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... rising to - morrow , would be no greater than the appearance of a meteor in the sky would be of its return . But had the meteor appeared as uniformly as the sun has appeared , the evidence in both cases would be equal , of a stated ...
... rising to - morrow , would be no greater than the appearance of a meteor in the sky would be of its return . But had the meteor appeared as uniformly as the sun has appeared , the evidence in both cases would be equal , of a stated ...
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... rise in his bosom , and as conscience falters , and his fears subside , in evil hour he consents to the enticement , and is undone . Still , for a season , a wounded con- science pains him , and he passes sleepless nights and days of wo ...
... rise in his bosom , and as conscience falters , and his fears subside , in evil hour he consents to the enticement , and is undone . Still , for a season , a wounded con- science pains him , and he passes sleepless nights and days of wo ...
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... rising sun , and those which linger will be soon adjusted . To accomplish this result , however , a rigid in- hibition must be laid upon the habit of specu- lation . For the present it must be stopped , and the whole soul be turned from ...
... rising sun , and those which linger will be soon adjusted . To accomplish this result , however , a rigid in- hibition must be laid upon the habit of specu- lation . For the present it must be stopped , and the whole soul be turned from ...
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... rise to a glorious immortality . But if she should fall on evil times , and be ruined— while the fires of her burning ascend , and the fragments of her wreck are passing by , and the chains of her sons going to captivity are riveting ...
... rise to a glorious immortality . But if she should fall on evil times , and be ruined— while the fires of her burning ascend , and the fragments of her wreck are passing by , and the chains of her sons going to captivity are riveting ...
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... rising - and the unquiet earth heaving . But while the maga- zines of wo were filling , the nation slept . While the storm was coming on , those who raised it were despised . " What can they do ? " said the king , in the majesty of his ...
... rising - and the unquiet earth heaving . But while the maga- zines of wo were filling , the nation slept . While the storm was coming on , those who raised it were despised . " What can they do ? " said the king , in the majesty of his ...
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Page 147 - Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there : if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea ; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me," even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and...
Page 73 - For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Page 8 - Saviour ; knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying ; Where is the promise of his coming ? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
Page 8 - The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Page 98 - Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Page 26 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people...
Page 146 - For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
Page 159 - If you thus behave yourselves, and so become a terror to evil doers and a praise to them that do well...
Page 7 - Chap. iii. know also, that in the last -*- days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of GOD ; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof : from such turn away.
Page 150 - This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all.