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Oh , the slow , weary march of the hours of neverending Sabbath devotions ! Oh ,
the painful glare of a never - setting Sabbath sun ! Than go down to hell , than
perish in the coming storm , they would turn their prow to heaven ; but only as the
...
Oh , the slow , weary march of the hours of neverending Sabbath devotions ! Oh ,
the painful glare of a never - setting Sabbath sun ! Than go down to hell , than
perish in the coming storm , they would turn their prow to heaven ; but only as the
...
Page 31
Oh , for one hour of the sense and energy of the beggars that sat by the gate of
Jericho ! Stumbling , often falling , but always to rise , they hung on the skirts of
the crowd , plunged headlong into the thick of it , and , elbowing men aside ...
Oh , for one hour of the sense and energy of the beggars that sat by the gate of
Jericho ! Stumbling , often falling , but always to rise , they hung on the skirts of
the crowd , plunged headlong into the thick of it , and , elbowing men aside ...
Page 32
... the tall grim tenements wrapped in gloom , save where student's lamp , or the
faint light of a sick chamber glimmered dim and drear , we have felt such awe as
he might do who walks through a city of the dead . Yet , in its hours of deepest ...
... the tall grim tenements wrapped in gloom , save where student's lamp , or the
faint light of a sick chamber glimmered dim and drear , we have felt such awe as
he might do who walks through a city of the dead . Yet , in its hours of deepest ...
Page 48
Under the equator , each day consists of twelve hours of light , and as many of
darkness , the whole year round . But pass by one long stride to the polar regions
, and , according as the season is summer or winter , you stand beneath a sky ...
Under the equator , each day consists of twelve hours of light , and as many of
darkness , the whole year round . But pass by one long stride to the polar regions
, and , according as the season is summer or winter , you stand beneath a sky ...
Page 58
Your last hours may be like hers whom John Bunyan calls Miss Fearing . She
was all her lifetime “ subject to bondage , ” and dreaded the hour of death . The
summons comes . And when she goes down into the waters , how does this ...
Your last hours may be like hers whom John Bunyan calls Miss Fearing . She
was all her lifetime “ subject to bondage , ” and dreaded the hour of death . The
summons comes . And when she goes down into the waters , how does this ...
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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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