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... passed in another state than this , even an eternal one . Thoughts like these , naturally arising out of the great subject of Advent , seem to lead us to shape our meditations thus : -The diffi- culty of realizing our Lord's coming , as ...
... passed in another state than this , even an eternal one . Thoughts like these , naturally arising out of the great subject of Advent , seem to lead us to shape our meditations thus : -The diffi- culty of realizing our Lord's coming , as ...
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... passing from perhaps a light jest , or a trifling thought , or a festal moment , to the presence of his God , who would expect that the Church shall then , so to speak , be taken at a disadvantage , when fierce passions are raging even ...
... passing from perhaps a light jest , or a trifling thought , or a festal moment , to the presence of his God , who would expect that the Church shall then , so to speak , be taken at a disadvantage , when fierce passions are raging even ...
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... passed through their minds . Take but one example . Suppose the great Judge to arraign me in the matter of one day of my childhood , and I were charged thus : That at such a time in it I disobeyed my parents ; at such another time I ...
... passed through their minds . Take but one example . Suppose the great Judge to arraign me in the matter of one day of my childhood , and I were charged thus : That at such a time in it I disobeyed my parents ; at such another time I ...
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... passed away . Think then how infinitely this difficulty must be multiplied , when we have to deal with not a day nor an hour , nor one frame of mind , nor one set of sins , but every hour of all days of this whole life . And then ...
... passed away . Think then how infinitely this difficulty must be multiplied , when we have to deal with not a day nor an hour , nor one frame of mind , nor one set of sins , but every hour of all days of this whole life . And then ...
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... All our past life must be spread out before us , delineated with far more accuracy than the most perfect map delineates to the traveller the country he has passed through . The delineation must be ( for 24 IN ADVENT .
... All our past life must be spread out before us , delineated with far more accuracy than the most perfect map delineates to the traveller the country he has passed through . The delineation must be ( for 24 IN ADVENT .
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Page 235 - Ephesians, that they should be not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
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Page 163 - Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life : and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
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