Death-bed Scenes, Or, Dying with and Without Religion: Designed to Illustrate the Truth and Power of ChristianityDavis Wasgatt Clark |
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... heard alone . Seneca truthfully said , that " Not only the brave and wretched , but even the fastidious can wish to die . " And Lord Bacon , also , said , " Revenge triumphs over death ; love slights it ; honour aspires to it ; grief ...
... heard alone . Seneca truthfully said , that " Not only the brave and wretched , but even the fastidious can wish to die . " And Lord Bacon , also , said , " Revenge triumphs over death ; love slights it ; honour aspires to it ; grief ...
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... heard his cry , said , He calleth for Elias ; and others said , Let us see whether Elias will come to save him . And one of them , filling a sponge with vinegar , put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink . Then , when Jesus had ...
... heard his cry , said , He calleth for Elias ; and others said , Let us see whether Elias will come to save him . And one of them , filling a sponge with vinegar , put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink . Then , when Jesus had ...
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... heard that his daughter was in- formed against , he sought , by every art of persuasion , and even resorted to compulsion , to induce her to sur- render her faith . Soon after , she was thrown into prison . Here the darkness of the ...
... heard that his daughter was in- formed against , he sought , by every art of persuasion , and even resorted to compulsion , to induce her to sur- render her faith . Soon after , she was thrown into prison . Here the darkness of the ...
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... heard this sentence without the least emotion . At the close of it he knelt down , with his eyes lifted towards heaven , and , with all the magnanimity of a primitive martyr , thus exclaimed : " May thy infinite mercy , O my God ...
... heard this sentence without the least emotion . At the close of it he knelt down , with his eyes lifted towards heaven , and , with all the magnanimity of a primitive martyr , thus exclaimed : " May thy infinite mercy , O my God ...
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... heard through all the cracklings of the com- bustibles , and the noise of the multitude . At length his voice was interrupted by the severity of the flames , which soon closed his existence . 14. JEROME OF PRAGUE , JEROME was the ...
... heard through all the cracklings of the com- bustibles , and the noise of the multitude . At length his voice was interrupted by the severity of the flames , which soon closed his existence . 14. JEROME OF PRAGUE , JEROME was the ...
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Page 169 - God, Thou art my God ; early will I seek Thee : My soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee In a dry and thirsty land, where no water is ; To see Thy power and Thy glory, So as I have seen Thee in the sanctuary.
Page 340 - Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Page 72 - Their idols are silver and gold: the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not; They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not; They have hands, but they handle not; feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them.
Page 180 - ... weak, but thou art mighty, Hold me with thy powerful hand: Bread of heaven, Feed me, till I want no more.
Page 280 - I have a short and plain answer: let him study the Holy Scripture, especially the New Testament; therein are contained the words of eternal life : it has God for its author, Salvation for its end, and Truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter...
Page 28 - Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee.
Page 251 - 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 496 - Be not deceived ; God is not mocked : for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption ; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Page 282 - Surely, goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life...
Page 245 - Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.