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... darkness , the solemn stillness of the tomb . We see that at death , the eyes are sealed , the lungs forget their office , the pulses cease to beat : -the blood no longer courses within the veins ; the silver cord of the tongue is ...
... darkness , the solemn stillness of the tomb . We see that at death , the eyes are sealed , the lungs forget their office , the pulses cease to beat : -the blood no longer courses within the veins ; the silver cord of the tongue is ...
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... bed , the same external array of sadness , and dismal prognostics of de- parture , as you had witnessed nigh that of the sinner ; -the same darkness , -the + same stillness , -a similar circle of discon- solate friends 28.
... bed , the same external array of sadness , and dismal prognostics of de- parture , as you had witnessed nigh that of the sinner ; -the same darkness , -the + same stillness , -a similar circle of discon- solate friends 28.
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... darkness , and is nothing . Such , such would be the dreary con- dition of man , if unapprized , if unassured of futurity and here would close , in gloom and in horror , all the sorrowful reflections , which a visit to the sepul- chre ...
... darkness , and is nothing . Such , such would be the dreary con- dition of man , if unapprized , if unassured of futurity and here would close , in gloom and in horror , all the sorrowful reflections , which a visit to the sepul- chre ...
Page 94
... darkness but in floods of instant light : -that a crowd of angels is hovering to waft it on wings of light into some place and gradation of enjoyment ; -that an army of the spirits of the just made per- fect are dressing its peculiar ...
... darkness but in floods of instant light : -that a crowd of angels is hovering to waft it on wings of light into some place and gradation of enjoyment ; -that an army of the spirits of the just made per- fect are dressing its peculiar ...
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... darkness ; -that the fine silver on the shield of night shall be dimmed ; -that the stars shall shoot , and reel , and fall in showers , from the road of heaven ; -like a fig - tree scattering her figs , when shaken by a mighty wind ...
... darkness ; -that the fine silver on the shield of night shall be dimmed ; -that the stars shall shoot , and reel , and fall in showers , from the road of heaven ; -like a fig - tree scattering her figs , when shaken by a mighty wind ...
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Page 39 - For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward ; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished ; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Page 125 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat ? Nevertheless we.
Page 83 - Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Page 48 - I will ransom them from the power of the grave ; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: Repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Page 114 - God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
Page 157 - Thou wilt show me the path of life : in thy presence is fulness of joy, and at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Page 123 - Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning : lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Page 7 - For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
Page 13 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
Page 19 - Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O LORD; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.