Future Life of the GoodJoseph Dowe, 1839 - 108 pages |
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... better fitted to continue it hereafter . It consists of the conceptions which the pure and virtuous have formed here the foretastes of heaven which have been awakened on earth ; and if it have the happy effect of leading the sorrowful ...
... better fitted to continue it hereafter . It consists of the conceptions which the pure and virtuous have formed here the foretastes of heaven which have been awakened on earth ; and if it have the happy effect of leading the sorrowful ...
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... land where they had been brought up together , to another land , which is distant indeed , but far better ; and to be equally necessary that they should re- move , not all together but one by one , 2 * FUTURE LIFE OF THE GOOD . 13.
... land where they had been brought up together , to another land , which is distant indeed , but far better ; and to be equally necessary that they should re- move , not all together but one by one , 2 * FUTURE LIFE OF THE GOOD . 13.
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... better , than others , and have associations with them so interwo- ven with our earthly or former life , that they can scarcely be destroyed or disturbed except with our consciousness and memory . Nor can we see that the restoration of ...
... better , than others , and have associations with them so interwo- ven with our earthly or former life , that they can scarcely be destroyed or disturbed except with our consciousness and memory . Nor can we see that the restoration of ...
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... better country will be the great and final meeting - place . The ground of this par- ticular affection is , the relation which individ- uals have held toward each other in this life ; and this life , though short in duration , and poor ...
... better country will be the great and final meeting - place . The ground of this par- ticular affection is , the relation which individ- uals have held toward each other in this life ; and this life , though short in duration , and poor ...
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... better than any other , and on which better than on any other we like to dwell . Though we fully believe that the wicked will be punished hereafter , and will not undertake to deny that they may not retain their wicked . dispositions ...
... better than any other , and on which better than on any other we like to dwell . Though we fully believe that the wicked will be punished hereafter , and will not undertake to deny that they may not retain their wicked . dispositions ...
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Page 82 - For we know in part, and we prophesy in part; but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.
Page 68 - And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes ? and whence came they ? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Page 5 - appeareth not (to the sight of ourselves or others) what we shall be ; yet then when Christ who is our life shall appear, we also shall appear with him in glory ;
Page 73 - Still more particularly it foreshows a period, " when the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard lie down with the kid ; and the calf, and the young lion, and the failing together ; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 28 - Thy will be done — I will not fear The fate provided by thy love ; Though clouds and darkness shroud me here, I know that all is bright above. The stars of heaven are shining on, Though these frail eyes are dim with tears ; The hopes of earth indeed are gone, But are not ours th
Page 28 - THY will be done! I will not fear The fate provided by thy love ; Though clouds and darkness shroud me here, I know that all is bright above. 2 The stars of heaven are shining on, Though these frail eyes are dimmed with tears; The hopes of earth indeed are gone, But are not ours the immortal years?
Page 52 - Might but a little part, A wandering breath, of that high melody Descend into my heart, And change it till it be Transformed and swallowed up, O love! in thee: Ah! then my soul should know, Beloved! where thou liest at noon of day; And from this place of woe Released, should take its way To mingle with thy flock, and never stray.
Page 62 - Men shall be blessed in him, and all nations shall call him blessed.
Page 53 - T'HE earth, all light and loveliness, In summer's golden hours, Shines, in her bridal vesture clad, And crowned with festal flowers, — So radiantly beautiful, So like to heaven above, We scarce can deem more fair that world Of perfect bliss and love.
Page 31 - IF death my friend and me divide, Thou dost not, Lord, my sorrow chide, Or frown my tears to see : Restrained from passionate excess, Thou bidst me mourn in calm distress, For them that rest in thee.