Memorials of Joseph Sortain

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James Nisbett, 1861 - 443 pages
 

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Page 85 - 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.
Page 201 - For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming ? 20 For ye are our glory and joy.
Page 95 - Christ, under great sufferings and trials of his perseverance : 2 Tim. i. 12, " For which cause also I suffer these things. Nevertheless, I am not ashamed : for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him against that day.
Page 143 - If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
Page 99 - More especially, we pray for the good estate of the Catholic Church; that it may be so guided and governed by Thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life.
Page 30 - Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest ! I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast.
Page 283 - For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers : for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
Page 402 - He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall; but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Page 87 - I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.
Page 252 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short. It remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; and they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; and they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

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