Letters of General C. G. Gordon to His Sister, M. A. Gordon |
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... desire is to give my brother's own words and thoughts as he wrote them . Would that I could give his looks and the expression of his countenance when he spoke earnestly on those subjects nearest his heart ! They had a great charm ; and ...
... desire is to give my brother's own words and thoughts as he wrote them . Would that I could give his looks and the expression of his countenance when he spoke earnestly on those subjects nearest his heart ! They had a great charm ; and ...
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... terrors for him : " I would that all could look on death as a cheerful friend , who takes us from a world of trial to our true home . All our sorrows come from a forgetfulness of this great truth . I desire to look Preface . xiii.
... terrors for him : " I would that all could look on death as a cheerful friend , who takes us from a world of trial to our true home . All our sorrows come from a forgetfulness of this great truth . I desire to look Preface . xiii.
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Charles George Gordon Mary Augusta Gordon. forgetfulness of this great truth . I desire to look on the departure of my friends as a promotion to another and a higher sphere , as I do believe that to be the case with all . " There are ...
Charles George Gordon Mary Augusta Gordon. forgetfulness of this great truth . I desire to look on the departure of my friends as a promotion to another and a higher sphere , as I do believe that to be the case with all . " There are ...
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... glory should be more in our minds than our selfish desire to feel happy or comfortable . It is 1 Ex - President of the Argentine Republic . selfish to wish that God should hurry for your benefit 6 General Gordon's- Letters to his Sister .
... glory should be more in our minds than our selfish desire to feel happy or comfortable . It is 1 Ex - President of the Argentine Republic . selfish to wish that God should hurry for your benefit 6 General Gordon's- Letters to his Sister .
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... desire to delay their home - going ? Our only desire should be to follow them at once . Our Lord has made death our friend and deliverer from our poor fading bodies , the clogs of our souls . He will support us through our last moments ...
... desire to delay their home - going ? Our only desire should be to follow them at once . Our Lord has made death our friend and deliverer from our poor fading bodies , the clogs of our souls . He will support us through our last moments ...
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Page 45 - And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men ; but God knoweth your hearts : for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Page 121 - And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions ? if the Lord be God, follow him : but if Baal then follow him.
Page 29 - I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance; but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire; whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Page 391 - O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
Page 85 - And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled : for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Page 81 - ... Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
Page 63 - Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, And shut thy doors about thee: Hide thyself as it were for a little moment, Until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity : The earth also shall disclose her blood, And shall no more cover her slain.
Page 6 - As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
Page 329 - Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said) It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: unto whom I sware in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.
Page 160 - Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth : thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them...