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... Thou livest in all hearts , for all men know This earth has borne no simpler , nobler man . TENNYSON London MACMILLAN AND CO . AND NEW YORK 1888 The Right of Transiation and Reproduction is Reserved RICHARD CLAY AND SONS , LONDON AND ...
... Thou livest in all hearts , for all men know This earth has borne no simpler , nobler man . TENNYSON London MACMILLAN AND CO . AND NEW YORK 1888 The Right of Transiation and Reproduction is Reserved RICHARD CLAY AND SONS , LONDON AND ...
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... thou shalt go , I will guide thee with mine eye . " not the world , " for it passes away . " Pray without ceasing . " If we keep these words in mind , we shall find the very greatest peace . " Love He , the mighty God , means what He ...
... thou shalt go , I will guide thee with mine eye . " not the world , " for it passes away . " Pray without ceasing . " If we keep these words in mind , we shall find the very greatest peace . " Love He , the mighty God , means what He ...
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... thou hath forgiven me , and I care not what thou , His subject , may do . " Even if he put the law in force against you , it will be but a feather's weight . How mean and humbled is he who does the reverse , even if he is let off by ...
... thou hath forgiven me , and I care not what thou , His subject , may do . " Even if he put the law in force against you , it will be but a feather's weight . How mean and humbled is he who does the reverse , even if he is let off by ...
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... thou here , Elijah ? ” Why art thou away from the battle - field before the battle is over ? Thou hast expected a change in what is unchangeable , a clean thing from an E 2 Gravesend . 51 murderer" (1 John iii. 15), ...
... thou here , Elijah ? ” Why art thou away from the battle - field before the battle is over ? Thou hast expected a change in what is unchangeable , a clean thing from an E 2 Gravesend . 51 murderer" (1 John iii. 15), ...
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... thou afflicted , tossed with tempest and not comforted ” ( Isaiah liv . 11 ) , great shall be thy peace . The " holy ones " will not see corruption , they leave a land - in which they are strangers and sojourners , where they have no ...
... thou afflicted , tossed with tempest and not comforted ” ( Isaiah liv . 11 ) , great shall be thy peace . The " holy ones " will not see corruption , they leave a land - in which they are strangers and sojourners , where they have no ...
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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 306 - After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
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.
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