A companion for the afflicted, a series of essays |
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Page 11
... weakness , helplessness , pain , disease , and death . The first cry he utters is that of suffering . In making the journey of life he is liable through all its stages to disappointment , vicis- situde , bereavement , vexation , and ...
... weakness , helplessness , pain , disease , and death . The first cry he utters is that of suffering . In making the journey of life he is liable through all its stages to disappointment , vicis- situde , bereavement , vexation , and ...
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... weakness , and sickness . Wherefore , whatsoever be your sick- ness , know you certainly , that it is God's visitation . And for what cause soever this sickness is sent unto you , whether it be , -1st , to try your patience for the ...
... weakness , and sickness . Wherefore , whatsoever be your sick- ness , know you certainly , that it is God's visitation . And for what cause soever this sickness is sent unto you , whether it be , -1st , to try your patience for the ...
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... weakness . There are excellencies which we may presume upon possessing , only because we have never been called to display them . There are provocations with which we have never been tried , the effect of which would render us a won ...
... weakness . There are excellencies which we may presume upon possessing , only because we have never been called to display them . There are provocations with which we have never been tried , the effect of which would render us a won ...
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... weakness , he boldly professed his readiness to follow his master even unto death , - " I will lay down my life for thee ; " nay , he even places himself above all his brethren , and considers himself less likely to fall then they ...
... weakness , he boldly professed his readiness to follow his master even unto death , - " I will lay down my life for thee ; " nay , he even places himself above all his brethren , and considers himself less likely to fall then they ...
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... weakness , he will favor you with such revelations of his goodness , such irradiations of his love and favor , that where afflictions abound consola- tions shall much more abound . Thus he will know your soul in adversity , and give ...
... weakness , he will favor you with such revelations of his goodness , such irradiations of his love and favor , that where afflictions abound consola- tions shall much more abound . Thus he will know your soul in adversity , and give ...
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Page 108 - If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them...
Page 113 - My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him : For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Page 57 - Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, [as] unto a faithful Creator.
Page 251 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 196 - Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us; because he hath given us of his Spirit.
Page 44 - If ye be reproached for the name of CHRIST, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of GOD resteth upon you : on their part He is evil spoken of, but on your part He is glorified. But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify GOD on this behalf.
Page 203 - God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. The Lord of Hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge.
Page 300 - Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb; 'and even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Page 69 - For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool ; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
Page 71 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed...