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... pain . But what shall we say of the long ages of pagan dark- ness , when men were not feeling after God only , but cry- ing for Him , shrieking to Him , were maiming their quivering flesh and torturing their shuddering hearts , because ...
... pain . But what shall we say of the long ages of pagan dark- ness , when men were not feeling after God only , but cry- ing for Him , shrieking to Him , were maiming their quivering flesh and torturing their shuddering hearts , because ...
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... pain . The early labourers are the en- viable ; the late labourers are the pitiable . But God in His boundless grace adds a boundless gift to all : " the gift of God , " which " is eternal life , through Jesus Christ our Lord . " But ...
... pain . The early labourers are the en- viable ; the late labourers are the pitiable . But God in His boundless grace adds a boundless gift to all : " the gift of God , " which " is eternal life , through Jesus Christ our Lord . " But ...
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... pain , and to make life in some due measure a joy . Here are the two poli- cies . How does the text decide ? " Cast thy bread upon the waters for thou shalt find it after many days . " " If E the clouds be full of rain , they empty ...
... pain , and to make life in some due measure a joy . Here are the two poli- cies . How does the text decide ? " Cast thy bread upon the waters for thou shalt find it after many days . " " If E the clouds be full of rain , they empty ...
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... pain . Throw wide the doors of your heart to all comers in the name of the Lord . The sorrows will spring , but the joys will overflow them . Count yourself rich , as you are rich in love . Keen sorrow it must bring , but with it ...
... pain . Throw wide the doors of your heart to all comers in the name of the Lord . The sorrows will spring , but the joys will overflow them . Count yourself rich , as you are rich in love . Keen sorrow it must bring , but with it ...
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... pain . Jacob , on the other hand , led from the first a meditative and interior life . What may be meant by the description , " a plain man , dwelling in tents , " is not very apparent . It certainly does not simply describe a fact in ...
... pain . Jacob , on the other hand , led from the first a meditative and interior life . What may be meant by the description , " a plain man , dwelling in tents , " is not very apparent . It certainly does not simply describe a fact in ...
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Page 113 - And Jesus answered them, saying, "The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone : but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
Page 51 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 84 - By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Page 90 - The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Shar'on, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
Page 112 - Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behooved him to be made like unto his brethren...
Page 109 - FOR the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices, which they offered year by year continually, make the comers thereunto perfect.
Page 58 - And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land ; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Page 126 - Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils ; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron ; forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
Page 112 - For both He that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one : for which cause He is not ashamed to call them brethren...
Page 101 - He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.