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... delight us , as an unceasing improvement , and a prospect of the continual en- largement of our hope ? Through all the dangers and trials of this frail , this wasting life , our faith shall follow the great , the glorious Redeemer , and ...
... delight us , as an unceasing improvement , and a prospect of the continual en- largement of our hope ? Through all the dangers and trials of this frail , this wasting life , our faith shall follow the great , the glorious Redeemer , and ...
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... Delight thyself in them , for they are good ; and all that thou seest is thine . But nothing that thou seest is like unto thyself ; thou art not of them , nor shalt thou return to them . Thou hast a mighty void which they cannot fill ...
... Delight thyself in them , for they are good ; and all that thou seest is thine . But nothing that thou seest is like unto thyself ; thou art not of them , nor shalt thou return to them . Thou hast a mighty void which they cannot fill ...
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... as the way to felicity ; and the thoughts of our past labours , so recompensed , how will they delight us ? The delay of our joys shall infinitely improve them , 12 DEVOTIONAL MEDITATIONS . Christians, the Heirs of Hope Wasse's Devotions.
... as the way to felicity ; and the thoughts of our past labours , so recompensed , how will they delight us ? The delay of our joys shall infinitely improve them , 12 DEVOTIONAL MEDITATIONS . Christians, the Heirs of Hope Wasse's Devotions.
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... delights abound , and whence sorrow and tears are banished away . Where none are sick or grow old , or die ; but all flourish in health , and vigour , and immortal life . Where we shall no more be subject to cares , or fear , or change ...
... delights abound , and whence sorrow and tears are banished away . Where none are sick or grow old , or die ; but all flourish in health , and vigour , and immortal life . Where we shall no more be subject to cares , or fear , or change ...
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... delight in that knowledge and that love for ever . No ignorance shall darken , no error deceive our minds . No cares shall perplex , no crosses afflict us . Millions of years shall pass away ; and our glory shall then but seem to begin ...
... delight in that knowledge and that love for ever . No ignorance shall darken , no error deceive our minds . No cares shall perplex , no crosses afflict us . Millions of years shall pass away ; and our glory shall then but seem to begin ...
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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.