The Parable of the Ten Virgins: In Six Discourses, and a Sermon on the Judgeship of the Saints |
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... HONORS ..... .............................. 105-127 SIXTH DISCOURSE . THE APPLICATION - DUTY OF WATCHFULNESS - THE OBJECT TO WHICH IT IS TO BE DIRECTED - WHAT IS IMPLIED IN IT- GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE LESSONS INCULCATED BY THIS PARABLE ...
... HONORS ..... .............................. 105-127 SIXTH DISCOURSE . THE APPLICATION - DUTY OF WATCHFULNESS - THE OBJECT TO WHICH IT IS TO BE DIRECTED - WHAT IS IMPLIED IN IT- GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE LESSONS INCULCATED BY THIS PARABLE ...
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... honors of the world to come . It refers to a state of things preceding the second advent of Christ and having special regard to that great event . It is " the kingdom of heaven " which is meant to be illustrated , —not , indeed , in ...
... honors of the world to come . It refers to a state of things preceding the second advent of Christ and having special regard to that great event . It is " the kingdom of heaven " which is meant to be illustrated , —not , indeed , in ...
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... honors of " the Church of the first - born . " It re- quires more , even , than chaste virginity of cha- racter and sincerity of faith and profession . To all this there must be added a wise discreetness , which never rests whilst there ...
... honors of " the Church of the first - born . " It re- quires more , even , than chaste virginity of cha- racter and sincerity of faith and profession . To all this there must be added a wise discreetness , which never rests whilst there ...
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... honors of the kingdom . And to inter- pret the sleep in which Christ finds them at his coming as denoting any thing carnal , or the preva- lence of a spiritual stupor akin to that of the unre- generate , would quite obliterate the ...
... honors of the kingdom . And to inter- pret the sleep in which Christ finds them at his coming as denoting any thing carnal , or the preva- lence of a spiritual stupor akin to that of the unre- generate , would quite obliterate the ...
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... honors to which they aspired . And just in this moment of busy haste and required preparation , five of these maidens found that their oil was exhausted and their lamps about to expire . Strange and vexatious discovery to be made in a ...
... honors to which they aspired . And just in this moment of busy haste and required preparation , five of these maidens found that their oil was exhausted and their lamps about to expire . Strange and vexatious discovery to be made in a ...
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Page 129 - For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Page 128 - But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready : for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Page 136 - For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.
Page 9 - And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness : and thou shalt know the Lord.
Page 117 - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead.
Page 111 - He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
Page 101 - JERUSALEM ! my happy home ! Name ever dear to me ! When shall my labours have an end, In joy, and peace, and thee...
Page 129 - Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning ; and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding ; that when he cometh and knocketh, they -may open unto him immediately.
Page 146 - And there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars, and upon the earth distress of nations with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring, men's hearts failing them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth ; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Page 129 - Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day : we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others ; but let us watch and be sober.