Hours of sadness: or, Instruction and comfort for the mourner |
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... scene , when we lie on the bed of death : when our tongues can no longer ex- press our thoughts , and all our bodily powers shall fail ; then it shall be the language of our hearts , Thanks be to God who giveth us the victory through ...
... scene , when we lie on the bed of death : when our tongues can no longer ex- press our thoughts , and all our bodily powers shall fail ; then it shall be the language of our hearts , Thanks be to God who giveth us the victory through ...
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... scenes be attended with the most serious reflections upon our own mortality . And oh ! cause every meditation of this nature to make us the more diligent in preparing for our latter end . : DEATH THE LOT OF ALL MEN . THE [ WASSE'S ...
... scenes be attended with the most serious reflections upon our own mortality . And oh ! cause every meditation of this nature to make us the more diligent in preparing for our latter end . : DEATH THE LOT OF ALL MEN . THE [ WASSE'S ...
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... scene . Faith converts all the pictures of imagination into truth : It beholds a blooming spirit , beckoning across the great gulf , or walking in bliss , or swelling the songs of the happy , or dressing the bowers of expectation for ...
... scene . Faith converts all the pictures of imagination into truth : It beholds a blooming spirit , beckoning across the great gulf , or walking in bliss , or swelling the songs of the happy , or dressing the bowers of expectation for ...
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... scene of misplaced exultation , but of calm and dignified composure . It has been remarked indeed by a great writer , that " There is no passion in the mind of man , but it mates and masters the fear of death ; that revenge triumphs in ...
... scene of misplaced exultation , but of calm and dignified composure . It has been remarked indeed by a great writer , that " There is no passion in the mind of man , but it mates and masters the fear of death ; that revenge triumphs in ...
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... 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 blessedness can be pur- chased by the pangs and fervours of a momentary repentance . Let those , therefore ...
... 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 blessedness can be pur- chased by the pangs and fervours of a momentary repentance . Let those , therefore ...
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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.