The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate1861 |
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... meet- ing us closely and continually in the pathway of our lives . Every comfort is held out to our acceptance by the hand of God ; in every trial we may trace the discipline of God : in our joys , in our sorrows , in our difficulties ...
... meet- ing us closely and continually in the pathway of our lives . Every comfort is held out to our acceptance by the hand of God ; in every trial we may trace the discipline of God : in our joys , in our sorrows , in our difficulties ...
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... meets the soul , and reveals Himself wondrously to it ; it is a time of bright light , of quickened affections , of holy aspirations , of heavenly communion with God . In the moment of such ecstacy we feel how good it is to be here ...
... meets the soul , and reveals Himself wondrously to it ; it is a time of bright light , of quickened affections , of holy aspirations , of heavenly communion with God . In the moment of such ecstacy we feel how good it is to be here ...
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... meet God ; but it is re- markable how entirely indifference and insensibility to divine things mark an old age which succeeds a manhood of worldliness and a youth of thoughtlessness . The child is said to be the father of the man ; and ...
... meet God ; but it is re- markable how entirely indifference and insensibility to divine things mark an old age which succeeds a manhood of worldliness and a youth of thoughtlessness . The child is said to be the father of the man ; and ...
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... meet us on the surface : the works of later ages are superimposed on them . The Roman builders , for example , who afterwards wrought here , frequently erected their princely structures on what was a field of ruins when their works were ...
... meet us on the surface : the works of later ages are superimposed on them . The Roman builders , for example , who afterwards wrought here , frequently erected their princely structures on what was a field of ruins when their works were ...
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... meet in chapter , " and observes that " chapter meetings are commonly confined to cathedrals . " I can imagine a great deal of mischief likely to arise , if a rural dean , surrounded by a few clergy of his own opinions , reports their ...
... meet in chapter , " and observes that " chapter meetings are commonly confined to cathedrals . " I can imagine a great deal of mischief likely to arise , if a rural dean , surrounded by a few clergy of his own opinions , reports their ...
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Page 449 - WE are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings...
Page 469 - Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear : For our God is a consuming fire.
Page 294 - Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Page 468 - And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Page 281 - THE Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith : And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another.
Page 166 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven ; and they were destroyed from the earth : and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.