 | Village Pastor - Christian life - 1831 - 206 pages
...as a flaming beacon, to .warn those who should come after them. But does it not represent the path of the just, as ''the shining light, which shineth..." grow in grace," to "forget the things which are behind," and "reach towards those which are before?" to make Christ our mark, and press towards it,... | |
 | British preacher - 1832 - 342 pages
...the light to shine out of darkness. He it is who aids its progressive increase, and makes " the path of the just as the shining light, which shineth more and more unto the perfect day." Such is the nature, and such the source of that wisdom which cometh down from above.... | |
 | Samuel Eyles Pierce - 1835 - 606 pages
...invigorate your whole souls with his holy and heavenly influences. May he make your path as the path of the just, as the shining light, which shineth more and more unto the perfect day. May the Spirit of Christ and glory rest upon this : then you will confess, If we know... | |
 | 1838 - 516 pages
...Spirit gives more abundant manifestations, where they are duly improved ; so that He makes " the path of the just as the shining light, which shineth more and more unto the perfect day." Hence we see how faith and morality go hand in hand. The Spirit reveals the truth,... | |
 | 1846 - 508 pages
...of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ? Are we not positively assured, that " the path of the just is as the shining light, which shineth more and more unto the perfect day?" Does not the law of progress pervade alike the kingdom of nature and of grace? Let us not then, for one... | |
 | Christian life - 1846 - 656 pages
...we read in the gospel, he saw men as trees walking, by and by they see more clearly. So is the path of the just as the shining light, which shineth more and more unto the perfect day. He found us in a desert land, in a waste howling wilderness, far from him, strangers... | |
 | 1833 - 632 pages
...such, as a flaming beacon, to warn those who should come after them. But does it not represent the path of the just, as " the shining light, which shineth..." grow in grace," to " forget the things which are behind," and " reach towards those which are before ? " to make Christ our mark ; and press towards... | |
 | Timothy East - Christian life - 1858 - 638 pages
...works insensibly issue in others, and it is impossible for us to draw the line of distinction. The path of the just ยป as the shining light, which shineth more and more unto the perfect day. But who can ascertain which ray begins, or which ends the dawn ? If you are unable... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - Biography & Autobiography - 1860 - 496 pages
...the domestic circle where he was so ardently loved and so highly venerated. His path had been that of the just, " as the shining light, which shineth more and more unto the perfect day." We shall see that the light of holiness, which he shed around his path, became brighter... | |
 | Benjamin Smith - 1863 - 132 pages
...light and comfort was already his, and he hoped for more. He trusted that his path would prove that of the just, as the shining light, which shineth more and more unto the perfect day. Meanwhile, he could not but rejoice because the heavy burden had been taken away,... | |
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grow in grace," to " forget the things which are behind," and " reach towards those which are before ? " to make Christ our mark ; and press towards it, with all the energy of an Olympic racer, struggling in competition for the goal? Now, I warn you... 
