Heaven: Or An Earnest and Scriptural Inquiry Into the Abode of the Sainted DeadLindsay and Blakiston, 1853 - 282 pages |
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... become Christians of the highest order , give unusual interest and value to the volume . We hope it may be extensively read . - Lutheran Observer . We have read the above work with much pleasure . It is gotten up in handsome style , and ...
... become Christians of the highest order , give unusual interest and value to the volume . We hope it may be extensively read . - Lutheran Observer . We have read the above work with much pleasure . It is gotten up in handsome style , and ...
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... become the happy heirs of " an inheritance incorrupt- ible , and undefiled , and that fadeth not away , reserved in Heaven . " LANCASTER CITY , September 4 , 1850 . 1 * CONTENTS . wwwwm PREFACE to the First Edition Preface to PREFACE TO ...
... become the happy heirs of " an inheritance incorrupt- ible , and undefiled , and that fadeth not away , reserved in Heaven . " LANCASTER CITY , September 4 , 1850 . 1 * CONTENTS . wwwwm PREFACE to the First Edition Preface to PREFACE TO ...
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... becomes a subject of still deeper anxiety and greater longing ; we are exiles on our way home , already are we driving fast and far upon the sea of life : and ought we not to look anxiously towards our landing - place on eternal shores ...
... becomes a subject of still deeper anxiety and greater longing ; we are exiles on our way home , already are we driving fast and far upon the sea of life : and ought we not to look anxiously towards our landing - place on eternal shores ...
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... become great admirers of Washington , and consequently get also an increased desire to understand his character more fully . They will now read more extensive biographies , and read them more closely , endeavouring at the same time to ...
... become great admirers of Washington , and consequently get also an increased desire to understand his character more fully . They will now read more extensive biographies , and read them more closely , endeavouring at the same time to ...
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... become a different heaven to those who by great familiarity with all that pertains to it in the Bible , make it a subject of careful , persevering , and deep meditation . It requires , also , a heart in full and earnest sympa- thy with ...
... become a different heaven to those who by great familiarity with all that pertains to it in the Bible , make it a subject of careful , persevering , and deep meditation . It requires , also , a heart in full and earnest sympa- thy with ...
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Page 206 - not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his death ? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death ; that like as Christ was raised up from the dead, by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life...
Page 215 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night...
Page 210 - That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
Page 241 - But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life ; for I am not better than my fathers.
Page 73 - In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
Page 75 - But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
Page 143 - to be absent from the body, is to be present with the Lord.
Page 179 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Page 30 - And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled, and why do thoughts arise in your hearts ? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see ; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands and his feet.
Page 110 - For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.