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... scene as is sufficient to uphold and animate us in the arduous pursuit of eternal life , without dazzling our minds with a vision of overpowering brilliancy , and abstracting our attention from the more humble , yet all im- portant ...
... scene as is sufficient to uphold and animate us in the arduous pursuit of eternal life , without dazzling our minds with a vision of overpowering brilliancy , and abstracting our attention from the more humble , yet all im- portant ...
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... scenes , or to shed the tear of friendship over the ashes of departed worth . In perusing the writings of the heathen poets and philosophers , we meet with many ir- rational opinions concerning the state of the soul after death ; and ...
... scenes , or to shed the tear of friendship over the ashes of departed worth . In perusing the writings of the heathen poets and philosophers , we meet with many ir- rational opinions concerning the state of the soul after death ; and ...
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... scenes and events with which they were familiar on earth , and the persons with whom they were wont to associate . Nay , the moral habits contracted by the soul , during her embodied state , were supposed to survive the event of ...
... scenes and events with which they were familiar on earth , and the persons with whom they were wont to associate . Nay , the moral habits contracted by the soul , during her embodied state , were supposed to survive the event of ...
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... scenes and abodes which they were known to frequent in the days of their mortal life . To this belief may be placed much of the idolatry which prevailed amongst the most refined and enlightened inhabitants of the heathen world , and of ...
... scenes and abodes which they were known to frequent in the days of their mortal life . To this belief may be placed much of the idolatry which prevailed amongst the most refined and enlightened inhabitants of the heathen world , and of ...
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... scene is presented to our view scarcely less touching than the similar interview described by Homer between Ulysses and the tender object of his filial piety : “ He spoke , and falling tears his face bedew ; And thrice around his neck ...
... scene is presented to our view scarcely less touching than the similar interview described by Homer between Ulysses and the tender object of his filial piety : “ He spoke , and falling tears his face bedew ; And thrice around his neck ...
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Page 105 - And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, He took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. And as He prayed, the fashion of His countenance was altered, and His raiment was white and glistering.
Page 330 - But and if ye suffer for righteousness. sake, happy are ye : and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled ; but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts : and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear...
Page 128 - He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made Him a liar, because he believeth not the record that God gave of His Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life ; and this life is in His Son. He that hath the Son hath life ; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
Page 76 - And, father cardinal, I have heard you say, That we shall see and know our friends in heaven: If that be true, I shall see my boy again; For, since the birth of Cain, the first male child, To him that did but yesterday suspire, There was not such a gracious creature born.
Page 185 - There is not, in my opinion, a more pleasing and triumphant consideration in religion than this, of the perpetual progress which the soul makes towards the perfection of its nature, without ever arriving at a period in it.
Page 111 - And it came to pass that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom : the rich man also died, and was buried ; ^A.nd in hell he lifted up his eyes being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, ' Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue ; for I am tormented in this flame.
Page 146 - And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia : but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more...
Page 39 - This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Page 212 - No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both, That all the world shall — I will do such things — What they are yet I know not ; but they shall be The terrors of the earth.
Page 350 - For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.