The Spiritual Pilgrim: A Biography of James M. PeeblesWilliam White, 1872 - 299 pages |
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... walk of ten or fifteen miles to a conference or con- vention was a delight . Fast young men derided him ; for he would not drink , smoke , nor spend his time idly . Where now are those " Young Americas ? " Dissipation impoverished them ...
... walk of ten or fifteen miles to a conference or con- vention was a delight . Fast young men derided him ; for he would not drink , smoke , nor spend his time idly . Where now are those " Young Americas ? " Dissipation impoverished them ...
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... walk no longer by faith , but by sight . You are appointed for a great work : gird up your loins , buckle on your sandals , grasp the sword of truth . Go forth ! " The impres- It was to him a genuine knock - down argument . sion made by ...
... walk no longer by faith , but by sight . You are appointed for a great work : gird up your loins , buckle on your sandals , grasp the sword of truth . Go forth ! " The impres- It was to him a genuine knock - down argument . sion made by ...
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... walk by sight , knowing , that , when this earthly house is dissolved , ' we have a building of God , a house not made with hands , eternal in the heavens . ' " ' CHAPTER VI . THE PROPHET MA N. " All are 56 THE SPIRITUAL PILGRIM .
... walk by sight , knowing , that , when this earthly house is dissolved , ' we have a building of God , a house not made with hands , eternal in the heavens . ' " ' CHAPTER VI . THE PROPHET MA N. " All are 56 THE SPIRITUAL PILGRIM .
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... walk ' neath the noonday sun of the nineteenth cen- tury . ' Light , more light ! ' is humanity's motto . And yet every newly - conceived truth , whether scientific , philosophic , or spiritual , must not merely be cradled in a man- ger ...
... walk ' neath the noonday sun of the nineteenth cen- tury . ' Light , more light ! ' is humanity's motto . And yet every newly - conceived truth , whether scientific , philosophic , or spiritual , must not merely be cradled in a man- ger ...
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... walk with him , Mr. Peebles , asking no questions about his antecedents , portrayed the beauty and joy of an educated and upright life , with the persuasion of that confidence which an angel feels in a mortal's latent goodness . A few ...
... walk with him , Mr. Peebles , asking no questions about his antecedents , portrayed the beauty and joy of an educated and upright life , with the persuasion of that confidence which an angel feels in a mortal's latent goodness . A few ...
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Page 286 - Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ : that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel...
Page 57 - ALL are architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time ; Some with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme. Nothing useless is, or low ; Each thing in its place is best ; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest.
Page 238 - I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil : and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars...
Page 101 - And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years...
Page 34 - I give you the end of a golden string, Only wind it into a ball, It will lead you in at Heaven's gate, Built in Jerusalem's wall.
Page 164 - Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
Page 268 - And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men builded.
Page 92 - I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Page 27 - The Lord is good unto all, and his tender mercies are over all his works.
Page 248 - This grave contains all that was mortal of a young English poet, who, on his death-bed, in the bitterness of his heart at the malicious power of his enemies, desired these words to be engraven on his tombstone : " Here lies one whose name was writ in water...