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... thou- sand degrees , the favours of Jesus Christ to this world . Man can never , by all his good deeds , have a claim to the rewards of heaven . after a long life thus spent in wretchedness and banishment , for the sake of doing good ...
... thou- sand degrees , the favours of Jesus Christ to this world . Man can never , by all his good deeds , have a claim to the rewards of heaven . after a long life thus spent in wretchedness and banishment , for the sake of doing good ...
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... thou hast laboured and hast not fainted , ' were far too high a testimony for me to think of appropriating to myself ; nevertheless I besought the Lord , that whatever I had been , I might now be perfect and complete in all the will of ...
... thou hast laboured and hast not fainted , ' were far too high a testimony for me to think of appropriating to myself ; nevertheless I besought the Lord , that whatever I had been , I might now be perfect and complete in all the will of ...
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... thou ! whose I am by creation , preservation , redemption , no longer my own , but , his who lived and died and rose again , once more would I resign this body and soul , mean and worthless as they are , to the blessed disposal of thy ...
... thou ! whose I am by creation , preservation , redemption , no longer my own , but , his who lived and died and rose again , once more would I resign this body and soul , mean and worthless as they are , to the blessed disposal of thy ...
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... thou knowest not that thou art wretched , and miserable , and poor , and blind , and naked , I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire , that thou mayest be rich ; and white raiment , that thou mayest be clothed , and that the ...
... thou knowest not that thou art wretched , and miserable , and poor , and blind , and naked , I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire , that thou mayest be rich ; and white raiment , that thou mayest be clothed , and that the ...
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... thou shalt be the servant of God in this life , and in the next , for all the boundless ages of eternity . " In April he went to London , where he remained two months , principally employed in learning Hin- doostanee , the language of a ...
... thou shalt be the servant of God in this life , and in the next , for all the boundless ages of eternity . " In April he went to London , where he remained two months , principally employed in learning Hin- doostanee , the language of a ...
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The Life of REV. Henry Martyn John Hall,John Sargent,American Sunday School Union Publisher No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 109 - And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night : for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
Page 96 - Dear dying Lamb ! Thy precious blood Shall never lose its power, Till all the ransomed church of God Be saved, to sin no more.
Page 245 - Kingdoms wide, that sit in darkness, Grant them, Lord, the glorious light ; And, from eastern coast to western, May the morning chase the night ; And redemption, Freely purchased, win the day.
Page 242 - The God of Abraham praise, At whose supreme command From earth I rise, and seek the joys At his right hand : I all on earth forsake, Its wisdom, fame, and power ; And him my only portion make, My shield and tower.
Page 52 - Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
Page 107 - O that I had wings like a dove ! then would I flee away and be at rest.
Page 62 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness...
Page 79 - I will gather all nations and tongues ; and they shall come, and see my glory.
Page 245 - O'EE the gloomy hills of darkness, Look, my soul, be still, and gaze; All the promises do travail With a glorious day of grace; Blessed jubilee! Let thy glorious morning dawn.
Page 243 - Though nature's strength decay, And earth and hell withstand, To Canaan's bounds I urge my way At His command : The watery deep I pass, With Jesus in my view; And through the howling wilderness My way pursue.