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... light XIV . The tent struck ..... .... XV . The wild goat upon the mountains XVI . Gold in the furnace XVII . Wine on the lees XVIII . The early dew XIX . The race ........ XX . The faithful steward XXI . The great Physician XXII . The ...
... light XIV . The tent struck ..... .... XV . The wild goat upon the mountains XVI . Gold in the furnace XVII . Wine on the lees XVIII . The early dew XIX . The race ........ XX . The faithful steward XXI . The great Physician XXII . The ...
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... light , the folly that is natural to him more than the wisdom that is from above . He cannot bear to sacri- fice his sloth , and lusts , and passions ; nor to continue day by day in the paths of prayer and self - denial . And so it ...
... light , the folly that is natural to him more than the wisdom that is from above . He cannot bear to sacri- fice his sloth , and lusts , and passions ; nor to continue day by day in the paths of prayer and self - denial . And so it ...
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... light . " Eph . v . 14 . " And he kneeled down , and cried with a loud voice , Lord , lay not this sin to their charge . And when he had said this , he fell asleep . " Acts vii . 60. - See also Ps . xiii . 3. Rom . xiii . 11. 1 Cor . xv ...
... light . " Eph . v . 14 . " And he kneeled down , and cried with a loud voice , Lord , lay not this sin to their charge . And when he had said this , he fell asleep . " Acts vii . 60. - See also Ps . xiii . 3. Rom . xiii . 11. 1 Cor . xv ...
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... light . " How loath are we for the most part to be disturbed and to rouse ourselves ! how fond are we of our vain dreams ! how slow to be- lieve in their vanity , and to open our eyes to what is true and real ! When the word comes to us ...
... light . " How loath are we for the most part to be disturbed and to rouse ourselves ! how fond are we of our vain dreams ! how slow to be- lieve in their vanity , and to open our eyes to what is true and real ! When the word comes to us ...
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... light . " How long do we resist His holy will , although we owe to Him the unnumbered mercies which are daily vouchsafed to us ! If He chastens and corrects us for our good , we are too often but the more rebellious ; 21 Pet . iii . 10 ...
... light . " How long do we resist His holy will , although we owe to Him the unnumbered mercies which are daily vouchsafed to us ! If He chastens and corrects us for our good , we are too often but the more rebellious ; 21 Pet . iii . 10 ...
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Popular passages
Page 74 - ... and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, and the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low...
Page 56 - For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
Page 44 - Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended : but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Page 60 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee : nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Page 36 - Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
Page 65 - These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Page 25 - How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Page 74 - Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 2.
Page 63 - And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And He saith unto them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Page 34 - Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; "knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.