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... trouble by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God . ' The derivation of the word sufficiently indicates , that to comfort is not merely to soothe and to console , but to strengthen , to invigorate . ' If we in any ...
... trouble by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God . ' The derivation of the word sufficiently indicates , that to comfort is not merely to soothe and to console , but to strengthen , to invigorate . ' If we in any ...
Page xiii
... trouble . ' ' Consider mine affliction and deliver me . ' ' I poured out my complaint before Him my trouble . ' before Him , I shewed Thus too it has ever And yet how imper- been with all the faithful . fectly , for the most part , the ...
... trouble . ' ' Consider mine affliction and deliver me . ' ' I poured out my complaint before Him my trouble . ' before Him , I shewed Thus too it has ever And yet how imper- been with all the faithful . fectly , for the most part , the ...
Page xxiii
... trouble . For He , our Lord , Perfect God as well as Perfect Man , has all resources at His command . He could in a moment bear back the swollen tide of affliction . He has but to speak the word , and the fainting heart must at once ...
... trouble . For He , our Lord , Perfect God as well as Perfect Man , has all resources at His command . He could in a moment bear back the swollen tide of affliction . He has but to speak the word , and the fainting heart must at once ...
Page xxiv
... trouble , do his work for him . But his father will not . will not touch it , will not look at it . It is need . ful , he says , that his child should accomplish it himself . Now , has the helpful stranger more true sympathy with the ...
... trouble , do his work for him . But his father will not . will not touch it , will not look at it . It is need . ful , he says , that his child should accomplish it himself . Now , has the helpful stranger more true sympathy with the ...
Page xxv
... troubles , and his struggles , better than any stranger can ; but just because he loves him best and most , just because he is his father , he does not help him now . career . And so again when he has chosen for his son , now sent forth ...
... troubles , and his struggles , better than any stranger can ; but just because he loves him best and most , just because he is his father , he does not help him now . career . And so again when he has chosen for his son , now sent forth ...
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Page 268 - For God speaketh once, Yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed ; Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction, That he my withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man.
Page 252 - Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart : Be strong, fear not : behold your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense ; he will come and save you.
Page 171 - But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
Page 336 - But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery, And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace.
Page 19 - Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
Page 285 - Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Page 1 - And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this ciip from me : nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
Page 60 - Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of : but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Page 244 - Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities : for we know not what we should pray for as we ought : but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Page 252 - And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.