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... amongst all the growth of the garden . It was ordained to be the sacramental symbol of immortality ; perhaps , to be even the physical agency through which the decay of nature should perpetually be counteracted . The pulse , which grew ...
... amongst all the growth of the garden . It was ordained to be the sacramental symbol of immortality ; perhaps , to be even the physical agency through which the decay of nature should perpetually be counteracted . The pulse , which grew ...
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... . The dead exceed fivefold the minutes since the creation ; and in the last hour more than three thousand bodies must have fallen . Every year , one individual amongst twenty - seven dies in Russia and in the city THE LAST ENEMY . 23.
... . The dead exceed fivefold the minutes since the creation ; and in the last hour more than three thousand bodies must have fallen . Every year , one individual amongst twenty - seven dies in Russia and in the city THE LAST ENEMY . 23.
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... amongst thirty in Greece : one amongst thirty - two in Sicily : one amongst thirty - six in Prussia : one amongst thirty - nine in France and Holland : one amongst forty - two in Philadelphia : one amongst forty- three in Belgium : one ...
... amongst thirty in Greece : one amongst thirty - two in Sicily : one amongst thirty - six in Prussia : one amongst thirty - nine in France and Holland : one amongst forty - two in Philadelphia : one amongst forty- three in Belgium : one ...
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... Amongst those eight antediluvian patriarchs who com- pleted the natural term of their days , he who died young- est was seven hundred and seventy - seven years old , and he who lived longest was nine hundred and sixty - nine . It is as ...
... Amongst those eight antediluvian patriarchs who com- pleted the natural term of their days , he who died young- est was seven hundred and seventy - seven years old , and he who lived longest was nine hundred and sixty - nine . It is as ...
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Conquering and Conquered George Burgess. life , amongst the wicked of the antediluvian world , was not extinguished by violence , the general length of the days of man must have been ten times their present du- ration a space sufficient ...
Conquering and Conquered George Burgess. life , amongst the wicked of the antediluvian world , was not extinguished by violence , the general length of the days of man must have been ten times their present du- ration a space sufficient ...
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Page 235 - 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 283 - 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 212 - 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 228 - Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
Page 206 - O my Father, if this cup may not pass from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
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 195 - 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...
Page 214 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come ; that Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
Page 218 - 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...