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... house , the hands and arms , tremble ; and the Strong men , the legs and thighs , bow them- Jelves . Their feet , that carried them ma- ny pleafant walks and vifits , now move with difficulty and pain . Their hands , that used to work ...
... house , the hands and arms , tremble ; and the Strong men , the legs and thighs , bow them- Jelves . Their feet , that carried them ma- ny pleafant walks and vifits , now move with difficulty and pain . Their hands , that used to work ...
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... house and worship of God ; for no one is too old to learn , or too good not to need to be quickened . It is an inftance of the wisdom of Providence , that , while old people often lofe their fight and hearing , and are incapable of ...
... house and worship of God ; for no one is too old to learn , or too good not to need to be quickened . It is an inftance of the wisdom of Providence , that , while old people often lofe their fight and hearing , and are incapable of ...
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... house , and mortality fhall be fwal- lowed up of life . " Look further , to the rifing day , when " the creature fhall be en- tirely delivered from the bondage of cor- ruption , into the glorious liberty of the chil- dren of God ...
... house , and mortality fhall be fwal- lowed up of life . " Look further , to the rifing day , when " the creature fhall be en- tirely delivered from the bondage of cor- ruption , into the glorious liberty of the chil- dren of God ...
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... house tremble , and the strong men bow themselves : " the arms , that defended the body , tremble ; the thighs and legs , that fupported it , tot- ter and bend under the weight . " Thofe that look out at the windows are darken- ed ...
... house tremble , and the strong men bow themselves : " the arms , that defended the body , tremble ; the thighs and legs , that fupported it , tot- ter and bend under the weight . " Thofe that look out at the windows are darken- ed ...
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... house of the Lord . " Continue your love to God's house and worship , and for- fake not the good way , in which you have found fo much edification and comfort . Live by faith in the all - fufficient Saviour , and abide in him , to whom ...
... house of the Lord . " Continue your love to God's house and worship , and for- fake not the good way , in which you have found fo much edification and comfort . Live by faith in the all - fufficient Saviour , and abide in him , to whom ...
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Page 47 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 87 - Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb; 'and even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Page 191 - And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day : the angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads ; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Page 234 - The LORD our GOD be with us, as He was with our fathers : let Him not leave us, nor forsake us : That He may incline our hearts unto Him to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments, and His statutes, and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers.
Page 338 - Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Page 90 - ... that thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him : for he is thy life, and the length of thy days : that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
Page 28 - I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
Page xii - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Page 116 - But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many.
Page 7 - Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...