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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 . As an example of the
ascending ...
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 . As an example of the
ascending ...
Page 22
Such devout feelings afford the most blessed evidence that , with Christ by the
helm , and “ the wind , ” that “ bloweth where it listeth , " in our swelling sails , we
are drawing nigh to the land that is afar off ; even as the reeds , and leaves , and
...
Such devout feelings afford the most blessed evidence that , with Christ by the
helm , and “ the wind , ” that “ bloweth where it listeth , " in our swelling sails , we
are drawing nigh to the land that is afar off ; even as the reeds , and leaves , and
...
Page 31
Night is the proper period for rest . When - emblem of a Christian at his evening
prayers — the lark sings in the close of day , and leaves the skies to drop into her
dewy nest ; when from distant uplands , THE POWER OF DARKNESS . 31.
Night is the proper period for rest . When - emblem of a Christian at his evening
prayers — the lark sings in the close of day , and leaves the skies to drop into her
dewy nest ; when from distant uplands , THE POWER OF DARKNESS . 31.
Page 36
Three hundred torch - fires pierce the gloom , and advance in flaming circle on
the panicstricken camp . 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 ...
Three hundred torch - fires pierce the gloom , and advance in flaming circle on
the panicstricken camp . 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 ...
Page 42
She began the night with dances , and ended it with death . 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 ...
She began the night with dances , and ended it with death . 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 ...
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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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