Heaven: Or, An Earnest and Scriptural Inquiry Into the Abode of the Sainted DeadLindsay and Blakiston, 1851 - 290 pages |
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... happy abode to which they are tending . The difficulties that beset the theme have precluded many from pushing their investigations very far . They rest satisfied with the conviction that heaven is the embodiment of pure and endless ...
... happy abode to which they are tending . The difficulties that beset the theme have precluded many from pushing their investigations very far . They rest satisfied with the conviction that heaven is the embodiment of pure and endless ...
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... happy heirs of " an inheritance incorrupt- ible , and undefiled , and that fadeth not away , reserved in Heaven . " LANCASTER CITY , September 4 , 1850 . 1 * CONTENTS . PREFACE to the First Edition Preface to the PREFACE TO THE SECOND ...
... happy heirs of " an inheritance incorrupt- ible , and undefiled , and that fadeth not away , reserved in Heaven . " LANCASTER CITY , September 4 , 1850 . 1 * CONTENTS . PREFACE to the First Edition Preface to the PREFACE TO THE SECOND ...
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... happy ; and have the gems one by one dropped away from your circle of love ? Has your life become cold and desolate and dreary as a rainy autumnal day ? Look up , child of sorrow , for a bright heaven . " Earth has no sorrows that ...
... happy ; and have the gems one by one dropped away from your circle of love ? Has your life become cold and desolate and dreary as a rainy autumnal day ? Look up , child of sorrow , for a bright heaven . " Earth has no sorrows that ...
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... happy , in a state entirely separated from all that is tangible to our senses . This theory of course traces its origin to the old Platonic notion that matter is essentially evil , and the highest good consists in getting entirely clear ...
... happy , in a state entirely separated from all that is tangible to our senses . This theory of course traces its origin to the old Platonic notion that matter is essentially evil , and the highest good consists in getting entirely clear ...
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... happy spirits of the sainted dead ! We feel , even here upon earth , a comfortable earnest of your celestial joys . The bright landscape of those immortal realms lies before the eyes of our faith in smiles of invitation . We are cheered ...
... happy spirits of the sainted dead ! We feel , even here upon earth , a comfortable earnest of your celestial joys . The bright landscape of those immortal realms lies before the eyes of our faith in smiles of invitation . We are cheered ...
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Page 212 - 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 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 221 - 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 247 - 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 68 - For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
Page 216 - 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 237 - And he went out and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision.
Page 65 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 149 - to be absent from the body, is to be present with the Lord.
Page 72 - Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to Him : for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.