Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord; Yea, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labours, and their works do follow them. Prayer - Page 29by John Lathrop - 1804 - 41 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sermons, English - 1839 - 584 pages
...of love:" and again, " I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, blessed are the dead that die in the Lord ; yea, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labours, and their works do follow them." But, brethren, it is not enough that we acknowledge this as a mere orthodox... | |
| Robert Pedder Buddicom - 1839 - 1038 pages
...workmanship of his power, in the last conflict. And when it is passed, " Blessed are the dead which die MI the Lord, yea, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labours, and their works do foliate them" 1 But, while the dead are placed in their state of consciousness, and in safe... | |
| 1839 - 498 pages
...incomplete state of blessedness. There is a higher blessedness to the dead which die in the Lord ; for they rest from their labours, and their works do follow them. The evils and difficulties occasioned by temptations from without, and by unbelief and the struggles of... | |
| Joanna Bethune - 1839 - 156 pages
...whose footsteps on earth they humbly endeavored in his strength to follow. ' Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord ; yea, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labors, and their works do follow them.' At each annual meeting, Mrs. Graham usually made an... | |
| 1840 - 534 pages
...spirit, though no mortal voices chaunted the strain; and the words were, "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord; yea, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labours, and their works do follow them." Such is the repose which we would have sought after by the intrepid children... | |
| Edward Bather - Sermons, English - 1840 - 586 pages
...been such as have been supposed, in you the scripture shall be fulfilled, " Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. Yea, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labours, and their works do follow them ;" * to bear witness, that is, of the genuineness of their faith and love ; and... | |
| William Evans, Thomas Evans - Quakers - 1840 - 500 pages
...have no hope; for we believe that the Scripture language might be applied, ' Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord; yea, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labours, and their works do follow them !' " His affectionate and kind companion, in a letter to his widow, after reciting... | |
| 1844 - 444 pages
...voice from heaven, saying to me, write, Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, from henceforth; yea saith the Spirit for they rest from their labours, and their works do follow them. INTELLIGENCE. The seventy-ßflh Annual Association of the New Connexion of General... | |
| 1842 - 474 pages
...on like a gentle sleep and sent his soul to its rest. ' Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, for they rest from their labours and their works do follow them.' " The widows and orphans whom he had supported, gathered round his grave, and paid a tribute of tears to... | |
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