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... Heaven is perfect , leave what- ever you find holds you back from following Christ . You have made your election , and are Christians : therefore , by your sacred name , by the obligations of the sacred law laid on you , and by the ...
... Heaven is perfect , leave what- ever you find holds you back from following Christ . You have made your election , and are Christians : therefore , by your sacred name , by the obligations of the sacred law laid on you , and by the ...
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... heaven ; Adam fell from original righteousness ; Judas fell out of the college of the Apostles ; Thomas fell in the midst of them , " Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall " ( 1 Cor . x . 12 ) . No : it is easy enough ...
... heaven ; Adam fell from original righteousness ; Judas fell out of the college of the Apostles ; Thomas fell in the midst of them , " Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall " ( 1 Cor . x . 12 ) . No : it is easy enough ...
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... heaven . Yesterday He was in the arms of Mary , to - day at the right hand of God . How rapid a transition ! Yesterday , suffering Himself , to - day , in the person of His martyr . Yesterday , in deepest abasement , to - day , in ...
... heaven . Yesterday He was in the arms of Mary , to - day at the right hand of God . How rapid a transition ! Yesterday , suffering Himself , to - day , in the person of His martyr . Yesterday , in deepest abasement , to - day , in ...
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... Heaven opens to the forgiving spirit . I think that one great lesson we may learn from S. Stephen is readiness to forgve injuries . His readiness is great indeed , it comes together with the injury . As the stones fly , so flies forth ...
... Heaven opens to the forgiving spirit . I think that one great lesson we may learn from S. Stephen is readiness to forgve injuries . His readiness is great indeed , it comes together with the injury . As the stones fly , so flies forth ...
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... heavens . Every wrong done us would be forgiven , and each act of forgiveness would be a work of righteousness , a precious stone laid in the building of that house of ours , not made with hands , invisible but enduring , the edifice of ...
... heavens . Every wrong done us would be forgiven , and each act of forgiveness would be a work of righteousness , a precious stone laid in the building of that house of ours , not made with hands , invisible but enduring , the edifice of ...
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Page 185 - But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Page 120 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul : neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own ; but they had all things common.
Page 116 - For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach except they be sent?
Page 107 - Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended ; but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Page 9 - And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And He saith unto them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Page 178 - And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind : and after the wind an earthquake ; but the Lord was not in the earthquake : and after the earthquake a fire ; but the Lord was not in the fire : and after the fire a still small voice.
Page 126 - And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the Lord's offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.
Page 121 - He that soweth little shall reap little ; and he that soweth plenteously shall reap plenteously. Let every man do according as he is disposed in his heart, not grudgingly, or of necessity ; for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Page 65 - And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Page 33 - Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts : and then shall every man have praise of God.