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... better with the public than it does now . The successful working of the Irish Land Act is greatly strengthening its hands . The Eastern Question is at rest . Afghanistan is settling down to law and good order . The Trans- vaal is quiet ...
... better with the public than it does now . The successful working of the Irish Land Act is greatly strengthening its hands . The Eastern Question is at rest . Afghanistan is settling down to law and good order . The Trans- vaal is quiet ...
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... better wealth than that of earth . While there are rich men that are really poor , there are poor men that are actually rich , — “ Hearken , my beloved brethren , hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith , and heirs of ...
... better wealth than that of earth . While there are rich men that are really poor , there are poor men that are actually rich , — “ Hearken , my beloved brethren , hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith , and heirs of ...
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... better than thanksgiving , ' so we may say that pious living is better than pious talking , and a holy example than the best of verbal appeals ; for the former may , possibly , come only from the lips , while the latter is from the ...
... better than thanksgiving , ' so we may say that pious living is better than pious talking , and a holy example than the best of verbal appeals ; for the former may , possibly , come only from the lips , while the latter is from the ...
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... Better than all praise are the follow- ing facts : - " Burke spent much of the last two days of his life in reading it ; said that he derived much comfort from it , and that if he lived he should thank Wilberforce for having sent such a ...
... Better than all praise are the follow- ing facts : - " Burke spent much of the last two days of his life in reading it ; said that he derived much comfort from it , and that if he lived he should thank Wilberforce for having sent such a ...
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... better life . Among the number was the late Thomas Menear . He admired the Bible Christian preachers , for their plainness and simplicity of preaching and appearance . Their loving , holy lives , especially induced him to say , " This ...
... better life . Among the number was the late Thomas Menear . He admired the Bible Christian preachers , for their plainness and simplicity of preaching and appearance . Their loving , holy lives , especially induced him to say , " This ...
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Page 351 - Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
Page 535 - And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Page 343 - And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? "For the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Page 57 - Melancholy has her sovran shrine, Though seen of none save him whose strenuous tongue Can burst Joy's grape against his palate fine; His soul shall taste the sadness of her might, And be among her cloudy trophies hung.
Page 447 - I hate him for he is a Christian ; But more for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
Page 533 - For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish : to the one we are the savour of death unto death ; and to the other the savour of life unto life.
Page 5 - For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality; then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
Page 128 - I'LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 529 - Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not ; but have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but, by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
Page 264 - After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.