Discourses on Various SubjectsCharles Fox, 1835 - 299 páginas |
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... death ; holy philanthropy , that pours out its treasure and its life ; -dear and blessed virtues of humanity ! ( we are ready to exclaim ) -what human heart does not cherish you ? -bright cloud that hath passed on with " the sacramental ...
... death ; holy philanthropy , that pours out its treasure and its life ; -dear and blessed virtues of humanity ! ( we are ready to exclaim ) -what human heart does not cherish you ? -bright cloud that hath passed on with " the sacramental ...
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... death . Ah ! my brethren , we who sit in our closets talk about vice , and dishonesty , and bloody crime , and draw dark pictures of them , -cold and lifeless , though dark pic- tures ; but we little know , perhaps , of what we speak ...
... death . Ah ! my brethren , we who sit in our closets talk about vice , and dishonesty , and bloody crime , and draw dark pictures of them , -cold and lifeless , though dark pic- tures ; but we little know , perhaps , of what we speak ...
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... death - like coldness of distrust ; the word of anger falls like a blow upon the heart , or avarice hardens the heart against every finer feeling ; or the insane merriment , or the sullen stupor of the inebriate man falls like a ...
... death - like coldness of distrust ; the word of anger falls like a blow upon the heart , or avarice hardens the heart against every finer feeling ; or the insane merriment , or the sullen stupor of the inebriate man falls like a ...
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... death . Death is there indeed ; and it is the death of the soul ! But not to dwell longer upon particular forms of evil — of what , let us ask , is the man guilty ? Who is it that is thus guilty ? To say that he is noble in his nature ...
... death . Death is there indeed ; and it is the death of the soul ! But not to dwell longer upon particular forms of evil — of what , let us ask , is the man guilty ? Who is it that is thus guilty ? To say that he is noble in his nature ...
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... death is unloosing all the bands of his pride and self - reliance ! And whose spirit does not some- times faint under its intrinsic weakness , under its na- tive frailty , and the burden and pressure of its necessi- ties ? Religion then ...
... death is unloosing all the bands of his pride and self - reliance ! And whose spirit does not some- times faint under its intrinsic weakness , under its na- tive frailty , and the burden and pressure of its necessi- ties ? Religion then ...
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admiration affections amidst appeal art thou awaken awful beauty believe blessed breath brethren cern character children of men Christian cold conscience creature dark death DISCOURSE divine divine grace doubt duty dwell earth earthly eternity evil faith fear feeling forms friends future glorious glory God's gospel habit happiness hear heaven holy holy record honour hope human heart human nature immortal indulgence infinite interests irreligion Jesus language light ligion live look meditation ment mercy mind misery moral moral universe ness never noble objects pass passions perhaps piety pity pleasure prayer principle racter rational reason religion religious sensibility repeat retribution scene selfish sense sensual sinful sinner sleep solemn sorrow soul speak spirit strong sublime suffer sure teaching thee things thou thou art mind thought timate tion toil true truth virtue voice whole wisdom words worldly wrong
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Página 238 - He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Página 227 - And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Página 281 - By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Página 290 - Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; a land of darkness, as darkness itself, and of the shadow of death, without any order and where the light is as darkness.
Página 156 - And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear...
Página 294 - But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Página 64 - It is profitable for the life that now is, and for that which is to come.
Página 90 - Labour not for the meat that perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto eternal life.
Página 254 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it, then, a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they?
Página 256 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings ! and ye would not...