 | Readers - 1833 - 224 pages
...the choir respond, "I heard a voice from Heaven, saying unto me, write from henceforth, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord; even so saith the Spirit; for they rest from their labors.'' 18. Thus closes the earthly history of William Wilberforce, the Christian Statesman. He has left, how7ever,... | |
 | Christianity - 1833 - 588 pages
...the choir respond, " I heard a voice from Heaven, saying unto me, write from henceforth, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord ; even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labors." Thus closes the earthly history of William Wilberforce, the Christian Statesman. He has left, however,... | |
 | c.e gadsden dd - 1833 - 366 pages
...there is not room to sorrow for her. For what is this voice which was heard from heaven, ' blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. Even so, saith the spirit, for they rest from their labours.' " When 1 heard the tidings, I went directly to your family. There had been many friends... | |
 | Christopher Edwards Gadsden - 1833 - 362 pages
...is not room to sorrow for her. For what is this • voice which was heard from heaven, ' blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. Even so, saith the spirit, for they rest from their labours.' " When 1 heard the tidings, I went directly to your family. There had been many friends... | |
 | John Fletcher - Methodist Church - 1833 - 686 pages
...The perfection of disembodied spirits is thus described by a voice from heaven : — " Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord : even so, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labours, [not from their sins ; this they did before death,] and their works follow them." And... | |
 | Ebenezer Ireson - Methodism - 1833 - 392 pages
...communication — ' I heard a voice frorr heaven, saying, From henceforth blessed are the dead that die in the Lord. Even so, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labors, and their works do follow them.' That is the last beatitude in the Bible : the fifth chapter of Matthew... | |
 | Hugh White - Sermons, English - 1834 - 442 pages
...they will not sorrow as others who have no hope ; for they will remember it is written, " Blessed are the dead, who die in the Lord, even so saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labours, and their works do follow them." And when your fellowsoldiers are gathered round your... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1834 - 1038 pages
...other communication — "I heard a voice from heaven, saying, From henceforth blessed are the dead that die in the Lord. Even so, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labors, and their works do follow them. That is the last beatitude in the Bible : the fifth chapter of Matthew... | |
 | Francis Close - Sermons, English - 1834 - 462 pages
...Peter i. 4, 5. J Ver. 3. soul, or rather he takes the soul to himself; and " blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, even so saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labours :" " to depart and be with Christ is far better." The joy of each redeemed spirit, when,... | |
 | Richard Cattermole - Christianity - 1834 - 360 pages
...in all this pleasant work, from which the soul and flesh would rest; and blessed are the dead that die in the Lord : even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours, and their works follow them. But, O my soul, what needest thou be troubled in this kind... | |
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I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From henceforth, blessed are the dead who die in the Lord : even so, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labours. 
