Thirty persons were chosen to be the first members of the church, who in a set form of words made public vows of faithfulness to each other and to Christ.
John Carroll, of an old Maryland family distinguished alike for patriotism and for faithfulness to Catholic principles.
The national spirit of enterprise was not dead in any class, from knight to shipman; and faithfulness and chastity in woman were still esteemed the highest though not the universal virtues of her sex.
He can make intercession for the household of Israel only if he himself has founded a family, in which are practiced faithfulness and modesty, love and regard for the life-companion, all the domestic virtues inherited from the past.
In fact, the double meaning of Emunah, faith and faithfulness, suggests man's child-like faith in the paternal faithfulness of God.
Because there is no knowledge of God," therefore do the people heap iniquity upon iniquity, says Hosea, and he hopes to see the broken covenant with the Lord renewed through faithfulness grounded on the consciousness of God.
The idea of God's faithfulness to His covenant is thus extended gradually from the people to the cosmos, and the heavens are called upon to witness to the faithfulness of God throughout the realm of life.
He is The Rock, His work is perfect, for all His ways are just; a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is He.
The God of faithfulness created a people of faithfulness as His own, and Israel's God of truth awakened in the nation a passion for truth unrivaled by any other religious or philosophical system.
They had willingly offered up their lives for the truth of Judaism, and the God of faithfulness could not deceive them.
From this conception of faithfulness arose two other ideas which exerted a powerful influence upon the whole spiritual and intellectual life of the Jew.
Mr. Bruder, too, insisted on remaining, and watched with the unwearied faithfulnessof one who felt that he owed to Dennis far more than life.
The following brief sketch is a true and grateful tribute to the faithfulness of one who has been to the writer one of the greatest blessings a mother, with little children, could have--a faithful, devoted nurse.
Her faithfulness and love for the heroic galley-slave had never been shaken, and she resolved to remain constant to him, to remain unmarried if need be, or to wait for his liberation until death!
She expected of no man--not even of Jack--that perfect faithfulness in every word and thought which is read of in books.
One of the worst traits in the character of an unfaithful woman is the readiness with which she trades upon the faithfulness of men.
Forty years of age, nearly a giant in strength and stature, with a face that suggested courage, resourcefulness, and faithfulness to duty.
On the broad scale the whole world's history is full of illustrations of God's faithfulness to His promises and His threats.
And to such a one faith will become easier, being sustained by experience; and a present thus manifestly studded with indications of God's faithfulness will merge into a future still fuller of these.
The Rock of Israel spake,' and therefore Israel may trust the Word, which rests on His immutable faithfulness and eternal being.
Again, Samuel based the exhortation to whole-hearted service of Jehovah on Jehovah's faithfulness and great benefits (vs.
Nor need we forget how, from that root of fear of God, there has come that wondrous patience and faithfulness to duty, the form of 'Justice' which is possible for a constitutional monarch.
But his faithfulness threw him on the mercy of the man before him.
And thus it means in effect the path of faithfulnessalong which the Saviour actually leads to glory those who are justified by faith.
To know Him is to find the secret alike of a life eternal and of a patientfaithfulness in the life that now is.
The Jew, pressed hard with moral proofs of his responsibility, must often have turned thus upon his pursuer, or rather have tried thus to escape from him in the subtleties of a false appeal to the faithfulness of God.
What she perceived with absolute certainty in Frau Lerch, who, as her dead mother's maid, had tended her as a child, was great faithfulness and secrecy and the most skilful hands.
His arms clasped her closely and tenderly, and never had he rewarded even his foster-mother in Villagarcia for her love and faithfulness with a more affectionate kiss.
Church, that this office was his by right of lineage, and descended from father to son, and was the right based on faithfulness of the first born.
He has proof in thefaithfulness of Daddy, his old slave.
You can earn a deal of money that way, if you please; just save it up, and let me keep it for you, and in consideration of your faithfulness I will set you free whenever you get a thousand dollars to put into my hands.
That veryfaithfulness would lead them to traverse our purposes did we not shut them up closely out of reach of meddling, and there is no other place where it can be done.
I give your son thanks for the honesty and faithfulness he hath shown in the matter, as befitted his father's son.
Petronius understood, and it seems respected, the faithfulness of the Jews to their creed, and he hesitated to carry out the command.
My judgment may appear somewhat severe, but it is when tried by the test of faithfulness to his nation that Josephus is found most wanting; and I hope that while extenuating nothing I have not set down aught in malice.
Realism sometimes overshadows poetry, but the faithfulness of her work is beyond question.
Yes, a wife whom he loved, not with the first passion of youth, but with the tenderness and faithfulness of manhood.
The chief characteristic of this scene is its promise, and the author of the prayer anticipates some of the later scenes by interjecting a grateful recognition of the faithfulness of God in keeping His word.
To see a pump in a dream, denotes that energy and faithfulness to business will produce desired riches, good health also is usually betokened by this dream.
A lover will have cause to suspect the faithfulness of his affianced after this dream.
To see your friend so afflicted, there will be uncertainty as to his faithfulness and sickness, too, may enter your home.
If a young woman sits under one, she will have many fears to rend her over her fortune and the faithfulness of her lover.
Ornaments of leather, denotes faithfulnessin love and to the home.
To see white rabbits, denotes faithfulness in love, to the married or single.
For a young woman to weigh her lover, the indications are that she will find him of solid worth, and faithfulness will balance her love.
His faithfulness was as remarkable as his piety, and his courage and constancy as both.
Robert Trails, the father and son, deserve a place among the Scots Worthies, as they were brought to much trouble for their faithfulness and zeal for our reformation-principles.
He was also one of the Scots commissioners appointed anno 1643, to the Westminster assembly, and was very much beloved there for his unparalleled faithfulness and zeal in going about his Master's business.
He was minister at Salt-Preston (now known by the name of Preston-pans), and began very early to discover uncommon piety and faithfulness in the discharge of his duty.
Whether his courage, constancy or faithfulness had the pre-eminency it is hard to determine.
But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
Her life certainly after her marriage was such that faithfulness in any form was one of the last things to expect in her.
Now an examination of the history of preaching will reveal to us that all the great preachers have been examples of faithfulness concerning, not only the softer, but also the sterner portions of their message.
Faithfulness to the Church and to her sacraments run together.
Faithfulness, then, is essential to the completeness of the message--faithfulness as to the true condition of the soul and its position in the sight of God.
It is along the path of faithfulness to self in the development, the polishing, the use of his own gifts in his own way.
The Holy Ghost in the heart of the preacher honoured by the grandest effort the preacher can make, the utmost faithfulness he can display:--Can it be possible that in these words the twofold need of this very hour finds definition?
These are questions for us all, and we may discover the quality of our preaching from their answers, if only we will whisper them to ourselves with faithfulness to God and men and our own souls.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "faithfulness" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
