Hours of sadness: or, Instruction and comfort for the mourner |
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... awful and distressing object . The severe sufferings which frequently precede it , the entire change which it produces in our situation , the expectation that it will place us in the more immediate presence of the holiness and majesty ...
... awful and distressing object . The severe sufferings which frequently precede it , the entire change which it produces in our situation , the expectation that it will place us in the more immediate presence of the holiness and majesty ...
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... awful solemnities of judgment . The true preparation for death , and for the glorious or tre- mendous scenes to which it will conduct us , is a life directed by the rules of religion and of virtue . We are not to hope that future ...
... awful solemnities of judgment . The true preparation for death , and for the glorious or tre- mendous scenes to which it will conduct us , is a life directed by the rules of religion and of virtue . We are not to hope that future ...
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... awful images : I fix an ardent gaze on Christianity , assuredly the last best gift of Heaven to men ; on Jesus , the agent and example of infinite love ; on time , as it passes away : on perfection , as it shines beauteous as heaven ...
... awful images : I fix an ardent gaze on Christianity , assuredly the last best gift of Heaven to men ; on Jesus , the agent and example of infinite love ; on time , as it passes away : on perfection , as it shines beauteous as heaven ...
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... awful trying hour , to express her perfect readiness to bid this world adieu , and to depart . Thus she descended into " the valley of the shadow of death . " * The ancients had a proverbial saying , that " it was good to grow old in ...
... awful trying hour , to express her perfect readiness to bid this world adieu , and to depart . Thus she descended into " the valley of the shadow of death . " * The ancients had a proverbial saying , that " it was good to grow old in ...
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... awful . If they have any ten- derness of mind , and God hath not forsaken them , it will reach the bottom of their hearts . But it is impossible not to feel how much the re- collection of parental love , which recals us to prayer or to ...
... awful . If they have any ten- derness of mind , and God hath not forsaken them , it will reach the bottom of their hearts . But it is impossible not to feel how much the re- collection of parental love , which recals us to prayer or to ...
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Absalom affection affectionate affliction amidst apostle assurance awful behold BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE blessed bliss bosom breathed brother child Christian comfort consolation dark dead dear death delight destroyer divine dust duty earth earthly eternal everlasting eyes faith Father fear feel filial future gloomy glorious glory gospel grace grave grief hand happiness hath hear heart heaven heavenly holy holy conversation honour hope hour human immortality infinite Jesus Christ JOHN KENRICK kingdom of heaven labour lence light live look Lord mercy mind mortality mourn nature ness never occasion of sin ourselves pain parents peace perfect perish pious pleasure praise prayer present promises reason rection rejoice religion remembrance rest righteous ROBERT HALL Saviour scene sleep smile sorrow soul spirit strength sweet tears tender thee thine thing THOMAS DALE thou hast thoughts throne tion tomb truth unto virtue virtuous voice warnings weep
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Page 95 - But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more : for they are equal unto the angels ; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Page 66 - The Lord giveth, and the Lord ' taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Page 81 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat ? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Page 121 - Oh, the grave! the grave! It buries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment. From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.
Page 194 - Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not deplore thee, Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb ; The Saviour has passed through its portals before thee, And the lamp of his love is thy guide through the gloom.
Page 15 - Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, for they rest from their labors, and their works do follow them!
Page 94 - The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
Page 79 - I also heard the men themselves, that they sang with a loud voice, saying, " Blessing, honour, and glory, and power be to Him that sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb, for ever and ever.
Page 186 - How blest the sacred tie that binds In union sweet according minds ! How swift the heavenly course they run, Whose hearts, whose 'faith, whose hopes are one ! 2.
Page 210 - Ye stars are but the shining dust Of my divine abode; The pavement of those heavenly courts, Where I shall reign with God.