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... coming forth with thousands and ten thousands , his eyes flaming fire , the
planetary heavens and this our earth wrapt up in one general confagration ;
though we should hear the groans of an expiring world , and behold nature
tumbling into ...
... coming forth with thousands and ten thousands , his eyes flaming fire , the
planetary heavens and this our earth wrapt up in one general confagration ;
though we should hear the groans of an expiring world , and behold nature
tumbling into ...
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We are also told that our Omnipotent judge will open this awful book and proceed
against us by regular process " I saw a great white throne and him that sat on it ;
from whose face the earth and the heavens fed away , and there was no place ...
We are also told that our Omnipotent judge will open this awful book and proceed
against us by regular process " I saw a great white throne and him that sat on it ;
from whose face the earth and the heavens fed away , and there was no place ...
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... should be reckoned a thing exceeding solemn ! A day of accounts , and the
vast ocean of eternity before us . - Oh , how the soul shudders on the brink , and
fain , very fain , would cleave to this evanescent speck of earth , loth to quit her
hold ...
... should be reckoned a thing exceeding solemn ! A day of accounts , and the
vast ocean of eternity before us . - Oh , how the soul shudders on the brink , and
fain , very fain , would cleave to this evanescent speck of earth , loth to quit her
hold ...
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If men of these qualities be encouraged to minister among you , then we may
hope that the vine , which God ' s right - hand has planted in this remote corner of
the earth , will “ send out her boughs unto the sea , and her branches unto the ...
If men of these qualities be encouraged to minister among you , then we may
hope that the vine , which God ' s right - hand has planted in this remote corner of
the earth , will “ send out her boughs unto the sea , and her branches unto the ...
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We strive to cloath ourselves with the mantles of the dead ; to copy their laudable
examples , and to catch some portion of the divine spirit wherewith they were
animated , as it remounts from earth to its native regions in Heaven !
We strive to cloath ourselves with the mantles of the dead ; to copy their laudable
examples , and to catch some portion of the divine spirit wherewith they were
animated , as it remounts from earth to its native regions in Heaven !
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Page 50 - AND I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud : and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire : 2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth...
Page 179 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
Page 163 - But of that day and hour knoweth no man ; no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Page 163 - The Son of Man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity ; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire ; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Page 159 - Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Page 84 - Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: come on, let us deal wisely with them ; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and...
Page 85 - And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Page 50 - And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer...
Page 138 - This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
Page 20 - The Lord giveth, and the Lord ' taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord.