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... ness the law of life . Thus the errand of Christ authenticates the seraphic song . But what hope is there that Christ will fulfil His errand , if God has made this earth a battlefield for His creatures ? Evidently there is a mistake ...
... ness the law of life . Thus the errand of Christ authenticates the seraphic song . But what hope is there that Christ will fulfil His errand , if God has made this earth a battlefield for His creatures ? Evidently there is a mistake ...
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... ness to the plummet ; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies , and the waters shall overflow the hiding place . " What does he mean ? Simply this : The only shrine of relig- ion and life that can shelter a man , that can stand ...
... ness to the plummet ; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies , and the waters shall overflow the hiding place . " What does he mean ? Simply this : The only shrine of relig- ion and life that can shelter a man , that can stand ...
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... ness , has about it something of the freshness . and the dew and the splendor of the dawn ; and no enlargement and enrichment will atone for the loss , if the beauty of the morning light does not linger in our vision of God and con ...
... ness , has about it something of the freshness . and the dew and the splendor of the dawn ; and no enlargement and enrichment will atone for the loss , if the beauty of the morning light does not linger in our vision of God and con ...
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... ness . With all our improvements in the appli- ances of life , we miss the joy of it . As far as I can see , men have not fallen backward , they have made , and are making , day by day , per- ceptible advances , along the line of the ...
... ness . With all our improvements in the appli- ances of life , we miss the joy of it . As far as I can see , men have not fallen backward , they have made , and are making , day by day , per- ceptible advances , along the line of the ...
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... ness . He must buckle on armor and strike vigorous blows for the rescue and enlargement of human life . The world is freer , holier , hap- pier to - day than in the grandest yesterday that was ever made memorable by heroic struggle and ...
... ness . He must buckle on armor and strike vigorous blows for the rescue and enlargement of human life . The world is freer , holier , hap- pier to - day than in the grandest yesterday that was ever made memorable by heroic struggle and ...
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Page 257 - And He said unto them, Why are ye troubled ? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts ? Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself: handle Me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see Me have.
Page 185 - Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Page 175 - For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other men ; neither are they plagued like other men.
Page 180 - Ye have said, It is vain to serve God : and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts ? And now we call the proud happy ; yea, they that work wickedness are set up ; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
Page 31 - We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement ; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us : for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves...
Page 279 - For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Page 33 - Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation : he that believeth shall not make haste.
Page 43 - Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord ; and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Page 213 - Another parable put he forth unto them, saying; The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field. But while men slept, his enemy came, and sowed tares among the wheat; and went his way.
Page 227 - Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest, where she may lay her young; even thy altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my GOD.