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... feeling , whose pursuits and whose pleasures , are altogether alien from theirs ; and scattered " strangers , as being not merely far from home , but often far from each other , and but imperfectly enjoying the comfort and support ...
... feeling , whose pursuits and whose pleasures , are altogether alien from theirs ; and scattered " strangers , as being not merely far from home , but often far from each other , and but imperfectly enjoying the comfort and support ...
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... feel that here we are " strangers of the dispersion , " and are waiting for " the gathering together , " at the period when all the citizens of heaven shall be assem- bled in the New Jerusalem , where all the children of God shall be ...
... feel that here we are " strangers of the dispersion , " and are waiting for " the gathering together , " at the period when all the citizens of heaven shall be assem- bled in the New Jerusalem , where all the children of God shall be ...
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... feel gratitude to God for his abundant goodness , we shall express it not merely by our lips , but by our lives . Constrained by " the mercy of God , we shall present our bodies , ourselves , living sacrifices , holy , and acceptable ...
... feel gratitude to God for his abundant goodness , we shall express it not merely by our lips , but by our lives . Constrained by " the mercy of God , we shall present our bodies , ourselves , living sacrifices , holy , and acceptable ...
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... feel that our happiness would be in- creased were we allowed to see his face , and to hear his voice ; for we are sure " his voice is sweet , and his countenance is comely . " " 2 But not merely is Jesus Christ , the great object of his ...
... feel that our happiness would be in- creased were we allowed to see his face , and to hear his voice ; for we are sure " his voice is sweet , and his countenance is comely . " " 2 But not merely is Jesus Christ , the great object of his ...
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... feeling that he is saved but in hope , he sighs out , " How long , O Lord , how long ? " " When shall I come and appear before God ? " 1 66 This heaviness of heart is but for a season - it is , at least in an oppressive degree , not ...
... feeling that he is saved but in hope , he sighs out , " How long , O Lord , how long ? " " When shall I come and appear before God ? " 1 66 This heaviness of heart is but for a season - it is , at least in an oppressive degree , not ...
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Page 202 - He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Page 105 - ... forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot...
Page 301 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 274 - Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey ; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness...
Page 698 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Page 412 - O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. "So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Page 428 - For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: " let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Page 89 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ...
Page 633 - If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
Page 381 - So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh ; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church : for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery : but I speak concerning Christ and the church.