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Incapable of appreciating its holy beauties , of enjoying its holy happiness , he would find nothing there to delight his senses . How he would wonder in what its pleasures lay ; and , supposing him once there ...
Incapable of appreciating its holy beauties , of enjoying its holy happiness , he would find nothing there to delight his senses . How he would wonder in what its pleasures lay ; and , supposing him once there ...
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Still greater wonder ! many a man in this world has not risen from his place , I say not for three days , nor for three years , but ten times three years and more . He is no nearer heaven than he was a long time ago .
Still greater wonder ! many a man in this world has not risen from his place , I say not for three days , nor for three years , but ten times three years and more . He is no nearer heaven than he was a long time ago .
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Poor wretch , he was vain of its silvery sheen , and raised sad thoughts in us of pity and wonder at the darkness of his neglected soul . And yet more dark and dreadful is the state of many who would once have said of the life they now ...
Poor wretch , he was vain of its silvery sheen , and raised sad thoughts in us of pity and wonder at the darkness of his neglected soul . And yet more dark and dreadful is the state of many who would once have said of the life they now ...
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To the wonder of men and the glory of God , the tongue of the dumb has been unloosed — what gracious things they have said ! and the blind have got their sight — what views of heaven they have had ! and he , who seemed all his life but ...
To the wonder of men and the glory of God , the tongue of the dumb has been unloosed — what gracious things they have said ! and the blind have got their sight — what views of heaven they have had ! and he , who seemed all his life but ...
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... or , singing in the skies of that same Bethlehem , had bent down to gaze with wonder and admiration on the babe of Mary's breast , regard the spectacle in that hall with greater bewilderment — exclaiming , “ Is this the Son of God ?
... or , singing in the skies of that same Bethlehem , had bent down to gaze with wonder and admiration on the babe of Mary's breast , regard the spectacle in that hall with greater bewilderment — exclaiming , “ Is this the Son of God ?
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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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