Death-bed Scenes, Or, Dying with and Without Religion: Designed to Illustrate the Truth and Power of ChristianityDavis Wasgatt Clark |
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... tion before us , who can doubt but that there is a moral and religious significance in the phenomena of life's closing scene ! It is here , in the light of revealed truth , that we learn why the righteous , " with heaven full in view ...
... tion before us , who can doubt but that there is a moral and religious significance in the phenomena of life's closing scene ! It is here , in the light of revealed truth , that we learn why the righteous , " with heaven full in view ...
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... tion . A Christian soldier offered to procure for him some dry linen , apparently from mere courtesy , but in reality to obtain some precious relics , steeped in the " bloody sweat " of the martyr . Cyprian intimated that it was useless ...
... tion . A Christian soldier offered to procure for him some dry linen , apparently from mere courtesy , but in reality to obtain some precious relics , steeped in the " bloody sweat " of the martyr . Cyprian intimated that it was useless ...
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... greatest and most holy men had been known to differ in points of specula- tion , with a view to distinguish truth , not to keep it con- cealed . He expressed a noble contempt of all his 58 [ PART I. DEATH - BED SCENES .
... greatest and most holy men had been known to differ in points of specula- tion , with a view to distinguish truth , not to keep it con- cealed . He expressed a noble contempt of all his 58 [ PART I. DEATH - BED SCENES .
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... tion occurred on the 1st of July , 1523 , and lasted four hours . These were the first martyrs of the Refor- mation . All good men shuddered when they heard of these events . The future was big with fearful anticipations . " The ...
... tion occurred on the 1st of July , 1523 , and lasted four hours . These were the first martyrs of the Refor- mation . All good men shuddered when they heard of these events . The future was big with fearful anticipations . " The ...
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... tion , ordered her to be put to the rack . The rack was placed in a dismal dungeon , down into which she was led and stretched on the infernal instrument of torture . But her fortitude in suffering , and her resolution not to betray her ...
... tion , ordered her to be put to the rack . The rack was placed in a dismal dungeon , down into which she was led and stretched on the infernal instrument of torture . But her fortitude in suffering , and her resolution not to betray her ...
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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.