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... A CITY MISSIONARY . 87 CHAPTER VII . SCARCELY SAVED 105 CHAPTER VIII . THE LOST WIFE 122 CHAPTER IX . THE VICTORY THAT OVERCOMETH • CHAPTER X. THE LORD WILL PROVIDE • 138 155 CHAPTER XI . A MOTHER 170 CHAPTER XII . THE.
... A CITY MISSIONARY . 87 CHAPTER VII . SCARCELY SAVED 105 CHAPTER VIII . THE LOST WIFE 122 CHAPTER IX . THE VICTORY THAT OVERCOMETH • CHAPTER X. THE LORD WILL PROVIDE • 138 155 CHAPTER XI . A MOTHER 170 CHAPTER XII . THE.
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... Lord had said unto Abram , Get thee out of thy country , and from thy kindred , and from thy father's house , unto a land that I will show thee : and I will make of thee a great nation , and I will bless thee , and make thy name great ...
... Lord had said unto Abram , Get thee out of thy country , and from thy kindred , and from thy father's house , unto a land that I will show thee : and I will make of thee a great nation , and I will bless thee , and make thy name great ...
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... Lord , as the waters cover the channels of the great deep . This history , there- fore , will be an intensely interesting one ; it will be interest- ing to learn from what small beginnings great events come ; it will be no less ...
... Lord , as the waters cover the channels of the great deep . This history , there- fore , will be an intensely interesting one ; it will be interest- ing to learn from what small beginnings great events come ; it will be no less ...
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... Lord loved you , and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers , hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand , and redeemed you out of the house of bonds- men , from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt ...
... Lord loved you , and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers , hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand , and redeemed you out of the house of bonds- men , from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt ...
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... Lord — let them feel that all ties must be dislocated , all distinctions broken up , that the way may be clear to a crown of glory hereafter ; and let them that use the world , that is , discharge its duties , as soldiers , sailors ...
... Lord — let them feel that all ties must be dislocated , all distinctions broken up , that the way may be clear to a crown of glory hereafter ; and let them that use the world , that is , discharge its duties , as soldiers , sailors ...
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Page 202 - But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
Page 142 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
Page 143 - Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Page 138 - By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac ; and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said ; That in Isaac shall thy seed be called ; accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead ; from whence also he received him in a figure.
Page 70 - And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat : for hitherto ye were not able to bear it. Neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal : for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men...
Page 353 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then shall the LORD be my God...
Page 1 - Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee. And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing : And I will bless them that bless thee : and curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Page 64 - Let us be patient! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise. But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors: Amid these earthly damps, What seem to us but sad funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps.
Page 108 - And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and...
Page 105 - And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked : 8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds...