1960).
The interest of a beneficiary shall be subject to *112 the rights of any assignee of record with the Society. In relevant part, the statute provides: The marriage of a person shall act as a revocation of a will made by him previous to such marriage, unless it appears from the will that it was made in contemplation thereof. The equitable life assurance company. A communication written on a proper occasion under proper motive for a proper purpose in a proper manner and based upon reasonable cause is privilege. Secondly, though fees and costs may be awarded to the stakeholder in an interpleader action, the award is generally made out of the fund in controversy, Prudential Ins. If it be beyond the power of the insured to comply literally with the regulations, a court of equity will treat the change as having been legally made. Facts: In 1953, Douglas purchased a whole life insurance policy from Equitable, naming his wife, Doris, as the beneficiary.
2d 273, 274 (1949) (revoked will, though inutile for testamentary purposes, may be of "evidential value as a declaration of the decedent [regarding property not mentioned in later will], to be considered together with the other evidence in the case"). At 307-08, 53 N. 823. Because he had made particular reference to the Wieboldt store, the court refused to allow this witness to proceed with his valuation. Code 27-1-12-14 by permitting changes of beneficiaries in insurance policies upon written notice to the insurance company when accompanied by the policy. To give effect to such intent they feel is a logical extension of Modern Brotherhood and would not abrogate existing Indiana law. The term `wife' is merely descriptio personae. Order of the Appellate Division modified, without costs, and, as so modified, affirmed. It remains to be seen whether the court's definition of goodwill is sufficiently broad to encompass every permutation. As far as the Trial Court.
However Cook failed to notify the insurance holder that he wanted to change the beneficiary of his policy. Moreover, in light of our conclusion that the 70% shares rightfully belong to Merle as trustee, see supra Part IV, the premise upon which the second counterclaim rests is obviously unsupportable. 15-a (1996) (Disciplinary Rule 2-111) (allowing sale of law partnership and accompanying goodwill). W. Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, Act V, scene 2 (1598). If the society has waived a strict compliance with its own rules, and in pursuance of a request of the insured to change the beneficiary, has issued a new certificate to him, the original beneficiary will not be heard to complain that the course indicated by the regulations was not pursued. In others, having no statute in point, the matter is simply dealt with as a matter of common law and interpretation of partnership agreements. G., Bemis v. Fletcher, 251 Mass. Here, appellants have asserted a defense based upon a writing, but failed to attach a copy of that writing to their petition. Reversed and remanded. In short, the Will is not a will as such, but simply a "means for supplying... proof" as to the trust's particulars. He subsequently became a licensed insurance broker and began offering a wide range of products from different companies to his clients. If this is not done, the jury has no basis, whatsoever, upon which to evaluate such testimony. Thus, the district court, on remand, should calculate the interest due for the period August 15, 1980 through April 12, 1985 at 12% per annum, see id.
Why Sign-up to vLex? Again we held that, although recovery could be had for damages to contiguous property not taken, those parcels which were separated from the condemned area by public streets or alleys were not a proper subject of the eminent domain proceedings. Appellant was an established agent with nearly three decades of experience selling insurance products and building a client base. After his divorce, he married his second wife and had a son with her. As we recently wrote in a different context: "Perhaps the law need not always align itself with common sense, but when that happy coincidence occurs, lawyers and judges should not reflexively recoil from it. " Ronald Chinnock, a defense witness, stated that in his opinion the value of the parking lot property was $206, 160. The mechanism is not, however, a mere convenience for a stakeholder, exercisable at whim. The measure of compensation for land taken by eminent domain proceedings is its fair cash market value for the highest and best use to which it is available, even if, at the time of filing the petition, the land is not being put to such use.
If the Uniform Probate. Rehearing Denied January 6, 1982. We agree with Doris. 344; Buford v. Equitable Life, 98 N. 152; Pierce v. Equitable Life, 145 Mass. A privilege may also be false [sic] if the publisher exceeds the scope of the privilege. If her benefits were used as Equitable suggests, she would in effect be subsidizing the insurer's expenses. ¶ 6 Appellants first complain that the trial court erred by denying their Petition for Order Staying Claims and Compelling Arbitration. But whether one exists or not is to be ascertained from the intention of the parties. "
Sawyer v. Cook, 188 Mass.