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... heaven ; a hope which I need hardly tell you , is utterly vain . God requires no such sufferings . All which he requires of you is , that you should repent , and accept of Christ as your Saviour . And have you done these things ? If not ...
... heaven ; a hope which I need hardly tell you , is utterly vain . God requires no such sufferings . All which he requires of you is , that you should repent , and accept of Christ as your Saviour . And have you done these things ? If not ...
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... heaven of India . This is the heaven to which it is said the widow goes , after she has burned herself to death on the funeral pile of her husband . Its palaces are of the purest gold ; and such are the quantities of diamonds , and ...
... heaven of India . This is the heaven to which it is said the widow goes , after she has burned herself to death on the funeral pile of her husband . Its palaces are of the purest gold ; and such are the quantities of diamonds , and ...
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... heaven where Brumha chiefly resides . This far ex- ceeds all the other heavens in point of beauty . In the inferior worlds it is said that there are one hundred thousand hells . These are provided for such as have been great crimi- nals ...
... heaven where Brumha chiefly resides . This far ex- ceeds all the other heavens in point of beauty . In the inferior worlds it is said that there are one hundred thousand hells . These are provided for such as have been great crimi- nals ...
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... heavens of the gods ; or commit crimes which may be the means of their being sent again to the abodes of misery . Things will go on in this way until the universe comes to an end , when every thing is to disappear and to be swallowed up ...
... heavens of the gods ; or commit crimes which may be the means of their being sent again to the abodes of misery . Things will go on in this way until the universe comes to an end , when every thing is to disappear and to be swallowed up ...
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... heaven -the heaven of India . This cruel ceremony , which is called the Suttee , has been abolished in the British dominions of India , but is , I fear , practised to an awful extent in some of the native Rajah's territories . Even ...
... heaven -the heaven of India . This cruel ceremony , which is called the Suttee , has been abolished in the British dominions of India , but is , I fear , practised to an awful extent in some of the native Rajah's territories . Even ...
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Page 187 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you...
Page 187 - I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Page 25 - And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Page 18 - Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep : If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.
Page 88 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared • not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
Page 153 - God is a spirit, and they who worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Page 90 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Page 33 - Some remain all day with their heads on the ground and their feet in the air, some cram their eyes with mud and their mouths with straw. One man may be seen lying with his...
Page 219 - Rise, touched with gratitude divine — Turn out his enemy and thine, — That soul-destroying monster, sin, And let the heavenly Stranger in. 5. Admit him, ere his anger burn, — His feet departed, ne'er return ; Admit him, or the hour's at hand You'll at his door rejected stand.
Page 70 - O for this love let rocks and hills Their lasting silence break, And all harmonious human tongues The Saviour's praises speak.