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... experience may lead him to doubt the truth of the testimony it gives . It cannot be denied , that a man may look around him , and see many a one living in sin , and at the same time , to all appearance , in the possession of peace ...
... experience may lead him to doubt the truth of the testimony it gives . It cannot be denied , that a man may look around him , and see many a one living in sin , and at the same time , to all appearance , in the possession of peace ...
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... experience we find , that this anticipation meets not with any adequate confirmation from the state of the world , that it becomes fainter and fainter . Our first impression is that of wonder , that no direct visitation from God ...
... experience we find , that this anticipation meets not with any adequate confirmation from the state of the world , that it becomes fainter and fainter . Our first impression is that of wonder , that no direct visitation from God ...
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... experience ourselves , may incline us to doubt the truth of the statement , contained in the text . We may know within our- selves , that our hearts are not set upon righteous- ness ; we may feel that we have little real desire to live ...
... experience ourselves , may incline us to doubt the truth of the statement , contained in the text . We may know within our- selves , that our hearts are not set upon righteous- ness ; we may feel that we have little real desire to live ...
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... experienced by all who shall be outcasts from His presence . And will not that , which I have adverted to as possible to all , actually happen to those whose hearts are engrossed with the world ? Will it not be the case of all such as ...
... experienced by all who shall be outcasts from His presence . And will not that , which I have adverted to as possible to all , actually happen to those whose hearts are engrossed with the world ? Will it not be the case of all such as ...
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... experience in living a religious life ; and is it not both a comfort and an encourage- ment to you to know , that there are others in the world precisely in the same condition ; nay , that there are those , who having been once in this ...
... experience in living a religious life ; and is it not both a comfort and an encourage- ment to you to know , that there are others in the world precisely in the same condition ; nay , that there are those , who having been once in this ...
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Page 141 - If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone ? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent ? or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion ? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him ? " And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb.
Page 147 - And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms concerning me.
Page 104 - And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Page 192 - For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Page 308 - THE Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion...
Page vi - But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not...
Page 289 - Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me ; and lead me in the way everlasting.
Page 263 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page vi - Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of Hosts.
Page 88 - For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.