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... conscience are most poignant . And must not this consequence extend to the next existence ? Although physical suffering may cease with the dissolution of the body , yet I can see no reason why the soul , which in many cases has been the ...
... conscience are most poignant . And must not this consequence extend to the next existence ? Although physical suffering may cease with the dissolution of the body , yet I can see no reason why the soul , which in many cases has been the ...
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... conscience . Almost every confirmed drunkard in moments of soberness suffers the most ex- cruciating mental agony . And what can prevent these consequences from extending to the next existence ? It is the free soul which sins . And can ...
... conscience . Almost every confirmed drunkard in moments of soberness suffers the most ex- cruciating mental agony . And what can prevent these consequences from extending to the next existence ? It is the free soul which sins . And can ...
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... conscience ; and surely they can feel none on this account when admitted to a brighter existence . And although they are unfitted for the higher degrees of celestial enjoyments , still is it not in the power of the universal Father to ...
... conscience ; and surely they can feel none on this account when admitted to a brighter existence . And although they are unfitted for the higher degrees of celestial enjoyments , still is it not in the power of the universal Father to ...
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... conscience . All this and much more is the natural consequence of your honesty ; and all this I pronounce the divine reward of your obedience . And what can prevent these consequences from extending to another existence ? Whatever the ...
... conscience . All this and much more is the natural consequence of your honesty ; and all this I pronounce the divine reward of your obedience . And what can prevent these consequences from extending to another existence ? Whatever the ...
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... conscience . You fear sickness and death and futurity . All this is the natural consequence of your iniquity ; the divine punishment for your diso- bedience of the laws of your Creator . And can these consequences cease with the death ...
... conscience . You fear sickness and death and futurity . All this is the natural consequence of your iniquity ; the divine punishment for your diso- bedience of the laws of your Creator . And can these consequences cease with the death ...
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Page 168 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Page 123 - For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them : but the word preached did not profit them , not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
Page 153 - But rise, and stand upon thy feet : for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee...
Page 111 - ... 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 267 - Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son ; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake : but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Page 151 - Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God : and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men ; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Page 154 - And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
Page 142 - When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Page 250 - But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
Page 48 - Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute : that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation...