I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith : henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me at that day : and not only to me, but also to all them... The philosophical basis of theism - Page 273by Samuel Harris - 1883 - 564 pagesFull view - About this book
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1822 - 312 pages
...ing approached, and remark the majesty, and the ease, wth which he looked on death. "I am now ready to be offered, and the time of ray departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight. I have finished my eoursw. I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for mean-own of righteousness."... | |
| Philip Allwood - Bible - 1829 - 538 pages
...her spiritual enemies. They were such crowns as the Apostle Paul spoke of, when he said,—" I have fought the good fight, I " have finished the course, I have kept the faith. " Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown • Heb. iv. 12. f Rev. xix. 8. The same holy Prophet points out... | |
| Theology - 1833 - 684 pages
...sacrificed for Christ, and on the very verge of heaven, he utters this triumphant language: " I am now ready to be offered, and the time of ray departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me... | |
| Methodist Church - 1834 - 504 pages
...use of even one definite article renders the sentence much more emphatic and impressive — ' I have fought THE good fight, I have finished THE course, I have kept THE faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me (o T»IJ (Jixaiotfuvrjj ££lpavoj) THE crown of righteousness, which the Lord,... | |
| Methodist Church - 1834 - 544 pages
...use of even one definite article renders the sentence much more emphatic and impressive — ' I have fought THE good fight, I have finished THE course, I have kept THE faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me (6 r»jj 8>xaiog\nr,f gespavoj) THE crown of righteousness, which the Lord,... | |
| 1835 - 166 pages
...described • his situation in writing to his young friend Timothy :] I am now ready to be sacrificed,-]- and the time of ray departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight ; I have finished my course; I have kept the faith. As to what remains, there is laid... | |
| Charles Pettit McIlvaine - Families - 1839 - 672 pages
...laying on of hands;" to the aged soldier of Christ, the veteran in her ranks, who can exclaim, " I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith." All are equally invited, enjoined, expected to be present. No individual can absent himself without... | |
| Saint Cyprian (Bishop of Carthage.) - Theology - 1839 - 400 pages
...Timothy ; / am now ready to be offered, and the time of my 6 8' assumption is at hand. I have fought a good fight ; I have finished the course ; I have kept the faith ; henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall render... | |
| Edward Bather - Sermons, English - 1840 - 586 pages
...prevent the exercise of his sober judgment. Let us hear, then, what he says himself. 1. " I am ready to be offered, and the time of ray departure is at hand." This, in the first place, is much more than a simple avowal of his persuasion that his death had become... | |
| Hugh White - Adventists - 1843 - 250 pages
...over his spirit the memory of all he had done and suffered for his dear Redeemer's sake — " I have fought the good fight — I have finished the course — I have kept the faith." When did the worldling ever look back, with such feelings, on a life spent in the service of the god... | |
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