The Works of Joseph Stevens Buckminster: With Memoirs of His Life, Volume 2J. Munroe, 1839 - Congregational churches |
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... eternity . It might be supposed , that the man , who had once attained to the grand and impressive conviction , that there is a God , would never forget it ; that the idea would intrude itself upon every occasion , and be associated ...
... eternity . It might be supposed , that the man , who had once attained to the grand and impressive conviction , that there is a God , would never forget it ; that the idea would intrude itself upon every occasion , and be associated ...
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... eternity ? Is there any fallacy in this conclu- sion ? But , perhaps , the proof is more striking in the instincts of animals , where the immediate provision of Heaven is to be seen without the aid of any intermediate intelligence ...
... eternity ? Is there any fallacy in this conclu- sion ? But , perhaps , the proof is more striking in the instincts of animals , where the immediate provision of Heaven is to be seen without the aid of any intermediate intelligence ...
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... eternity . My friends , would to God it were as easy , to persuade you to a temper and conduct correspondent to this belief in God's providence , as it is , to persuade you of its truth ! Forget not , I pray you , that in this great ...
... eternity . My friends , would to God it were as easy , to persuade you to a temper and conduct correspondent to this belief in God's providence , as it is , to persuade you of its truth ! Forget not , I pray you , that in this great ...
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... the God of my salvation . " I have trusted thee for this life , and , with sentiments like these in continual exercise , may I not trust thee , O God , for eternity ? SERMON III . ROMANS II . 16 . IN THE OUR LOT IN LIFE ORDERED BY GOD . 31.
... the God of my salvation . " I have trusted thee for this life , and , with sentiments like these in continual exercise , may I not trust thee , O God , for eternity ? SERMON III . ROMANS II . 16 . IN THE OUR LOT IN LIFE ORDERED BY GOD . 31.
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... eternity , that we know our obligations and our powers , and that we must hereafter render an account of our con- duct . If it were true , that the revelations , which God has given us , had not expressly declared that there would be a ...
... eternity , that we know our obligations and our powers , and that we must hereafter render an account of our con- duct . If it were true , that the revelations , which God has given us , had not expressly declared that there would be a ...
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Page 125 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not : if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Page 386 - Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses, sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
Page 315 - Finally brethren, farewell : be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace ; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
Page 309 - So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
Page 375 - Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Page 376 - And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Page 206 - Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
Page 32 - Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter Scorn a sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try And hard Unkindness...
Page x - Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
Page xi - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.