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Taking flight from the cross , he soars upward to the crown ; and now , like an eagle sweeping down from the bosom of a golden cloud , he leaves the throne of the Redeemer to alight on the heights of Calvary .
Taking flight from the cross , he soars upward to the crown ; and now , like an eagle sweeping down from the bosom of a golden cloud , he leaves the throne of the Redeemer to alight on the heights of Calvary .
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... in our swelling sails , we are drawing nigh to the land that is afar off ; even as the reeds , and leaves , and fruits that float upon the briny waves , as the birds of strange and gorgeous plumage that fly round his ship and alight ...
... in our swelling sails , we are drawing nigh to the land that is afar off ; even as the reeds , and leaves , and fruits that float upon the briny waves , as the birds of strange and gorgeous plumage that fly round his ship and alight ...
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When - emblem of a Christian at his evening prayers- the lark sings in the close of day , and leaves the skies to drop 66 into her dewy nest ; when from distant uplands THE POWER OF DARKNESS . 31.
When - emblem of a Christian at his evening prayers- the lark sings in the close of day , and leaves the skies to drop 66 into her dewy nest ; when from distant uplands THE POWER OF DARKNESS . 31.
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Suddenly extinguished , once more all is dark , Then - as if the dust of the whirlwind , or the sands of the desert , or the leaves of the forest , had turned into armed men , ready to burst on that uncircumcised host - in front ...
Suddenly extinguished , once more all is dark , Then - as if the dust of the whirlwind , or the sands of the desert , or the leaves of the forest , had turned into armed men , ready to burst on that uncircumcised host - in front ...
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She leaves the merry revels of a marriage - scene for her home across the mountain . The stars go out , and the storm comes on . Bewildered by the howling tempest , and the blinding drift , and the black night , she loses her way .
She leaves the merry revels of a marriage - scene for her home across the mountain . The stars go out , and the storm comes on . Bewildered by the howling tempest , and the blinding drift , and the black night , she loses her way .
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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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