Christian Consolations: Sermons Designed to Furnish Comfort and Strength to the AfflictedWalker, Wise and Company, 1864 - 438 pages |
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... passing the meridian of life , and of those still young almost all look forward to length of days upon earth . I would now address those who feel that they are growing old , or who hope to become old , and would offer them such coun ...
... passing the meridian of life , and of those still young almost all look forward to length of days upon earth . I would now address those who feel that they are growing old , or who hope to become old , and would offer them such coun ...
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... pass a happy old age , let us not forsake the communion of our departed friends . If we live on , their number must soon equal , and then exceed , that of the surviving . However assiduous and tender may be the minis- try of newer and ...
... pass a happy old age , let us not forsake the communion of our departed friends . If we live on , their number must soon equal , and then exceed , that of the surviving . However assiduous and tender may be the minis- try of newer and ...
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... pass them by unnoticed . The experience of all of us is so much alike , that we cease to marvel at it . The Lord our God leads us all in a way so wonderful and so merciful , that it seems a worn and com- mon path , with nothing upon it ...
... pass them by unnoticed . The experience of all of us is so much alike , that we cease to marvel at it . The Lord our God leads us all in a way so wonderful and so merciful , that it seems a worn and com- mon path , with nothing upon it ...
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... pass a single hour in comfort . Is this , my hearer , an hour of peace and happiness ? Are you sound in body , free from pain and infirmity , without any heavy burden on your mind , any outward source of grief , or any secret sorrow ...
... pass a single hour in comfort . Is this , my hearer , an hour of peace and happiness ? Are you sound in body , free from pain and infirmity , without any heavy burden on your mind , any outward source of grief , or any secret sorrow ...
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... pass our daily path , from the watchful love that guards our nightly rest , come there not invita- tions , loud and many - voiced , to consecrate our lives to Him who loves us all , and whose tender mercies are over all his works ? And ...
... pass our daily path , from the watchful love that guards our nightly rest , come there not invita- tions , loud and many - voiced , to consecrate our lives to Him who loves us all , and whose tender mercies are over all his works ? And ...
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Page 50 - The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice ; the floods lift up their waves. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
Page 138 - And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
Page 79 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 113 - ... though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
Page 432 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all.
Page 80 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 296 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Page 231 - hath * no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it : for the glory of God " doth * lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Page 229 - Be merciful after thy power. If thou hast much, give plenteously; if thou hast little, do thy diligence gladly to give of that little: for so gatherest thou thyself a good reward in the day of necessity.
Page 192 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.