Scripture Revelations of the Life of Man After Death: And the Christian Doctrines of Descent Into Hell, the Resurrection of the Body, and the Life Everlasting, with Remarks Upon Cremation and Upon Christian Burial |
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... seen that I have brought together many words , not , I think , so generally known as they ought to be , of men of high authority upon the subjects treated , besides my own ; which will give my book a far higher value than it could ...
... seen that I have brought together many words , not , I think , so generally known as they ought to be , of men of high authority upon the subjects treated , besides my own ; which will give my book a far higher value than it could ...
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... beyond the gateway of death ? and that all the rest are to stop short , and be no more seen ? No , surely , Heaven must be wider , not narrower , than earth ; it will comprehend all , and much more xvi INTRODUCTION .
... beyond the gateway of death ? and that all the rest are to stop short , and be no more seen ? No , surely , Heaven must be wider , not narrower , than earth ; it will comprehend all , and much more xvi INTRODUCTION .
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... seen in its extreme absurdity . And to any one who reflects upon the undeniable fact that the dispersion of the particles of a dead body , gradually and slowly , in ordinary decay , is , in fact , nothing more than a slow burn- ing ...
... seen in its extreme absurdity . And to any one who reflects upon the undeniable fact that the dispersion of the particles of a dead body , gradually and slowly , in ordinary decay , is , in fact , nothing more than a slow burn- ing ...
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... seen between the moment of death and this summons . Only his words showed that it was pain to him to find him- self once more on earth . " " * Why , " he said , " hast thou disquieted me to bring me up ? That ex- presses the great ...
... seen between the moment of death and this summons . Only his words showed that it was pain to him to find him- self once more on earth . " " * Why , " he said , " hast thou disquieted me to bring me up ? That ex- presses the great ...
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... seen by any one . Let a man , for instance , starve himself , or let some disease affecting his vital powers seize him — we know his flesh will disappear ; he will grow , as we say , thinner and lighter ; and in a short time many pounds ...
... seen by any one . Let a man , for instance , starve himself , or let some disease affecting his vital powers seize him — we know his flesh will disappear ; he will grow , as we say , thinner and lighter ; and in a short time many pounds ...
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Page 7 - Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die. And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him; and to every seed his own body.
Page 18 - That each, who seems a separate whole, Should move his rounds, and fusing all The skirts of self again, should fall Remerging in the general Soul, Is faith as vague as all unsweet: Eternal form shall still divide The eternal soul from all beside; And I shall know him when we meet...
Page 82 - For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one ; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren ; in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
Page 111 - The Body of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out, And stript of its lettering and gilding,) Lies here, food for worms. But the work shall not be lost, For it will (as he believed) Appear once more, In a new, and more elegant edition, Revised and corrected • by The Author.
Page 83 - When every thing that is sincerely good And perfectly divine, With truth and peace and love...
Page 86 - Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave: Thou shalt not lack The flower, that's like thy face, pale primrose; nor The azur'd hare-bell, like thy veins; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
Page 115 - If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Page 94 - Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor: and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son : and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.
Page 38 - CONTEMPLATE all this work of Time, The giant labouring in his youth ; Nor dream of human love and truth, As dying Nature's earth and lime ; But trust that those we call the dead Are breathers of an ampler day For ever nobler ends.
Page 39 - For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened : not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.