Signs of the Times: Or, Present, Past, and FutureLindsay and Blakiston, 1855 - 288 pages |
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... soon to come to pass . In the case of Noah , 120 years were definitely fixed as the period at the end of which the windows of heaven should pour down , and the fountains of the great deep should be broken up . This prophecy was the ...
... soon to come to pass . In the case of Noah , 120 years were definitely fixed as the period at the end of which the windows of heaven should pour down , and the fountains of the great deep should be broken up . This prophecy was the ...
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... soon after this ? In the summer of that very year Ali Pacha revolted against the Sultan . In the autumn of 1820 the Greek insurrection broke out . Soon after , Northern Greece , the isles of the Egean Sea , and the Danubian provinces ...
... soon after this ? In the summer of that very year Ali Pacha revolted against the Sultan . In the autumn of 1820 the Greek insurrection broke out . Soon after , Northern Greece , the isles of the Egean Sea , and the Danubian provinces ...
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... soon after 1849. He was not very far wrong . Its end is at hand . Every day I expect to hear of its stream dried up , of the Crescent waning , and of Turkey as a nation that was - not a nation mighty , and longer able to maintain itself ...
... soon after 1849. He was not very far wrong . Its end is at hand . Every day I expect to hear of its stream dried up , of the Crescent waning , and of Turkey as a nation that was - not a nation mighty , and longer able to maintain itself ...
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... soon as the Crescent wanes , and the great river Euphrates , the recognised symbol of the Turkish power , evaporates , we may expect to see a preparation for the return of the kings of the East ; that is , an awakening take place among ...
... soon as the Crescent wanes , and the great river Euphrates , the recognised symbol of the Turkish power , evaporates , we may expect to see a preparation for the return of the kings of the East ; that is , an awakening take place among ...
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... soon as the Hebrides used to be ; and , as in the instance of Panama , continents are severed and intersected , in order to remove obstructions and impediments to the advancing march of men . Apart from the impetus given to travelling ...
... soon as the Hebrides used to be ; and , as in the instance of Panama , continents are severed and intersected , in order to remove obstructions and impediments to the advancing march of men . Apart from the impetus given to travelling ...
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Page 170 - But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness ; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Page 153 - Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
Page 58 - And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings ; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
Page 250 - For behold I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, And her people a joy. And I will rejoice in Jerusalem And joy in my people : And the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her Nor the voice of crying.
Page 254 - So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting ? O grave, where is thy victory ? The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law ; but thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 139 - And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations : and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Page 83 - And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Page 224 - And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives...
Page 160 - And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Page 241 - One song employs all nations; and all cry, * Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us !* The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain-tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.