The Relief Preacher: Sermons on Important SubjectsJohn Reid, 1836 - 472 pages |
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Page 12
... less , and its external splendour vastly inferior , but also its internal riches . Though many of the sacred vessels which Nebuchadnezzar had car- ried away from the former temple , were restored to the Jews by Cyrus , and placed in the ...
... less , and its external splendour vastly inferior , but also its internal riches . Though many of the sacred vessels which Nebuchadnezzar had car- ried away from the former temple , were restored to the Jews by Cyrus , and placed in the ...
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... less does he own them now , though humble , suffer- ing , and obscure ; though unknown , forgotten , or despised by the world . When one said unto him , " Behold thy brethren ( thine earthly relatives ) stand without , desiring to speak ...
... less does he own them now , though humble , suffer- ing , and obscure ; though unknown , forgotten , or despised by the world . When one said unto him , " Behold thy brethren ( thine earthly relatives ) stand without , desiring to speak ...
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... less necessary to the realization of our hopes , than is food to the appeasing of our bodily desires ; for unless we are washed from impurity , and be steadily advancing in the paths of a growing sanctification , disappointment is ...
... less necessary to the realization of our hopes , than is food to the appeasing of our bodily desires ; for unless we are washed from impurity , and be steadily advancing in the paths of a growing sanctification , disappointment is ...
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... less satisfac- tory , and what , viewed in the light of an expedient of the divine administration , for advancing the ends of the divine government was equally efficacious . Of the intensity of his mental anguish under this infliction ...
... less satisfac- tory , and what , viewed in the light of an expedient of the divine administration , for advancing the ends of the divine government was equally efficacious . Of the intensity of his mental anguish under this infliction ...
Page 74
... less noble part of our nature , and a pledge of its omnipotent ex- ercise . The fair structure of a spiritual temple — an inhabi- tation of God by the Spirit , being made to arise from the moral ruins of our fallen nature , is a pledge ...
... less noble part of our nature , and a pledge of its omnipotent ex- ercise . The fair structure of a spiritual temple — an inhabi- tation of God by the Spirit , being made to arise from the moral ruins of our fallen nature , is a pledge ...
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Page 293 - By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Page 164 - But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God...
Page 108 - Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature; For by him were all things created, that are in Heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Page 261 - And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily verily I say unto you ; Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name ; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Page 111 - ... .which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places., (far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named not only in this world, but also in that which is to come...
Page 352 - Let both grow together until the harvest : and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Page 258 - After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Page 242 - And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
Page 259 - Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; And in thine hand is power and might ; And in thine hand it is to make great, And to give strength unto all.
Page 257 - And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. 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; and hast made us unto our God kings and priests; and we shall reign on the earth.