The Contrast Between Good and Bad Men: Illustrated by the Biography and Truths of the Bible, Volume 1M. W. Dodd, 1855 |
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... thing was impious . In- iquity , unrelieved , unceasing , reigned and covered the whole earth , and overlaid it as with the pall of death . Imagine , if it is possible , that this me- tropolis in which we dwell contained within its ...
... thing was impious . In- iquity , unrelieved , unceasing , reigned and covered the whole earth , and overlaid it as with the pall of death . Imagine , if it is possible , that this me- tropolis in which we dwell contained within its ...
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... things were working loose from their old fastenings toward the most fearful catas- trophe on the records of time . It ... thing . It has its charms , and artfully insinuates itself into the mind . Men do not see the preci- pice even when ...
... things were working loose from their old fastenings toward the most fearful catas- trophe on the records of time . It ... thing . It has its charms , and artfully insinuates itself into the mind . Men do not see the preci- pice even when ...
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... thing but a happy world , any thing but a world desirable to live in . With all their enjoyments , and all their possessions and triumphs , its vile and wretch- ed inhabitants could no where find unmingled joys . The cup which they ...
... thing but a happy world , any thing but a world desirable to live in . With all their enjoyments , and all their possessions and triumphs , its vile and wretch- ed inhabitants could no where find unmingled joys . The cup which they ...
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... things is at hand . " " One day is with the Lord as a thousand years , and a thousand years as one day . " Time diminishes the further we recede from it , and eternity magnifies as it draws near . This restless pursuit of the things of ...
... things is at hand . " " One day is with the Lord as a thousand years , and a thousand years as one day . " Time diminishes the further we recede from it , and eternity magnifies as it draws near . This restless pursuit of the things of ...
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... thing which God had threatened , and the world around him did not believe it . But it drew his attention more and more , till it became the absorbing theme , and his faith anticipated it with an assurance which the reality itself could ...
... thing which God had threatened , and the world around him did not believe it . But it drew his attention more and more , till it became the absorbing theme , and his faith anticipated it with an assurance which the reality itself could ...
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Page 18 - AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Page 217 - Who can count the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth part of Israel ? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!
Page 175 - This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Page 199 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them : but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.