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... here again , Paul guides us upward along the stream of blessings to their
perennial fountain . He first shows the precious gift , and then reveals the
gracious giver ; the purchase first , and afterwards the divine Purchaser . From
the crown of ...
... here again , Paul guides us upward along the stream of blessings to their
perennial fountain . He first shows the precious gift , and then reveals the
gracious giver ; the purchase first , and afterwards the divine Purchaser . From
the crown of ...
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Our lines have fallen in pleasant places , and happy the land , nor to be rashly left
, where the light of divine truth streams from a thousand printing - presses , and
the candle of the Lord shines bright in its humblest cottages . May I not say that ...
Our lines have fallen in pleasant places , and happy the land , nor to be rashly left
, where the light of divine truth streams from a thousand printing - presses , and
the candle of the Lord shines bright in its humblest cottages . May I not say that ...
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The memorable night has come when , animated by a divine courage , Gideon
leads his three hundred to the bold assault . Silently he plants them around the
enemy ' s lines , waiting till song and revel have died away , and that mighty host
...
The memorable night has come when , animated by a divine courage , Gideon
leads his three hundred to the bold assault . Silently he plants them around the
enemy ' s lines , waiting till song and revel have died away , and that mighty host
...
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... acquire a false dignity - bushes are magnified into trees , and the humble
cottage rises into a stately mansion . And do not God ' s people fall into as great
mistakes , when they look at divine truth through their defective vision , and
through ...
... acquire a false dignity - bushes are magnified into trees , and the humble
cottage rises into a stately mansion . And do not God ' s people fall into as great
mistakes , when they look at divine truth through their defective vision , and
through ...
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Blind to his divine excellence , deaf to the calm voice of reason , dead to gentle
pity , they glare on him with their eyes ; they gnash their teeth at him ; nor are
restrained but by the steady port and resolute demeanor of these Roman guards
from ...
Blind to his divine excellence , deaf to the calm voice of reason , dead to gentle
pity , they glare on him with their eyes ; they gnash their teeth at him ; nor are
restrained but by the steady port and resolute demeanor of these Roman guards
from ...
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Page 296 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming : it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. all they shall speak and say unto thee 'art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us...
Page 308 - Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. * Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Page 155 - A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
Page 213 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 313 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18. Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 128 - Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
Page 67 - And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
Page 331 - Doth Job fear God for nought ? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Page 123 - I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth...
Page 331 - Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul; Which long for death, but it cometh not; And dig for it more than for hid treasures; Which rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?
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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 | R. Carter, 1859 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 344 pages |
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