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Page 9
We perceive , at the very commencement , and as the best originator of all bless- ings , the efficacy of prayer , which , like a golden chain , draws down from heaven the objects for which we have petitioned We cannot but admire ...
We perceive , at the very commencement , and as the best originator of all bless- ings , the efficacy of prayer , which , like a golden chain , draws down from heaven the objects for which we have petitioned We cannot but admire ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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She felt at that moment what the poet calls the " luxury of grief ; " and if a celestial heart can rejoice under similar circum- stances , if " joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth , " " * think what must be the ...
She felt at that moment what the poet calls the " luxury of grief ; " and if a celestial heart can rejoice under similar circum- stances , if " joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth , " " * think what must be the ...
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... had descended from the glories of heaven to invest himself with a much deeper poverty than even their own , in order to accomplish their salvation , these poor people could not but feel a double consolation under their afflictions .
... had descended from the glories of heaven to invest himself with a much deeper poverty than even their own , in order to accomplish their salvation , these poor people could not but feel a double consolation under their afflictions .
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The good Shepherd is God ; you are his refractory flock ; and the fold is the King- dom of Heaven . The Almighty has , for a length of time , gra- ciously dealt with you as a tender father dealeth with his children .
The good Shepherd is God ; you are his refractory flock ; and the fold is the King- dom of Heaven . The Almighty has , for a length of time , gra- ciously dealt with you as a tender father dealeth with his children .
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