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... Christians , " Shall we know one another in heaven ? " It would not be heaven , the truly human heaven , of which Christ is the centre , if we did not . He Himself has given us a wonderfully large view of it in those few words ( John ...
... Christians , " Shall we know one another in heaven ? " It would not be heaven , the truly human heaven , of which Christ is the centre , if we did not . He Himself has given us a wonderfully large view of it in those few words ( John ...
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... Christ's Father's house , the home of a saved humanity , of chil- dren brought back by the great elder Brother to Him who is the Father of spirits , and who feel the home more dear when they have come to it through fall and weakness and ...
... Christ's Father's house , the home of a saved humanity , of chil- dren brought back by the great elder Brother to Him who is the Father of spirits , and who feel the home more dear when they have come to it through fall and weakness and ...
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... Christ is among them ; it is because He has had this history that all these have had it , and that we must have it also . He is the first - born among many brethren , and they must all be like Him in their experience , that they and He ...
... Christ is among them ; it is because He has had this history that all these have had it , and that we must have it also . He is the first - born among many brethren , and they must all be like Him in their experience , that they and He ...
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... Christ about them . When they are taken from us we begin to know our treasure , and to think how we did not improve it as we might . The enjoyment comes first , the improvement afterwards , until , through His wonderful grace , the ...
... Christ about them . When they are taken from us we begin to know our treasure , and to think how we did not improve it as we might . The enjoyment comes first , the improvement afterwards , until , through His wonderful grace , the ...
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... Christian life ; also unfit for the formation of a Christian society like a Church , but still it must be admitted . To ZURICH , August 22 , 1867 . It Our journey thus far has been rapid , but on the whole comfortable , except for the ...
... Christian life ; also unfit for the formation of a Christian society like a Church , but still it must be admitted . To ZURICH , August 22 , 1867 . It Our journey thus far has been rapid , but on the whole comfortable , except for the ...
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Page 307 - When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no not in Israel.
Page 62 - DAY! Faster and more fast, O'er night's brim, day boils at last : Boils, pure gold, o'er the cloud-cup's brim Where spurting and suppressed it lay. For not a froth-flake touched the rim Of yonder gap in the solid gray Of the eastern cloud, an hour away ; But forth one wavelet, then another, curled, Till the whole sunrise, not to be suppressed...
Page 88 - 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 29 - ... the blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills ; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
Page 25 - Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Page 94 - And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green, And was the holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen? And did the Countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills, And was Jerusalem builded here Among these dark Satanic Mills? Bring me my Bow of burning gold, Bring me my arrows of desire ; Bring me my spear : O clouds, unfold ! Bring me my Chariot of fire ! I will not cease from Mental Fight, Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand, Till we have built Jerusalem...