The Christian Philosopher Triumphing Over Death: A Narrative of the Closing Scenes of the Life of William Gordon |
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... perfect atone- ment of Jesus Christ . May the fulfilment of the promise , which he so amply realized , be the happy experience of all who peruse this volume- " Thou shalt keep him in perfect peace , whose mind is stayed on thee ...
... perfect atone- ment of Jesus Christ . May the fulfilment of the promise , which he so amply realized , be the happy experience of all who peruse this volume- " Thou shalt keep him in perfect peace , whose mind is stayed on thee ...
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... perfect atonement of the Son , by the aid of the regenerating influences of the Holy Ghost . The following narrative will also illustrate the effect which a cordial reception of these truths can produce . It will be seen , that while ...
... perfect atonement of the Son , by the aid of the regenerating influences of the Holy Ghost . The following narrative will also illustrate the effect which a cordial reception of these truths can produce . It will be seen , that while ...
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... perfect Jehovah , in the latter , with judges who are fallible like ourselves . We forget too , that man can only take cognizance of the outward act , while God " searches the heart , " and " desireth truth in the inward parts . " Above ...
... perfect Jehovah , in the latter , with judges who are fallible like ourselves . We forget too , that man can only take cognizance of the outward act , while God " searches the heart , " and " desireth truth in the inward parts . " Above ...
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... perfect . Distinguished by an undevi- ating course of uprightness , benevolence , self - sac- rifice , scrupulous honour , and ardent love of truth , such as are exhibited by few who have made the highest attainments in piety ; often ...
... perfect . Distinguished by an undevi- ating course of uprightness , benevolence , self - sac- rifice , scrupulous honour , and ardent love of truth , such as are exhibited by few who have made the highest attainments in piety ; often ...
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... perfect health , and in reasonable expectation of a long life . During the second week in January , the first in which he was confined to his bed , his brother - in- law , the Rev. Edmund Russell , Incumbent of St. Mary's , Pomfret ...
... perfect health , and in reasonable expectation of a long life . During the second week in January , the first in which he was confined to his bed , his brother - in- law , the Rev. Edmund Russell , Incumbent of St. Mary's , Pomfret ...
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Page 115 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
Page 73 - Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
Page 113 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page 181 - THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign, Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never-withering flowers : Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours.
Page 67 - Loud let His praises ring — Praise, praise for aye. 2. Come to this happy land, Come, come away ; Why will ye doubting stand— Why still delay ? Oh, we shall happy be, When from sin and sorrow free, Lord, we shall live with thee ! Blest, blest for aye.
Page 67 - Just as I am — and waiting not To rid my soul of one dark blot, To Thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot, O Lamb of God, I come...
Page 207 - Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath. " That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us...
Page 41 - A man may be a heretic in the truth ; and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his heresy.
Page 182 - While I draw this fleeting breath, When my eyelids close in death, When I soar to worlds unknown, See Thee on Thy judgment throne, Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee.
Page 190 - See the haven full in view ; Love divine shall bear thee through ! Trust to that propitious gale ; Weigh thy anchor, spread thy sail. Saints in glory, perfect made, Wait thy passage through the shade ; Ardent for thy coming o'er, See, they throng the blissful shore.