The Methodist Magazine, Volume 4J. Soule and T. Mason for the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States, 1821 |
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... passing shad- ows , and dreams that vanish ; they tell us they are fleeter than the wind , swifter than a post , and more light and unsubstantial than vanity itself : were they weighed in the balance together they would be lighter than ...
... passing shad- ows , and dreams that vanish ; they tell us they are fleeter than the wind , swifter than a post , and more light and unsubstantial than vanity itself : were they weighed in the balance together they would be lighter than ...
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... pass away in a year , " we should say , All will totally vanish at farthest in thirty or forty years . We should see that greater or lesser durations , not altering the nature of these things so as to make the one less changeable than ...
... pass away in a year , " we should say , All will totally vanish at farthest in thirty or forty years . We should see that greater or lesser durations , not altering the nature of these things so as to make the one less changeable than ...
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... pass away . Let us deck our- selves with garlands of roses before they wither , for this is our portion and lot . Since then , say they , our portion in this life is so limited , it behoves us attentively to improve the present moment ...
... pass away . Let us deck our- selves with garlands of roses before they wither , for this is our portion and lot . Since then , say they , our portion in this life is so limited , it behoves us attentively to improve the present moment ...
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... passing along in the road , and who give none to him who planted the kernal , and had taken care of the tree till it bare fruit ; and even as those who do not regard the orders of their own lawful king , and submit themselves zealously ...
... passing along in the road , and who give none to him who planted the kernal , and had taken care of the tree till it bare fruit ; and even as those who do not regard the orders of their own lawful king , and submit themselves zealously ...
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... pass . Dismiss , therefore , from your mind the idea that you have not time enough for the discharge of the du ties of life , seeing God hath given you time sufficient for every wise and useful purpose ; for there is a " time to plant ...
... pass . Dismiss , therefore , from your mind the idea that you have not time enough for the discharge of the du ties of life , seeing God hath given you time sufficient for every wise and useful purpose ; for there is a " time to plant ...
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Page 167 - O Lord, I will praise thee : though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. Behold, God is my salvation ; I will trust, and not be afraid ; for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song ; he also is become my salvation.
Page 88 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round As one great furnace flamed, yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell...
Page 88 - This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
Page 87 - Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared...
Page 243 - Except a man be born again, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God,
Page 401 - From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Then said Jesus unto the twelve. Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go ? thou hast the words of eternal life. — And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
Page 127 - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor; He hath sent Me to heal the broken hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind ; to set at liberty them that are bruised. To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Page 321 - And thou, Son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions : be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. And thou shalt speak my words unto them whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear : for they are most rebellious.
Page 9 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short. It remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; and they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; and they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 448 - For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.