Scenes in Bethany, lects. on the 11th chapter of the Gospel according to st. John, tr. [from La famille de Bethanie] by a lady (C-D-).1837 |
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... doubt that we , creatures of a day , strangers and pilgrims , do well not to expect happiness in a world polluted by sin . This is not a place of rest , we should indeed deceive ourselves if we sought it here . We who are the ministers ...
... doubt that we , creatures of a day , strangers and pilgrims , do well not to expect happiness in a world polluted by sin . This is not a place of rest , we should indeed deceive ourselves if we sought it here . We who are the ministers ...
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... doubt they attended their much loved sufferer with all the assiduity which their kind feelings would require . They did not , like some egotistical people , fly from a bed of sickness , or a house of mourning , and turn their backs on ...
... doubt they attended their much loved sufferer with all the assiduity which their kind feelings would require . They did not , like some egotistical people , fly from a bed of sickness , or a house of mourning , and turn their backs on ...
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... doubt that the sisters , whom Jesus loved , would omit any act of kindness and charity , but he seems to take pleasure in telling us what follows : - " Therefore his sisters sent unto him saying , Lord , he whom thou lovest is sick ...
... doubt that the sisters , whom Jesus loved , would omit any act of kindness and charity , but he seems to take pleasure in telling us what follows : - " Therefore his sisters sent unto him saying , Lord , he whom thou lovest is sick ...
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... doubts ; or he whom thou lovest is trembling at his weakness , at the coldness of his love , at his deadness in thy service , or at the sin which does so easily beset him ; if you do not thus prove your love to your brethren , and at ...
... doubts ; or he whom thou lovest is trembling at his weakness , at the coldness of his love , at his deadness in thy service , or at the sin which does so easily beset him ; if you do not thus prove your love to your brethren , and at ...
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... doubt his love , though he gives us such abundant proofs of it ; he knew how easily we think ourselves forgotten , rejected , and abandoned ; he knew how weak is our trust if our wishes are not immediately complied with - he knew all ...
... doubt his love , though he gives us such abundant proofs of it ; he knew how easily we think ourselves forgotten , rejected , and abandoned ; he knew how weak is our trust if our wishes are not immediately complied with - he knew all ...
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Page 64 - And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Page 111 - And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice : how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead? But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
Page 151 - Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council and said, "What do we? For this man doeth many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him, and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
Page 111 - And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? 23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 50 - JESUS answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day ? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
Page 86 - All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: the grass withereth, the flower fadethr because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it : surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Page 151 - And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
Page 116 - Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, and said, Where have ye laid him?
Page 125 - And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience ; .and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Page 50 - And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer...