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... whole continents , and then tried to form a conception of the multitude of living creatures awakened and gladdened daily by those rays , and of the still greater multitude of herbs and flowers opening to their visitation , and imbibing ...
... whole continents , and then tried to form a conception of the multitude of living creatures awakened and gladdened daily by those rays , and of the still greater multitude of herbs and flowers opening to their visitation , and imbibing ...
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... whole re- velation concerning the Divine character is neu- tralised ! We may acknowledge the abstract jus- tice , purity , and compassion of Jehovah , but unless we really apprehend his omnipresence , there can be no imperative check to ...
... whole re- velation concerning the Divine character is neu- tralised ! We may acknowledge the abstract jus- tice , purity , and compassion of Jehovah , but unless we really apprehend his omnipresence , there can be no imperative check to ...
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... whole fabric of nature were concealed from us , would demon- strate a supporting Deity . We walk then , as it were , in a sacred chamber , whether in the field at eventide , or in the closet , or in the house of prayer ; i He who ...
... whole fabric of nature were concealed from us , would demon- strate a supporting Deity . We walk then , as it were , in a sacred chamber , whether in the field at eventide , or in the closet , or in the house of prayer ; i He who ...
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... there be , on the whole , a progress in- the attainments desired ; and it is not disproved by occasional declension , whether seeming or real , any more than the efficacy of food is disproved by 22 III . - EFFICACY OF PRAYER .
... there be , on the whole , a progress in- the attainments desired ; and it is not disproved by occasional declension , whether seeming or real , any more than the efficacy of food is disproved by 22 III . - EFFICACY OF PRAYER .
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... whole range . To an insect , it may be much , whether the sun - beam paint his wings , and cheer him into a flight of some hand - breadths from the soil , or whether an autumn drop have so stained and chilled them , that he can but ...
... whole range . To an insect , it may be much , whether the sun - beam paint his wings , and cheer him into a flight of some hand - breadths from the soil , or whether an autumn drop have so stained and chilled them , that he can but ...
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Page 255 - The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye : return, come.
Page 268 - And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh ; go ye out to meet him.
Page 19 - The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. 11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
Page 166 - Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me...
Page 166 - Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
Page 13 - ... the earth, and the works that are therein, shall be burnt up...
Page 314 - I have received your letter. I need not say, that the extract which it contains has affected me, because it would imply a want of all feeling to have read it with indifference. Though I am not quite sure that it was intended by the writer for me, yet the date, the place where it was written, with some other circumstances which you mention, render the allusion probable.
Page 30 - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Page 148 - And is it in the flight of threescore years To push eternity from human thought, And smother souls immortal in the dust ? A soul immortal, spending all her fires, Wasting her strength in strenuous idleness, Thrown into tumult, raptur'd or alarm'd, At aught this scene can threaten or indulge, Resembles ocean into tempest wrought, To waft a feather, or to drown a fly.
Page 17 - Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them ; I will increase them with men like a flock.