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... against God of the peo- ple whom he conducted . As the means of preventing such disobedience , the best and the kindest wish that he could form a Isaiah xl . 11 . for them , was , that they might be wise 2 Mortality of man .
... against God of the peo- ple whom he conducted . As the means of preventing such disobedience , the best and the kindest wish that he could form a Isaiah xl . 11 . for them , was , that they might be wise 2 Mortality of man .
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... prevent us , from seeking our home and our rest , in that world which does not pass away . Let us endeavour , my friends , to pre- serve upon our minds this practical con- viction of our mortality , that thus habitu- ally feeling " how ...
... prevent us , from seeking our home and our rest , in that world which does not pass away . Let us endeavour , my friends , to pre- serve upon our minds this practical con- viction of our mortality , that thus habitu- ally feeling " how ...
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... prevented from attend- ing to them , were in a state of confusion and disorder , which , if the sickness had terminated in death , would have occa- sioned very great annoyance and vexation to the friends we should have left behind ...
... prevented from attend- ing to them , were in a state of confusion and disorder , which , if the sickness had terminated in death , would have occa- sioned very great annoyance and vexation to the friends we should have left behind ...
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... prevents them from taking part in the public ordi- nances of religion , they must be more especi- ally regular and earnest in all the exercises " Luke ii . 27 , 37 . of private devotion . They must fervently implore the continued E 5 ...
... prevents them from taking part in the public ordi- nances of religion , they must be more especi- ally regular and earnest in all the exercises " Luke ii . 27 , 37 . of private devotion . They must fervently implore the continued E 5 ...
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... prevent us from maintaining a resigned , and pious , and thankful frame of mind towards God , so neither must it be per- mitted for any long time to interfere with the discharge of the active duties which we owe to our fellow men . Some ...
... prevent us from maintaining a resigned , and pious , and thankful frame of mind towards God , so neither must it be per- mitted for any long time to interfere with the discharge of the active duties which we owe to our fellow men . Some ...
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Page 121 - And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life. *^And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. ^And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry Mm to his mother. 20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
Page 100 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 56 - ... also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets...
Page 64 - Praise the Lord, O my soul : and all that is within me praise his holy Name. Praise the Lord, O my soul : and forget not all his benefits...
Page 119 - So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is...
Page 11 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Page 15 - My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him : for whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.
Page 56 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened.
Page 49 - For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Page 49 - My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.