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Page 5
We are loth to believe that those things for which others esteem , and love , and
praise us , and even , perhaps , crown our brows with laurel , apart from Christ ,
have no merit ; but appear in the sight of the holy and heart - searching God as ,
to ...
We are loth to believe that those things for which others esteem , and love , and
praise us , and even , perhaps , crown our brows with laurel , apart from Christ ,
have no merit ; but appear in the sight of the holy and heart - searching God as ,
to ...
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Now it appears to me that there is one word in my text , whose voice
authoritatively and summarily settles that matter ; and would have always settled
it , had not men's hearts been fired with angry passions , and their ears confused
with the din ...
Now it appears to me that there is one word in my text , whose voice
authoritatively and summarily settles that matter ; and would have always settled
it , had not men's hearts been fired with angry passions , and their ears confused
with the din ...
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Illustrating the familiar adage , " out of sight , out of mind , ” this feeling may lie
dormant so long as our enemy is unseen . But , let him appear , and his presence
opens every old wound afresh , and fans the smouldering enmity into flame .
Illustrating the familiar adage , " out of sight , out of mind , ” this feeling may lie
dormant so long as our enemy is unseen . But , let him appear , and his presence
opens every old wound afresh , and fans the smouldering enmity into flame .
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Incredible as it may appear to ignorance , on whose admiring eyes it flashes rays
of light , science proves that the diamond is formed of the very same matter as
common , dull , black coal . It boasts no native light ; and dark in the darkness , as
...
Incredible as it may appear to ignorance , on whose admiring eyes it flashes rays
of light , science proves that the diamond is formed of the very same matter as
common , dull , black coal . It boasts no native light ; and dark in the darkness , as
...
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wards appear more like a fragment struck from star or sun , than a product of this
dull , cold world . That it may glow , and sparkle , and burn with many - coloured
fires , and change into a thing of beauty , it has to undergo a rough , and , had it ...
wards appear more like a fragment struck from star or sun , than a product of this
dull , cold world . That it may glow , and sparkle , and burn with many - coloured
fires , and change into a thing of beauty , it has to undergo a rough , and , had it ...
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| Title | Christ and the Inheritance of the Saints: Illustrated in a Series of Discourses from the Colossians |
| Author | Thomas Guthrie |
| Publisher | Adam and Charles Black, 1858 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 14 Jun 2016 |
| Length | 385 pages |
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