...would hear such encouraging words from his mouth as he spake to John, Rev. i. 17, 18. " Fear not; I am the first and the last. I am he that liveth, and was dead ; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen ; and have the keys of hell and death." And how could...

...says, " I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not ; I am the first and the last . I am he that liveth, and was dead ; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen ; and have the keys of hell and of death." (Rev....

...again.' Listen, my fellow Christians, to the consolatory words of Jesus Christ : ' Fear not ; I am the first and the last : I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen ; and have the keys of hell and of death.' Attend,...

...yet the greater, and the greatest treasure is retained ; knowing who hath said, — "Fear not; I am the First and the Last : I am he that liveth, and was dead ; and behold I am alive for evermore ; and have the keys of hell and of death!" If we possess...

...him, I fell at his feet as dead. 'And he laid his right hand upon me, saying un'to me, Fear not; 1 am the first and the last : I 'am he 'that liveth and was dead ; and, behold 'I am alive forever more, Amen." The person here addressing the beloved disciple...

...the Father, so he that eatctii "me, even he shall live by me." In the isle he said, "Fear "not, I am the First and the Last; I am He that liveth and "was dead. And behold I am a'ive for evermore, Amen, "and have the Uc-. s cf hell raid of death." John heard...

...his feet " as dead." But the divine Redeemer laid his right hand upon him, and said, " Fear not; I am the first " and the last ; I am he that liveth and was dead ; " and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and " have the keys of hell and of death." This...

...as dead :" and, says the apostle, he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, "fear not; I am- the first and the last; I am he that liveth and was dead, and lehold I am alive for ever more, and have the keys of death and hM." It is plain that it...

...But what saith Christ, the great High Priest of our profession ?— " Fear not, thou worm Jacob, I am the First and the Last: I am he that liveth and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore." Yes, I ever live to make intercession for thee: I have...

...proclaiming in the hearing of St. John, with a voice like the sound of a trumpet, " I am Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last" — " I am he that liveth, and was dead, and, behold, I am alive forever more, Amen ; and have the keys of hell and of death." Rev. 1.2,...