The last things; Lent lectures1828 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 18
Page 3
... studies , his enterprises , his occupations , are all but preludes and preparatives for a dread , inevitable catastrophe . winds up ed scene . Death finally B 2 "So teach us to number our days, that may apply our hearts unto wisdom' دو I.
... studies , his enterprises , his occupations , are all but preludes and preparatives for a dread , inevitable catastrophe . winds up ed scene . Death finally B 2 "So teach us to number our days, that may apply our hearts unto wisdom' دو I.
Page 4
Johnson Grant. inevitable catastrophe . winds up ed scene . Death finally the tale , and closes the chequer- An issue , thus certain , would , even were it distant , be awful : -but it is nigh at hand ; it is ever impending . In the life ...
Johnson Grant. inevitable catastrophe . winds up ed scene . Death finally the tale , and closes the chequer- An issue , thus certain , would , even were it distant , be awful : -but it is nigh at hand ; it is ever impending . In the life ...
Page 6
... scene . Some- times the thread of life is snapt hastily asunder , and sometimes it gradually un- winds itself . Sometimes the work of death proceeds in masses , and by thou- sands . The earthquake and the confla- gration ; the hurricane ...
... scene . Some- times the thread of life is snapt hastily asunder , and sometimes it gradually un- winds itself . Sometimes the work of death proceeds in masses , and by thou- sands . The earthquake and the confla- gration ; the hurricane ...
Page 25
... , and sinking back , he casts on the empty scene , a last , wild look of agony : —and all the rest is silence . He is gone : gone from the wealth he had dishonestly amassed ; from C his pride in the praise of men ; from a 25.
... , and sinking back , he casts on the empty scene , a last , wild look of agony : —and all the rest is silence . He is gone : gone from the wealth he had dishonestly amassed ; from C his pride in the praise of men ; from a 25.
Page 32
... scene , as one going a journey , with thy loins girded , and thy staff not laid aside , nor the latchet of thy shoes unloosed . Often recall thy thoughts from the mart of occupation , and the crowds of pleasure ; and observe , like the ...
... scene , as one going a journey , with thy loins girded , and thy staff not laid aside , nor the latchet of thy shoes unloosed . Often recall thy thoughts from the mart of occupation , and the crowds of pleasure ; and observe , like the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abra angels animal apostle assurance awful beatific vision behold blessed bliss bodily body brethren cast cease chre Christ Christian conscious contemplate Corinth darkness death departed spirits dissolution divine dread dust dust return earth earthly enjoyment eternal everlasting evil exis existence eyes faith final doom frame future Gehenna glass darkly glorified glorious appearance glory grave guilt happiness HATCHARD hath heart heaven heavenly hell holy hope hour immortality impart intermediate joys judgment labour LECTURE light living look Lord meditation ment minds mortal nature ness never once pain paradise pass peace penitent perfect pheme pleasure praise present Psalm punishment purgatory racter reason rection remembrance repentance resurrection revelation righteous sacred Saviour scene scrip scripture shame sleep sorrow soul sting suffer tence terrors thee things things not seen thou tion tomb tormented torpor ture unto virtue voice wisdom worldly
Popular passages
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.