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How wonderful to think that this crust of the earth upon which we daily walk so
thoughtlessly , is at once the cemetery of five or six thousand billions of men and
women , so far as regards their terrestrial bodies , they themselves being all ...
How wonderful to think that this crust of the earth upon which we daily walk so
thoughtlessly , is at once the cemetery of five or six thousand billions of men and
women , so far as regards their terrestrial bodies , they themselves being all ...
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of earth , sand , and water , and any other odds and ends of inanimate matter that
might happen to be collected together . No doubt , if it pleased the Almighty to
sow life afresh upon our planet , he could do so . It may be in conformity with the ...
of earth , sand , and water , and any other odds and ends of inanimate matter that
might happen to be collected together . No doubt , if it pleased the Almighty to
sow life afresh upon our planet , he could do so . It may be in conformity with the ...
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Trodden in , so that the earth is compacted , and themselves denied , as it were ,
elbow - room , they lie without any effort to grow . Of course , under such
circumstances , they cannot be stimulated by the threefold essentials , sunshine ,
air ...
Trodden in , so that the earth is compacted , and themselves denied , as it were ,
elbow - room , they lie without any effort to grow . Of course , under such
circumstances , they cannot be stimulated by the threefold essentials , sunshine ,
air ...
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In the coming storm , the structures that have been based upon the traditions of
man will strew the earth with their wreck and ruin , but the Truth of God will stand ,
like the everlasting mountains which cannot be moved . Sectarianism , it has ...
In the coming storm , the structures that have been based upon the traditions of
man will strew the earth with their wreck and ruin , but the Truth of God will stand ,
like the everlasting mountains which cannot be moved . Sectarianism , it has ...
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The aspirations of the worldling are limited to this ball of earth , and his gods are
power , wealth , and applause . Religion , sternly demanding that his idols be
brokenthat he lift his soul from earth to higher things , does not find in him an
open ...
The aspirations of the worldling are limited to this ball of earth , and his gods are
power , wealth , and applause . Religion , sternly demanding that his idols be
brokenthat he lift his soul from earth to higher things , does not find in him an
open ...
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Page 481 - And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven: But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 345 - Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
Page 57 - If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; 9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment...
Page 358 - And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, Having the glory of God : and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal...
Page 346 - And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
Page 4 - Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Page 157 - Lord: but this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel ; after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, " Know the Lord; "for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin...
Page 487 - Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people : for in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
Page 345 - And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob My servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt, and they shall dwell therein, even they and their children and their children's children for ever, and My servant David shall be their prince for ever.
Page 101 - And He shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people : and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruninghooks : nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.