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Page 32
And thus , when we have been summoned at midnight to a bed of death , how
loud the foot - fall sounded in the empty thoroughfare ! With thousands around
who gave no sign of life , with none abroad but prowling dog or houseless
outcast or ...
And thus , when we have been summoned at midnight to a bed of death , how
loud the foot - fall sounded in the empty thoroughfare ! With thousands around
who gave no sign of life , with none abroad but prowling dog or houseless
outcast or ...
Page 34
And I looked , and behold a pale horse , and his name that sat on him was Death
, and Hell followed with him . ” Of your many calls , and opportunities , is this all
the result ? Half awakened , yet unwilling to tear yourself from the arms of ...
And I looked , and behold a pale horse , and his name that sat on him was Death
, and Hell followed with him . ” Of your many calls , and opportunities , is this all
the result ? Half awakened , yet unwilling to tear yourself from the arms of ...
Page 37
Thusshowing us how many sinners perish — the darkness is the cause of their
death . They are lost - victims to the power of darkness . ” The greatest of all
mistakes is to miss the path to heaven . Yet see how many , turning from Christ ,
who ...
Thusshowing us how many sinners perish — the darkness is the cause of their
death . They are lost - victims to the power of darkness . ” The greatest of all
mistakes is to miss the path to heaven . Yet see how many , turning from Christ ,
who ...
Page 38
And who , that was not plunged in the ignorance of deepest darkness , would
choose death rather than life , would embrace sin rather than the Saviour , would
wave away the cup of salvation to seize a poisoned chalice , , and drink down ...
And who , that was not plunged in the ignorance of deepest darkness , would
choose death rather than life , would embrace sin rather than the Saviour , would
wave away the cup of salvation to seize a poisoned chalice , , and drink down ...
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the genius of a heathen fashioned , was true ; and taught a moral of which many
a death - bed furnishes the melancholy illustration . Having made the model of a
serpent , he fixed it in the bottom of the cup . Coiled for the spring , a pair of ...
the genius of a heathen fashioned , was true ; and taught a moral of which many
a death - bed furnishes the melancholy illustration . Having made the model of a
serpent , he fixed it in the bottom of the cup . Coiled for the spring , a pair of ...
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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 | Adam and Charles Black, 1858 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 14 Jun 2016 |
| Length | 385 pages |
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