The Christian's GiftJohn P. Jewett and Company, 1857 - 308 pages |
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... darkness will pass by . Per- haps it was allowed to descend upon the soul , just to drive us to God . This may be our first act of real faith . Confidence in God is the seminal prin- ciple of all genuine belief . If we have absolute ...
... darkness will pass by . Per- haps it was allowed to descend upon the soul , just to drive us to God . This may be our first act of real faith . Confidence in God is the seminal prin- ciple of all genuine belief . If we have absolute ...
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... darkness of our present affliction , we see the gleaming of bright stars above . The fears which once haunted us are gone , for perfect love has cast them out . We have new songs in the night , " which fill the soul with happiness . 66 ...
... darkness of our present affliction , we see the gleaming of bright stars above . The fears which once haunted us are gone , for perfect love has cast them out . We have new songs in the night , " which fill the soul with happiness . 66 ...
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... darkness rather than light , they will not come to the light , but the light must be carried to them ; and it is not enough even that you put it into their dwellings , but you must stand and hold it forth before their eyes . The Sabbath ...
... darkness rather than light , they will not come to the light , but the light must be carried to them ; and it is not enough even that you put it into their dwellings , but you must stand and hold it forth before their eyes . The Sabbath ...
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... darkness in the very heart of his own dominions ? Does not the Sab- bath school unfold its arms of charity , and invite all who will , to come and be enlightened in God's testimonies ? Above all , does not the sanctuary gather those of ...
... darkness in the very heart of his own dominions ? Does not the Sab- bath school unfold its arms of charity , and invite all who will , to come and be enlightened in God's testimonies ? Above all , does not the sanctuary gather those of ...
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far from being all sunshine . He has his days of darkness , his thwarted plans , his perplexities , that to his sensitive spirit are as much as the heavier trials of life to a maturer age . He is without judg- ment , without experience ...
far from being all sunshine . He has his days of darkness , his thwarted plans , his perplexities , that to his sensitive spirit are as much as the heavier trials of life to a maturer age . He is without judg- ment , without experience ...
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Page 238 - Angels ! assist our mighty joys ; Strike all your harps of gold ; But, when you raise your highest notes His love can ne'er be told.
Page 70 - 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...
Page 145 - Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection; on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Page 171 - For what shall I praise Thee, my God and my King? For what blessings the tribute of gratitude bring ? Shall I praise Thee...
Page 103 - Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay.
Page 291 - And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation...
Page 152 - Then shall the good stand in immortal bloom, In the fair gardens of that second birth ; And each bright blossom mingle its perfume With that of flowers which never bloomed on earth.
Page 116 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed...
Page 70 - And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: and for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
Page 138 - 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.