The Christian's sketch bookSimpkin and Marshall, 1829 - 352 pages |
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... praise - worthy : with the enviable eulogium of , " Well done , good and faithful servant , thou hast been faithful over a few things , I will make thee ruler over many . " This is the warrant 14 THE CHRISTIAN'S SKETCH BOOK .
... praise - worthy : with the enviable eulogium of , " Well done , good and faithful servant , thou hast been faithful over a few things , I will make thee ruler over many . " This is the warrant 14 THE CHRISTIAN'S SKETCH BOOK .
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... praises , infinite in majesty , eternal in power , and endless in life ; whose will is his law , and whose word is ours : the sacred eloquence of whose divine oratory bends us under the sublime temper of the majesty and simplicity of ...
... praises , infinite in majesty , eternal in power , and endless in life ; whose will is his law , and whose word is ours : the sacred eloquence of whose divine oratory bends us under the sublime temper of the majesty and simplicity of ...
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... praise the author of their felicity , and who , casting their crowns at his feet , incessantly cry , " Holy , holy , holy , Lord of hosts ; the whole earth is full of thy glory , " ( Isa . vi . 3 :) represent to yourselves a Being who ...
... praise the author of their felicity , and who , casting their crowns at his feet , incessantly cry , " Holy , holy , holy , Lord of hosts ; the whole earth is full of thy glory , " ( Isa . vi . 3 :) represent to yourselves a Being who ...
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... praise ! Worthy will they be to find admission to the society of the angels of God . But this comprehends not all their bliss ; no , nor even the ingredient of highest value in the cup of salvation .- " Where I am , " said Jesus ...
... praise ! Worthy will they be to find admission to the society of the angels of God . But this comprehends not all their bliss ; no , nor even the ingredient of highest value in the cup of salvation .- " Where I am , " said Jesus ...
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... praise from all the pure in heart , both on earth and in heaven . We are invited and charged to " praise the beauty of his Holiness , and to give thanks at the remembrance of his Holiness ; " whilst in the world above , it is this ...
... praise from all the pure in heart , both on earth and in heaven . We are invited and charged to " praise the beauty of his Holiness , and to give thanks at the remembrance of his Holiness ; " whilst in the world above , it is this ...
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Page 102 - Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead : so the last error shall be worse than the first.
Page 83 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 35 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Page 321 - But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Page 159 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 144 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Page 35 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 309 - Works in the secret deep ; shoots steaming thence The fair profusion that o'erspreads the spring ; Flings from the sun direct the flaming day ; Feeds every creature ; hurls the tempest forth, And, as on earth this grateful change revolves, With transport touches all the springs of life. Nature, attend ! join, every living soul Beneath the spacious temple of the sky, In adoration join ; and ardent raise One general song ! To Him, ye vocal gales, Breathe soft, whose spirit in your freshness breathes.
Page 40 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ...
Page 303 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.