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... seen are of infinitely more importance : but it is the things that are seen ' which are present and nearest us . We must make an effort to look at the one ; the other we cannot help seeing . And so it is , that while God has constituted ...
... seen are of infinitely more importance : but it is the things that are seen ' which are present and nearest us . We must make an effort to look at the one ; the other we cannot help seeing . And so it is , that while God has constituted ...
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... to the place where the Lord shall come , how difficult it is to form any idea in our minds which may at all accord with the facts and laws of nature to which we find ourselves subjected ! He shall come and be seen by IN ADVENT . 7.
... to the place where the Lord shall come , how difficult it is to form any idea in our minds which may at all accord with the facts and laws of nature to which we find ourselves subjected ! He shall come and be seen by IN ADVENT . 7.
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Henry Alford. ourselves subjected ! He shall come and be seen by all ; by all at the same moment ; so that the very conditions of our senses will be changed , the very foundations of the earth broken up , all present hindrances removed ...
Henry Alford. ourselves subjected ! He shall come and be seen by all ; by all at the same moment ; so that the very conditions of our senses will be changed , the very foundations of the earth broken up , all present hindrances removed ...
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... seen by me , how that mighty mercy glorified which has buried my sins in its depths , and magnified itself in my utter unworthiness ? So that this is our second necessity , in order for that final account to be what we believe it will ...
... seen by me , how that mighty mercy glorified which has buried my sins in its depths , and magnified itself in my utter unworthiness ? So that this is our second necessity , in order for that final account to be what we believe it will ...
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... seen and recognized . It does not then appear impossible , it does not even seem improbable , that these three conditions of the reality and justice of the final account may be one day fulfilled in every one of us . There has not ...
... seen and recognized . It does not then appear impossible , it does not even seem improbable , that these three conditions of the reality and justice of the final account may be one day fulfilled in every one of us . There has not ...
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