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Page 48
... voice of thy holy apos- tle , " O death , where is Now thy sting ! O grave , where is thy victory ! " Thus assured , it is ours to interrogate * Ezek . xxxvii . 3 . the grave concerning its hidden treasures , and to unravel 48.
... voice of thy holy apos- tle , " O death , where is Now thy sting ! O grave , where is thy victory ! " Thus assured , it is ours to interrogate * Ezek . xxxvii . 3 . the grave concerning its hidden treasures , and to unravel 48.
Page 49
Johnson Grant. the grave concerning its hidden treasures , and to unravel many mysterious dealings of Providence . The sorrower can now traverse the field of death , the place of desolation , with calmness . He can mark the green sod ...
Johnson Grant. the grave concerning its hidden treasures , and to unravel many mysterious dealings of Providence . The sorrower can now traverse the field of death , the place of desolation , with calmness . He can mark the green sod ...
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... . This question , philosophically considered -involves another , concerning the na- ture of the human soul . Is the soul or "Then shall the dust return unto the earth it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave.
... . This question , philosophically considered -involves another , concerning the na- ture of the human soul . Is the soul or "Then shall the dust return unto the earth it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave.
Page 83
... satisfy an impertinent curiosity , -little more is known concerning an interme- diate state ; -than the fact that it exists , -and its name , -Hades , -carefully and always distinguished from Gehenna , the place of eternal punishment 83.
... satisfy an impertinent curiosity , -little more is known concerning an interme- diate state ; -than the fact that it exists , -and its name , -Hades , -carefully and always distinguished from Gehenna , the place of eternal punishment 83.
Page 131
... the bodings of conscious iniquity , and the in- ferences of cautious reasoning , it has supplied the defective intelligence of both , by unfolding much concerning the NA- TURE of the punishment , reserved for evil - doers 131.
... the bodings of conscious iniquity , and the in- ferences of cautious reasoning , it has supplied the defective intelligence of both , by unfolding much concerning the NA- TURE of the punishment , reserved for evil - doers 131.
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Page 39 - For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward ; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished ; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Page 125 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat ? Nevertheless we.
Page 83 - Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Page 48 - I will ransom them from the power of the grave ; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: Repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Page 114 - God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
Page 157 - Thou wilt show me the path of life : in thy presence is fulness of joy, and at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Page 123 - Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning : lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Page 7 - For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
Page 13 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
Page 19 - Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O LORD; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.