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... earth that triflers are to be found ; and will you be one of them ? God forbid ! Read , I beseech you , this little book with serious prayer . Remember that it is your welfare which is sought . I wish you to be happy here , and , when ...
... earth that triflers are to be found ; and will you be one of them ? God forbid ! Read , I beseech you , this little book with serious prayer . Remember that it is your welfare which is sought . I wish you to be happy here , and , when ...
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... earth ; yet your immortal soul will be living in another world ; and far more sensible of joy or grief than it can possibly Then , my young friend , what will you think of this friendly warning ? How happy will you be if you have ...
... earth ; yet your immortal soul will be living in another world ; and far more sensible of joy or grief than it can possibly Then , my young friend , what will you think of this friendly warning ? How happy will you be if you have ...
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... earth ? Are you only going forwards through a little span of time to an eternal world ? And there to find an endless abode , amidst the deepest sorrow or the most perfect joy ? And do many things unite to hinder you from reaching the ...
... earth ? Are you only going forwards through a little span of time to an eternal world ? And there to find an endless abode , amidst the deepest sorrow or the most perfect joy ? And do many things unite to hinder you from reaching the ...
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... earth . The miser as well as the spendthrift ; the pleasing young man who is following earthly objects with all his heart , and the engaging young woman whose thoughts are fixed on fashion , dress , and gaiety , as much possess the ...
... earth . The miser as well as the spendthrift ; the pleasing young man who is following earthly objects with all his heart , and the engaging young woman whose thoughts are fixed on fashion , dress , and gaiety , as much possess the ...
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... earth that doeth good and sinneth not . If one died for all then were all dead . " If we refer this point to the decision of the best of men , they unite from their own sad experience to confirm it . - David humbly confesses , " I was ...
... earth that doeth good and sinneth not . If one died for all then were all dead . " If we refer this point to the decision of the best of men , they unite from their own sad experience to confirm it . - David humbly confesses , " I was ...
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Page 83 - Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection. And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented, of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens...
Page 30 - Christ ; who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and the glory of his power, when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired by all them that believe.
Page 73 - Then Jesus beholding him, loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest : go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
Page 73 - And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
Page 93 - And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched : "Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Page 91 - Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it...
Page 131 - My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me : and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any one pluck them out of My hand.
Page 69 - Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
Page 218 - But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone : which is the second death.
Page 25 - Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?