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... departed the elements would claim their portion . in its substance . His spirit , the gift of God , would re- turn to the Giver , subject to His sovereign disposal , taint- ed by its own guilt , and burdened with His displeasure ; a ...
... departed the elements would claim their portion . in its substance . His spirit , the gift of God , would re- turn to the Giver , subject to His sovereign disposal , taint- ed by its own guilt , and burdened with His displeasure ; a ...
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... departed . They now heard the yet unknown process by which their death should be made complete ; the mighty load of woes which was bound inseparably to death ; the tre- mendous conflict of which the earth was to be the battle- ground ...
... departed . They now heard the yet unknown process by which their death should be made complete ; the mighty load of woes which was bound inseparably to death ; the tre- mendous conflict of which the earth was to be the battle- ground ...
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... departed for ever . The slower and more pain- ful operation of arsenic disturbs and distresses the vital functions , till they cease . Strong narcotics , like lauda- num , oppress the brain ; and the soul passes away under the thick ...
... departed for ever . The slower and more pain- ful operation of arsenic disturbs and distresses the vital functions , till they cease . Strong narcotics , like lauda- num , oppress the brain ; and the soul passes away under the thick ...
Page 122
... departed . " secular history , similar scenes arrest our eyes as we look along that course of events , which , indeed , can scarcely be traced in its domestic influences , except where the palaces of the great and royal have fallen in ...
... departed . " secular history , similar scenes arrest our eyes as we look along that course of events , which , indeed , can scarcely be traced in its domestic influences , except where the palaces of the great and royal have fallen in ...
Page 123
... departed almost together ; and the solemn seal of death , placed on the volume of one life , has left that of another unopened for this world . A It is probable that this cause of death , also , is far more fatal in a refined state of ...
... departed almost together ; and the solemn seal of death , placed on the volume of one life , has left that of another unopened for this world . A It is probable that this cause of death , also , is far more fatal in a refined state of ...
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Abimelech amongst angels apoplexy apostles appear battle believed Bishop blessed blood body breath cause Christ Christian Christian Death Church common consciousness darkness dead death decay destroyed died disease dissolution divine doom dread dreams Duke dying Earl earth enemies England eternal everlasting expired faith fatal Father fear feel fell flesh frame friends glory grave hand hath heart heaven Henry Henry the Fowler Holy hope hour human hundred immortal infant Irenæus Israel Jephthah John Newton Joseph Scaliger Julius Cæsar King living Lord Byron Louis the Fourteenth mighty mind mortal murder Mussulmen nature Nicholas Ferrar pain Paradise passed peace peculiar perhaps perished persons pious poison Pompey prayer Prince resurrection sacrifice sank Saviour says scene seems seen sins slain sleep solemn sometimes son of Zebedee soul spirit suffering terrors things thou thought thousand tion triumph unto utter Vespasian victims words wound
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Page 239 - Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed ; Teach me to die, that so I may Rise glorious at the awful day.
Page 287 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held : and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth...
Page 55 - The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently stern array ! The thunder-clouds close o'er it, which when rent The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover, heaped and pent, Rider and horse — friend, foe, — in one red burial blent...
Page 216 - He took the Cup; and, when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of this ; for this is My Blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you and for many for the remission of sins : Do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of Me.
Page 92 - Holds such an enmity with blood of man, That, swift as quicksilver, it courses through The natural gates and alleys of the body; And, with a sudden vigour., it doth posset And curd, like eager droppings into milk, The thin and wholesome blood...
Page 25 - Shall one by one be gathered to thy side By those who in their turn shall follow them.
Page 295 - Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
Page 222 - ... far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Page 222 - Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh...
Page 199 - It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death; but, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is, 'Nunc dimittis...