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Page 7
But they that won them are long dead ; " their swords are rust , their bodies dust ; "
and underneath tattered banners , once borne before them in bloody fight , but
now hung high in the house of God , the grim old barons sleep in their marble ...
But they that won them are long dead ; " their swords are rust , their bodies dust ; "
and underneath tattered banners , once borne before them in bloody fight , but
now hung high in the house of God , the grim old barons sleep in their marble ...
Page 21
The distinguishing mark of heirs is some degree of meetness for the heirship . In
saints , the spirit is willing even when the flesh is weak ; the body lags behind the
soul ; the affections outrun the feet ; and the desires of those who are bound for ...
The distinguishing mark of heirs is some degree of meetness for the heirship . In
saints , the spirit is willing even when the flesh is weak ; the body lags behind the
soul ; the affections outrun the feet ; and the desires of those who are bound for ...
Page 51
Blindness of mind , surely , if not wilful , claims our gentle pity , more even than
blindness of body . We all “ see through a glass darkly . ” Perhaps we are
mistaken . Perhaps our brethren are right . The possibility of this should teach us
to differ ...
Blindness of mind , surely , if not wilful , claims our gentle pity , more even than
blindness of body . We all “ see through a glass darkly . ” Perhaps we are
mistaken . Perhaps our brethren are right . The possibility of this should teach us
to differ ...
Page 97
The heart won , she fights her way outward from a new heart on to new habits ; a
change without succeeds the change within , even until the kingdom - which , in
the house of God , by the body of the solemn dead , over the pages of the Bible ...
The heart won , she fights her way outward from a new heart on to new habits ; a
change without succeeds the change within , even until the kingdom - which , in
the house of God , by the body of the solemn dead , over the pages of the Bible ...
Page 98
This is true of pain , whether its seat be the body or mind ; whether it be a dead ,
or , worse still , a living grief ; the pangs of disease , the lingering sufferings of a
common , or the terrible shock of a violent death . It will soon be over , says a man
...
This is true of pain , whether its seat be the body or mind ; whether it be a dead ,
or , worse still , a living grief ; the pangs of disease , the lingering sufferings of a
common , or the terrible shock of a violent death . It will soon be over , says a man
...
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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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