Letters of the Rev. S. Rutherford: With an Introductory EssayW. Collins, 1827 - 342 pages |
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... eternity ; and you have to rejoice that one belonging to you is now in heaven . Build your nest upon no tree here ; for you see God hath sold the forest to death ; and every tree upon which we would rest , is ready to be cut down , to ...
... eternity ; and you have to rejoice that one belonging to you is now in heaven . Build your nest upon no tree here ; for you see God hath sold the forest to death ; and every tree upon which we would rest , is ready to be cut down , to ...
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... eternity . The Lord hath told you what you should be doing till he come ; " wait and hasten ( saith Peter , ) for the coming of the Lord ; " all is night that is here , in respect of ignorance and daily ensuing troubles , one always ...
... eternity . The Lord hath told you what you should be doing till he come ; " wait and hasten ( saith Peter , ) for the coming of the Lord ; " all is night that is here , in respect of ignorance and daily ensuing troubles , one always ...
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... eternity hard upon you ? It were time , then , that you had your wedding - garment prepared : be not sleeping at your Lord's coming . I pray God , you may be in readiness when he knocketh . Be not discouraged to go from this country to ...
... eternity hard upon you ? It were time , then , that you had your wedding - garment prepared : be not sleeping at your Lord's coming . I pray God , you may be in readiness when he knocketh . Be not discouraged to go from this country to ...
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... eternity , and look back again to the waters , and your wearisome jour- ney , and shall see nearer to the bottom of God's wisdom , in the clear glass of endless glory ; you shall then be forced to say , if God had done otherwise with me ...
... eternity , and look back again to the waters , and your wearisome jour- ney , and shall see nearer to the bottom of God's wisdom , in the clear glass of endless glory ; you shall then be forced to say , if God had done otherwise with me ...
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... eternity , and know not how soon the sky above your head shall open , and the Son of man be seen " in the clouds of heaven , " what better and wiser course can you take , than to leave off loving , desiring , or grieving , for the wants ...
... eternity , and know not how soon the sky above your head shall open , and the Son of man be seen " in the clouds of heaven , " what better and wiser course can you take , than to leave off loving , desiring , or grieving , for the wants ...
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Page vii - And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day...
Page v - Jesus arose and followed him, and so did his disciples. (And behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment : For she said within herself, if I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
Page 61 - Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God ; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.
Page 367 - And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
Page v - And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
Page 359 - Thy words were found, and I did eat them ; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of Hosts.
Page 369 - In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. 24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land : 25 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
Page 79 - I beheld, and lo ! a great multitude, which no man can number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues...
Page 369 - And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, And to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also.
Page 353 - Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father ; 4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.