Heaven: Or An Earnest and Scriptural Inquiry Into the Abode of the Sainted DeadLindsay and Blakiston, 1853 - 282 pages |
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... visions of that heavenly land towards which our yearning hearts are aspiring ? There is no subject upon which the mind ought to dwell more frequently , more joyfully , and more deeply , than that state of existence which lies beyond the ...
... visions of that heavenly land towards which our yearning hearts are aspiring ? There is no subject upon which the mind ought to dwell more frequently , more joyfully , and more deeply , than that state of existence which lies beyond the ...
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... visions , though it was darkly , of a better land ! " These all died in faith , not having received the promises , but having seen them afar off , and were persuaded of them , and embraced them , and confessed that they were strangers ...
... visions , though it was darkly , of a better land ! " These all died in faith , not having received the promises , but having seen them afar off , and were persuaded of them , and embraced them , and confessed that they were strangers ...
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... visions in the twilight . Here , there are objects seen with some distinctness , and in a certain kind of order , too , but still in the mist of twilight , so that what seems to be order and beauty , will still be seen to be distorted ...
... visions in the twilight . Here , there are objects seen with some distinctness , and in a certain kind of order , too , but still in the mist of twilight , so that what seems to be order and beauty , will still be seen to be distorted ...
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... vision and to entangle the aspiring hopes of God's saints . We think it will be seen that there are in the future world only two places , a place of happiness and of misery , in accordance with the plain and constant tes- timony of ...
... vision and to entangle the aspiring hopes of God's saints . We think it will be seen that there are in the future world only two places , a place of happiness and of misery , in accordance with the plain and constant tes- timony of ...
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... vision of God , and to partake of the pure joys of a sinless world ! Is it , then , by this long and dreary way that the tired soul must ascend to God and its final rest ? Must the spirit which longs and * Knapp's Theology , vol . 2 , p ...
... vision of God , and to partake of the pure joys of a sinless world ! Is it , then , by this long and dreary way that the tired soul must ascend to God and its final rest ? Must the spirit which longs and * Knapp's Theology , vol . 2 , p ...
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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.