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... adversity ? Someone has answered , Because it is the commoner state . The lot of God's people is , on the whole , one of happiness . Seasons of suffer- ing there are , indeed ; and they are vividly remembered - just as an obstruction in ...
... adversity ? Someone has answered , Because it is the commoner state . The lot of God's people is , on the whole , one of happiness . Seasons of suffer- ing there are , indeed ; and they are vividly remembered - just as an obstruction in ...
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... people in every variety of fortune , seeing to it that all things work together for their good . Verse 2 is a perfect picture of prosperity ; but verse 3 is a picture of adversity . I. THE FAINTING - FITS OF THE SOUL . " 57.
... people in every variety of fortune , seeing to it that all things work together for their good . Verse 2 is a perfect picture of prosperity ; but verse 3 is a picture of adversity . I. THE FAINTING - FITS OF THE SOUL . " 57.
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... adversity , when the pulse of life is low and hope has almost died out of the heart . This is the case even in the Christian life . On the whole , it is a life of joy — it is the happiest of all lives - yet it has its seasons 58 The ...
... adversity , when the pulse of life is low and hope has almost died out of the heart . This is the case even in the Christian life . On the whole , it is a life of joy — it is the happiest of all lives - yet it has its seasons 58 The ...
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... adversity has lasted long , He causes it to be followed by a time of prosperity ; and the joy of His goodness is all the greater because of the contrast with preceding suffer- ing . The night may be dark , but the 64 The Psalm of Psalms.
... adversity has lasted long , He causes it to be followed by a time of prosperity ; and the joy of His goodness is all the greater because of the contrast with preceding suffer- ing . The night may be dark , but the 64 The Psalm of Psalms.
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... adversity is the pathway to prosperity , and apparent calamity is only the disguise in which good fortune is for a little concealed . One of the most famous men of our century has put it on record that what appeared the misfortunes of ...
... adversity is the pathway to prosperity , and apparent calamity is only the disguise in which good fortune is for a little concealed . One of the most famous men of our century has put it on record that what appeared the misfortunes of ...
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Page 107 - Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? and this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come.
Page 121 - Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Page 123 - I have set the Lord always before me : Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Page 33 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 27 - But none of the ransomed ever knew How deep were the waters crossed; Nor how dark was the night that the Lord passed through Ere He found His sheep that was lost Out in the desert He heard its cry, Sick, and helpless, and ready to die. "Lord, whence are those blood-drops all the way, That mark out the mountain's track?" "They were shed for one who had gone astray Ere the Shepherd could bring him back.
Page 123 - For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt shew me the path of life : in thy presence is fulness of joy ; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Page 119 - What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit ? Shall the dust praise thee ? shall it declare thy truth ? 10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me : LORD, be thou my helper.
Page 119 - For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Page 118 - Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; A land of darkness, as darkness itself; And of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as darkness.
Page 39 - Verily I say unto you ; There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.