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... desire it ; and when the hour comes that calls us from the busy , anxious rounds of life to rest on the bed of refreshment and ease , we greet it with pleasure . True wisdom will lead us to take a similar view of death ; to look upon it ...
... desire it ; and when the hour comes that calls us from the busy , anxious rounds of life to rest on the bed of refreshment and ease , we greet it with pleasure . True wisdom will lead us to take a similar view of death ; to look upon it ...
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... desire to lie down and die . And even now , much as we love life , and fondly as we cling to it , miserable indeed should we be with the full assurance that we were to exist on the earth for thousands of years , subject to all the ...
... desire to lie down and die . And even now , much as we love life , and fondly as we cling to it , miserable indeed should we be with the full assurance that we were to exist on the earth for thousands of years , subject to all the ...
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... desire exemption . Many there are whose visions seem not to have ex- tended so far as this ; who never think of the tyrant king but with disquietude and gloom ; and to whom the advice to reflect much on death , would sound more like the ...
... desire exemption . Many there are whose visions seem not to have ex- tended so far as this ; who never think of the tyrant king but with disquietude and gloom ; and to whom the advice to reflect much on death , would sound more like the ...
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... desire a future life , it cannot be denied that there is much of doubt and darkness in relation to this subject , even among those who are numbered in the world as the truly enlightened and wise . This doubt exists , not so much because ...
... desire a future life , it cannot be denied that there is much of doubt and darkness in relation to this subject , even among those who are numbered in the world as the truly enlightened and wise . This doubt exists , not so much because ...
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... desire of every living thing . ' Consider for one moment the provi- dential goodness of God . Naturalists inform us ... desire has been instituted , which is not met and satisfied by the same wisdom which call- ed it into action . Apply ...
... desire of every living thing . ' Consider for one moment the provi- dential goodness of God . Naturalists inform us ... desire has been instituted , which is not met and satisfied by the same wisdom which call- ed it into action . Apply ...
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Page 28 - Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to GOD, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Page 123 - Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there.
Page 25 - But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers...
Page 140 - How can it enter into the thoughts of man, that the soul, which is capable of such immense perfections, and of receiving new improvements to all eternity, shall fall away into nothing almost as soon as it is created ? Are such abilities made for no purpose...
Page 159 - And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Page 153 - Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the LORD : (for we walk by faith, not by sight :) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the LORD.
Page 137 - For all flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
Page 83 - Hark! they whisper; Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath?
Page 40 - Therefore let no man glory in men ; for all things are yours, whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come ; all are yours, and ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
Page 35 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...