The Near and the Heavenly HorizonsAlexander Strahan, 1861 - 315 pages |
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Page 268 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Page 266 - Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Page 260 - Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for ! Even that it would please God to destroy me ; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Page 312 - For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better : nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
Page 345 - Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
Page 266 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts ; even one "thing befalleth them : as the one dieth, so dieth the other ; yea, they have all one br,, ith ; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast : for all is vanity. " 20. All go unto one place ; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 266 - Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Page 325 - I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat ; naked, and ye clothed me ; in prison, and ye visited me." And when the redeemed of the Lord cry out, in amazement, " When did we any of these things to thee...
Page 344 - Thy son is dead ; he will not return, and yet thy tears are stanched. " He will not return to me, but I shall go to him.
Page 235 - I cannot see without a blush. Grief is a flower as delicate and prompt to fade as happiness. Still it does not wholly die. Like the magic rose, dried, and unrecognisable, a warm air breathed on it will suffice to renew its bloom.