Memoir of the Life, Travels, and Religious Experience, of Martha Routh |
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Page 247 - Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me : that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 164 - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God...
Page 299 - Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him : I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him : I will be with him in trouble ; I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him : and shew him my salvation.
Page 32 - Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth...
Page 245 - Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
Page 231 - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the 38* 3 G hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth...
Page 112 - Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines ; — although the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat ; — although the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls ; yet we will rejoice in the Lord, and joy in the GOD of our salvation.
Page 230 - GRACE, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, through our Lord Jesus Christ, with increase of all manner of godly knowledge and living, be with you and all your household, now and ever. Amen. To excuse this my long silence, within five or six days after my...
Page 58 - Truth; and as our friendship did not commence on the surface of things, hut in a heartfelt cement, whence flowed a language, as when deep uttereth unto deep; so it hath continued gaining ground, on that rock which cannot be shaken, against which the gates of hell shall not be able to prevail...
Page 52 - How is the gold become dim," he might exclaim in the words of an ancient lamentation—" how is the gold become dim...