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... character ; yet circumstances had been much against him , as to his acquiring other knowledge than that of carpentry . In the genial light of heaven , he was developing intellectual aptitudes which I had never suspected in the Land of ...
... character ; yet circumstances had been much against him , as to his acquiring other knowledge than that of carpentry . In the genial light of heaven , he was developing intellectual aptitudes which I had never suspected in the Land of ...
Page 66
... character of God as to imagine that he has prepared an unthinkable heaven . They fan- cy it to be a strange and abnormal state , in which spirits without any fixed habitation go floating about ; or else a country of serious saints in ...
... character of God as to imagine that he has prepared an unthinkable heaven . They fan- cy it to be a strange and abnormal state , in which spirits without any fixed habitation go floating about ; or else a country of serious saints in ...
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... character leads every one forth into a life like that of the old- est angels , the career of Gabriel , the four - and- twenty elders , or the living creatures that are but conscious voices in rendering ceaseless hom- age to God Most ...
... character leads every one forth into a life like that of the old- est angels , the career of Gabriel , the four - and- twenty elders , or the living creatures that are but conscious voices in rendering ceaseless hom- age to God Most ...
Page 77
... characters are built up by love , we cling to those whom we have so long loved and known , -in ad- versity , in desolation , in our burial of cherished hopes , over coffin lids and little graves ; and if , in after - ages , the range of ...
... characters are built up by love , we cling to those whom we have so long loved and known , -in ad- versity , in desolation , in our burial of cherished hopes , over coffin lids and little graves ; and if , in after - ages , the range of ...
Page 92
... character , wherever there are moral beings made in his image . He who works by general laws , and by second- ary causes , in the creation and development of the material universe , conducts in like manner his moral government in all ...
... character , wherever there are moral beings made in his image . He who works by general laws , and by second- ary causes , in the creation and development of the material universe , conducts in like manner his moral government in all ...
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Page 149 - Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints; who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name ? for thou only art holy ; for all nations shall come and worship before thee ; for thy judgments are made manifest.
Page 175 - And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Page 172 - And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Page 150 - And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia : for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to Him : for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath made herself ready.
Page 102 - Name ever dear to me ! When shall my labors have an end, In joy and peace and thee...
Page 183 - Some trust in chariots, and some in horses : but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
Page 145 - And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.
Page 146 - AND there appeared a great wonder in heaven ; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars : and she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
Page 183 - God, that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth embrace, That blessed angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked...
Page 148 - And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire...