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... eternal life , which God , that cannot lie , promised before the world began . " This is no quicksand basis for faith , no mirage of hope . Heaven is a promised " rest " -exquisitely expressive image ! -and that promise is the word of ...
... eternal life , which God , that cannot lie , promised before the world began . " This is no quicksand basis for faith , no mirage of hope . Heaven is a promised " rest " -exquisitely expressive image ! -and that promise is the word of ...
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... eternal . Oh , who would not live to win and enjoy a heaven so fair , so holy , and so changeless as this ? He who has Christ in his heart enshrines there the inextinguishable , deathless hope of glory . It is a richly instructive and ...
... eternal . Oh , who would not live to win and enjoy a heaven so fair , so holy , and so changeless as this ? He who has Christ in his heart enshrines there the inextinguishable , deathless hope of glory . It is a richly instructive and ...
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... eternal death , and every moment in danger of dropping into hell ? We know their danger ; we see their state ; but do we sympathise with them ? Oh , the misery of their condition as the enemies of God , as led captive by the devil at ...
... eternal death , and every moment in danger of dropping into hell ? We know their danger ; we see their state ; but do we sympathise with them ? Oh , the misery of their condition as the enemies of God , as led captive by the devil at ...
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... eternal death of the soul is worse than the natural death of the body , so we must be more blameable than the heathen if we can see sinners perish and never go out of our way , or stretch out a hand for their rescue . Oh , how unfeeling ...
... eternal death of the soul is worse than the natural death of the body , so we must be more blameable than the heathen if we can see sinners perish and never go out of our way , or stretch out a hand for their rescue . Oh , how unfeeling ...
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... eternal rest . The gentleman who told this tale , said he had frequently held the Bible in his hand ; there were no less than fifty pages stained with the blood of poor James . Teachers , does not this story encourage you ? Will you not ...
... eternal rest . The gentleman who told this tale , said he had frequently held the Bible in his hand ; there were no less than fifty pages stained with the blood of poor James . Teachers , does not this story encourage you ? Will you not ...
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Popular passages
Page 135 - ... for I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
Page 10 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people...
Page 159 - GIVE thanks unto THE LORD, for He is good : For His mercy endureth for ever. Let the redeemed of THE LORD say so, Whom He hath redeemed From the hand of the enemy...
Page 262 - Christ, according to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
Page 225 - And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death ; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
Page 37 - Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the LORD, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters saith the LORD Almighty...
Page 265 - As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him : rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
Page 233 - For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
Page 2 - Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
Page 277 - Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father : for my Father is greater than I.