The Christian Philosopher Triumphing Over Death: A Narrative of the Closing Scenes of the Life of William Gordon |
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... present , what , alas , is gone for ever ? With such feelings , the author of this narrative takes up his pen . Happy to be thus still associated with the dead , yet reminded by every sentence he writes , of the irreparable loss he has ...
... present , what , alas , is gone for ever ? With such feelings , the author of this narrative takes up his pen . Happy to be thus still associated with the dead , yet reminded by every sentence he writes , of the irreparable loss he has ...
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... my funeral . ' Referring to his past life , and the ground of his present hope , he said , ' My natural disposition led me to do many things of a benevolent character , but this was not love to God . Mere natural NIGHT OF DISTRESS . 63.
... my funeral . ' Referring to his past life , and the ground of his present hope , he said , ' My natural disposition led me to do many things of a benevolent character , but this was not love to God . Mere natural NIGHT OF DISTRESS . 63.
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... present them to God . Tell them that wealth , ambition , and fame are all vanity . Nothing will do but Christ . ' He had been for a considerable time deeply im- pressed with the conviction , that all warfare was anti - christian and ...
... present them to God . Tell them that wealth , ambition , and fame are all vanity . Nothing will do but Christ . ' He had been for a considerable time deeply im- pressed with the conviction , that all warfare was anti - christian and ...
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... , whether of our own church or not , we are bound to recog- nize a brother in Christ , a fellow - heir of glory . Perfect uniformity of sentiment can scarcely be ex pected in the present state . It did not exist 72 NIGHT OF DISTRESS .
... , whether of our own church or not , we are bound to recog- nize a brother in Christ , a fellow - heir of glory . Perfect uniformity of sentiment can scarcely be ex pected in the present state . It did not exist 72 NIGHT OF DISTRESS .
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... present state . It did not exist in the times of the Apostles . They , themselves , tolerated and sanctioned discordant judgments . ( Romans xiv . ) " Nevertheless , whereunto we have already attained , let us walk by the same rule ...
... present state . It did not exist in the times of the Apostles . They , themselves , tolerated and sanctioned discordant judgments . ( Romans xiv . ) " Nevertheless , whereunto we have already attained , let us walk by the same rule ...
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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.