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... leaving , keep the closer to the rock , whilst we reflect on the benefits of the tempest . Do you not now feel the presence of God ? Is it not a most consoling assurance , that the wind and the rain obey his word ? that he is at this ...
... leaving , keep the closer to the rock , whilst we reflect on the benefits of the tempest . Do you not now feel the presence of God ? Is it not a most consoling assurance , that the wind and the rain obey his word ? that he is at this ...
Page 133
... leaving a train of light ; but the second , which appeared on the 9th of July , 1686 , at half - past one in the morning , had a much more portentous appearance : it was a ball of fire with a tail so luminous as to enable the beholders ...
... leaving a train of light ; but the second , which appeared on the 9th of July , 1686 , at half - past one in the morning , had a much more portentous appearance : it was a ball of fire with a tail so luminous as to enable the beholders ...
Page 136
... It was like a globe of fire moving eastward , leaving a silvery track behind it : within a few seconds it suddenly vanished . " " A beautiful meteor attracted much observation on the 18th August , 1783 , in several 136 CONVERSATION VII .
... It was like a globe of fire moving eastward , leaving a silvery track behind it : within a few seconds it suddenly vanished . " " A beautiful meteor attracted much observation on the 18th August , 1783 , in several 136 CONVERSATION VII .
Page 137
... leaving a train behind them ; and yielding a light so brilliant as to illumine every object ; and in its circuit southward it was con- tinually dropping , or casting off sparks . This beautiful meteor ascended from the north , like the ...
... leaving a train behind them ; and yielding a light so brilliant as to illumine every object ; and in its circuit southward it was con- tinually dropping , or casting off sparks . This beautiful meteor ascended from the north , like the ...
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... leaving a train behind . This tremu- lous and stationary appearance is gene- rally remarked in meteors after their course is ended , just before their explo- sion . The second meteor was not so large as the remarkable one of August ...
... leaving a train behind . This tremu- lous and stationary appearance is gene- rally remarked in meteors after their course is ended , just before their explo- sion . The second meteor was not so large as the remarkable one of August ...
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Page 110 - 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 110 - I send thee, to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Page 164 - The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake : but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
Page 48 - And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man : for the Lord fought for Israel.
Page 160 - Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not ; and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say,. We are delivered to do all these abominations...
Page 18 - Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Page 172 - And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you...
Page 16 - Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain : that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Page 20 - And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it : for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it : and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day : for there shall be no night there.