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... existence . It limits the term of our sojourn here . So long as we are in this world , we are in time , but when we quit it , all beyond is vast eternity . Death then to us is the end of time . It is that which closes our con- nection ...
... existence . It limits the term of our sojourn here . So long as we are in this world , we are in time , but when we quit it , all beyond is vast eternity . Death then to us is the end of time . It is that which closes our con- nection ...
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... existence flowing into it from the Fountain of Life . ' And how can this be experienced but by dwelling near that Fountain ? Of no practical truth am I more deeply and solemnly convinced than this , that elevated spirituality - and oh ...
... existence flowing into it from the Fountain of Life . ' And how can this be experienced but by dwelling near that Fountain ? Of no practical truth am I more deeply and solemnly convinced than this , that elevated spirituality - and oh ...
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... existence and growing extent of which demand a prompt and effectual check . The office of the Christian ministry is strangely misunderstood at the present time . By one part of the professing church , the Christian minister is all but ...
... existence and growing extent of which demand a prompt and effectual check . The office of the Christian ministry is strangely misunderstood at the present time . By one part of the professing church , the Christian minister is all but ...
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... existence of a Gospel church , that it is connected with the discharge of certain functions , and that it is clothed with dignity and authority , which are to be recognised and exercised , not for its own self - aggrandisement , but for ...
... existence of a Gospel church , that it is connected with the discharge of certain functions , and that it is clothed with dignity and authority , which are to be recognised and exercised , not for its own self - aggrandisement , but for ...
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... existence , that a central authority shall be instituted , with absolute power to make , so far as the itinerancy is con- cerned , all ministerial appointments , without let or hinderance . It is true , that in an association of ...
... existence , that a central authority shall be instituted , with absolute power to make , so far as the itinerancy is con- cerned , all ministerial appointments , without let or hinderance . It is true , that in an association of ...
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Page 237 - Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not ; but have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but, by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
Page 23 - For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God ; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
Page 381 - Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
Page 238 - Then said I, Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
Page 240 - But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
Page 98 - A pleasing land of drowsy-head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky...
Page 351 - I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation : he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation ; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Page 354 - ... also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets...
Page 305 - What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet...
Page 156 - Scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures; and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve; after that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.