Death-bed Scenes, Or, Dying with and Without Religion: Designed to Illustrate the Truth and Power of ChristianityDavis Wasgatt Clark |
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... taken to the temple of Hercules , where she was first fearfully scourged , and afterwards hung up for some time by the hair of her head . After the savage monsters had thus glutted their vengeance upon her , a large stone was fastened ...
... taken to the temple of Hercules , where she was first fearfully scourged , and afterwards hung up for some time by the hair of her head . After the savage monsters had thus glutted their vengeance upon her , a large stone was fastened ...
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... taken fire and was consumed in a moment , he concluded that it was God's will that he should suffer martyrdom . He therefore did not attempt to make a second escape when he had an opportunity of so doing . Those who arrested him were ...
... taken fire and was consumed in a moment , he concluded that it was God's will that he should suffer martyrdom . He therefore did not attempt to make a second escape when he had an opportunity of so doing . Those who arrested him were ...
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... taken from the rack and beheaded . Alex- ander , his companion , was brought before the judges two days after his execution ; and on his absolute refusal to renounce Christianity , he was placed on the rack and beaten by three ...
... taken from the rack and beheaded . Alex- ander , his companion , was brought before the judges two days after his execution ; and on his absolute refusal to renounce Christianity , he was placed on the rack and beaten by three ...
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... taken entirely away from her , but she bore the privation with uncommon fortitude . In her confinement , she was filled with unspeakable comfort , and her soul often ravished with visions of coming glory . As the day of execution drew ...
... taken entirely away from her , but she bore the privation with uncommon fortitude . In her confinement , she was filled with unspeakable comfort , and her soul often ravished with visions of coming glory . As the day of execution drew ...
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... taken away and was next day beheaded , continuing steadfast to the end . The two females were stripped naked and enclosed in nets to be gored by a wild cow . But even the excited populace shrank with horror at the spectacle of two young ...
... taken away and was next day beheaded , continuing steadfast to the end . The two females were stripped naked and enclosed in nets to be gored by a wild cow . But even the excited populace shrank with horror at the spectacle of two young ...
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Page 169 - God, Thou art my God ; early will I seek Thee : My soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee In a dry and thirsty land, where no water is ; To see Thy power and Thy glory, So as I have seen Thee in the sanctuary.
Page 340 - Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Page 72 - Their idols are silver and gold: the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not; They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not; They have hands, but they handle not; feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them.
Page 180 - ... weak, but thou art mighty, Hold me with thy powerful hand: Bread of heaven, Feed me, till I want no more.
Page 280 - I have a short and plain answer: let him study the Holy Scripture, especially the New Testament; therein are contained the words of eternal life : it has God for its author, Salvation for its end, and Truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter...
Page 28 - Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee.
Page 251 - Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you, "but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Page 496 - Be not deceived ; God is not mocked : for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption ; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Page 282 - Surely, goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life...
Page 245 - Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.