The soul's exodus and pilgrimage [sermons].Smith, Elder and Company, 1862 - 415 pages |
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... Desert , could it speak , would testify that Israel passed that way . The early history of Egypt is still buried in confusion , through which an orderly track is being slowly opened by the efforts of the ablest scholars of our time ...
... Desert , could it speak , would testify that Israel passed that way . The early history of Egypt is still buried in confusion , through which an orderly track is being slowly opened by the efforts of the ablest scholars of our time ...
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... desert , enfolded by jealous wastes on every hand , was out of the line of march . She could " live to herself and die to herself , " as was not possible for Babylon . She : could play away her strength and her life in wanton pleasures ...
... desert , enfolded by jealous wastes on every hand , was out of the line of march . She could " live to herself and die to herself , " as was not possible for Babylon . She : could play away her strength and her life in wanton pleasures ...
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... desert , and rest at last in the " rest that remaineth for the people of God . " I believe that once , at any rate , God leads every man to the edge of this desert : " There , where the flame column lights the path through the darkness ...
... desert , and rest at last in the " rest that remaineth for the people of God . " I believe that once , at any rate , God leads every man to the edge of this desert : " There , where the flame column lights the path through the darkness ...
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... desert there is air , light , and freedom , and be- yond there are worlds which are the spirit's home . " Then begin throes and struggles which rend 28 OUT OF EGYPT -The Exodus (lit "way-out ") "Out of Egypt have I called my Son ”—Matt ii.
... desert there is air , light , and freedom , and be- yond there are worlds which are the spirit's home . " Then begin throes and struggles which rend 28 OUT OF EGYPT -The Exodus (lit "way-out ") "Out of Egypt have I called my Son ”—Matt ii.
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... desert heaven ; and sees , with an awful joy , breaking forth into triumphal hymns , a broad sea flowing between it and the land of its bondage , and its tyrants dead upon the shore . Such is the picture of a soul's deliverance , which ...
... desert heaven ; and sees , with an awful joy , breaking forth into triumphal hymns , a broad sea flowing between it and the land of its bondage , and its tyrants dead upon the shore . Such is the picture of a soul's deliverance , which ...
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Page 323 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Page 182 - And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Page 182 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Page 311 - And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Page 385 - And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks ; and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
Page 207 - Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Page 116 - He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee : for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake : for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Page 386 - And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb, as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
Page 284 - Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today : for the Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Page 364 - The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.