 | Christian giving - 1871 - 426 pages
...higher position in life than the average one ; for character has an earthly reward, and godliness hath the promise of this life as well as of that which is to come. We therefore conclude, that there is nothing in the outward condition of British Christians... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - Congregational churches - 1873 - 500 pages
...prevail. More and more may moderation be known among all men. We pray for the spread of religion, that has the promise of this life as well as of that which is to oorne. And we beseech of thee that thy name may be glorified in the welfare of Uiis great people,... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1873 - 614 pages
...and faithful life in the year that is before us. The commandment of the Lord is not grievous. And it has the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come. If obedience to it does not promise us temporal wealth, it assures us of the true riches.... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - Congregational churches - 1873 - 510 pages
...truth which age after age sets its seal to ; namely, " Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come." And listen also to that other and greater utterance — " Seek ye first the kingdom of God,... | |
 | Society of Friends - 1874 - 620 pages
...of immortality : but they detract nothing from the dignity and importance of Time ; faith has still the promise of this life as well as of that which is to come. The indefinite longing which we imagine most men feel not to waste their lives — to do some... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1877 - 326 pages
...existence, to which the present life is but a stepping-stone. Happily, however, the effort to use it aright has the promise of this life, as well as "of that which is to come;" and those people do best for themselves in this world who fit themselves best for the other... | |
 | Benson Bailey - Lay preaching - 1877 - 644 pages
...shall prosper. It does not mean £hat every worldly enterprise shall prosper, although godliness hath the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come. It is in his similitude as a tree planted by the rivers of water that he shall prospei . As... | |
 | Walter John Trower (bp. of Gibraltar.) - 1877 - 426 pages
...as a proof of God's wrath, far less of His curse. But still the Christian has in a certain sense, ' the promise of this life as well as of that which is to come ;'' and there can be no question that the effect of the Divine blessing is to make even common... | |
 | Robert Philip - 1879 - 362 pages
...these opportunities. Remember, then, the real connection of death with religion — Godliness hath the promise of this life as well as of that which is to come. To all of whom it can be truly said, ' Ye are Christ's,' God says, ' All things are yours,... | |
 | John Talbot Coke - 1880 - 150 pages
...truth-telling Image. If you do not believe the teacher, believe him who experienced that ' Godliness hath the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come.' " He experienced it who taught it, this Prelate full of (76) years, happy in a pious and... | |
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which has the promise of this life as well as of that which is to come. 
