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Page 13
In his case , the hopes of the living and the intentions of the dead were alike
frustrated . The prize had proved a blank ; a necessary result of this fatal
oversight , that the heir had not been made meet for the inheritance . Is such
training needful ...
In his case , the hopes of the living and the intentions of the dead were alike
frustrated . The prize had proved a blank ; a necessary result of this fatal
oversight , that the heir had not been made meet for the inheritance . Is such
training needful ...
Page 18
For by whatever instruments God executes his work , whether the means he uses
to sanctify his people be dead books , or living ministers , be sweet or severe ,
common or striking providences , the work is not theirs , but his . Owing him , then
...
For by whatever instruments God executes his work , whether the means he uses
to sanctify his people be dead books , or living ministers , be sweet or severe ,
common or striking providences , the work is not theirs , but his . Owing him , then
...
Page 19
He emerges from the grave's black mouth a living , yet a startling , hideous object
, from whose appalling form the crowd reels back , and terror - stricken sisters
might be excused for shrinking . Shrouded like a corpse , smelling of the noisome
...
He emerges from the grave's black mouth a living , yet a startling , hideous object
, from whose appalling form the crowd reels back , and terror - stricken sisters
might be excused for shrinking . Shrouded like a corpse , smelling of the noisome
...
Page 33
As if every house had been in a moment changed into a tomb , and each living
man into a mummied corpse , they sat motionless —— the king on his weary
throne , the peasant in the field , the weaver at his loom , the prisoner in his
dungeon .
As if every house had been in a moment changed into a tomb , and each living
man into a mummied corpse , they sat motionless —— the king on his weary
throne , the peasant in the field , the weaver at his loom , the prisoner in his
dungeon .
Page 43
Those senses of smell , and touch , and taste , which are the voice of God ,
declare that the cup is filled with wine , and the wafer made of wheat ; but , as if
their senses as well as their souls were darkened , they believe that to be a living
man's ...
Those senses of smell , and touch , and taste , which are the voice of God ,
declare that the cup is filled with wine , and the wafer made of wheat ; but , as if
their senses as well as their souls were darkened , they believe that to be a living
man's ...
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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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