Thoughts on Religious Experience: To which is Added an Appendix Containing "Letters to the Aged," &c. &c |
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... glory ; but you can easily look back , and remember the time , when you were as un- concerned about your salvation , as any of the gay , who are now fluttering around you . The same power which arrested you , is able to stop their mad ...
... glory ; but you can easily look back , and remember the time , when you were as un- concerned about your salvation , as any of the gay , who are now fluttering around you . The same power which arrested you , is able to stop their mad ...
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... glory of God . When such a convic- tion as this is experienced , the soul is commonly nigh to comfort , although at the moment it is common to entertain the opinion , that there is no salvation for it . It is wonderful , and almost ...
... glory of God . When such a convic- tion as this is experienced , the soul is commonly nigh to comfort , although at the moment it is common to entertain the opinion , that there is no salvation for it . It is wonderful , and almost ...
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... glory to which every child of God is born an heir ! But this being a birth from above , and all the blessings and privileges of the young heir , of a hidden and spiritual nature , the world around cannot be expected to take a lively in ...
... glory to which every child of God is born an heir ! But this being a birth from above , and all the blessings and privileges of the young heir , of a hidden and spiritual nature , the world around cannot be expected to take a lively in ...
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... glory , for ever and ever , Amen . ' As I read these words , there came into my soul , and was as it were diffused through it , a sense of the glory of the Divine Being ; a new sense , quite different from any thing I ever experienced ...
... glory , for ever and ever , Amen . ' As I read these words , there came into my soul , and was as it were diffused through it , a sense of the glory of the Divine Being ; a new sense , quite different from any thing I ever experienced ...
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... glory for his efforts , all this must be so brought out , that their number may be counted and published to the world . Alas ! alas ! poor human nature ! I believe that all respectable denominations , among us , are be- coming more and ...
... glory for his efforts , all this must be so brought out , that their number may be counted and published to the world . Alas ! alas ! poor human nature ! I believe that all respectable denominations , among us , are be- coming more and ...
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Page 299 - Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the LORD : (for we walk by faith, not by sight :) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the LORD.
Page 316 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no meat ; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls : Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 283 - Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven...
Page 316 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 355 - He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Page 109 - For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
Page 299 - For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven : if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
Page 357 - Though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Page 293 - Should sudden vengeance seize my breath, I must pronounce thee just in death ; And if my soul were sent to hell, Thy righteous law approves it well.
Page 330 - ... the earth shall be full of the knowledge of God, as the waters cover the sea.