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... glory for which they were candidates ; and we may notice that , lest they should be too elated by the splendour of the scene they witnessed upon Tabor , these same three are introduced to the sorrowful and painful spectacle which they ...
... glory for which they were candidates ; and we may notice that , lest they should be too elated by the splendour of the scene they witnessed upon Tabor , these same three are introduced to the sorrowful and painful spectacle which they ...
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... glory ; there is not even the aspect of egotism in his Gospel . He is willing that he should be the unknown dis- ciple , if his Master may be made thereby more fully and clearly known . We learn from this passage , too , that tradition ...
... glory ; there is not even the aspect of egotism in his Gospel . He is willing that he should be the unknown dis- ciple , if his Master may be made thereby more fully and clearly known . We learn from this passage , too , that tradition ...
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... thus be ground to powder , that it may rise again into a harvest of glory . " And Polycarp , who is supposed to have been one of the angels of the Churches whom John addresses , at the age of ninty - 24 THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA .
... thus be ground to powder , that it may rise again into a harvest of glory . " And Polycarp , who is supposed to have been one of the angels of the Churches whom John addresses , at the age of ninty - 24 THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA .
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... glory and of beauty that are recorded in this book . It is through tears of sorrow that the eye has often seen most brightly the Lord of glory ; and when the great High - Priest of the church walks on his ceaseless watch amid the ...
... glory and of beauty that are recorded in this book . It is through tears of sorrow that the eye has often seen most brightly the Lord of glory ; and when the great High - Priest of the church walks on his ceaseless watch amid the ...
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... glory of the same Being , and the progress of the same gospel . The first epithet by which Christ is here distinguished , is “ the Son of Man . " This name is rarely given by the evangelists to the Saviour ; but is almost always assumed ...
... glory of the same Being , and the progress of the same gospel . The first epithet by which Christ is here distinguished , is “ the Son of Man . " This name is rarely given by the evangelists to the Saviour ; but is almost always assumed ...
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Page 412 - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Page 471 - Behold I stand at the door, and knock : if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him, and he with me.
Page 195 - Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season ? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
Page 361 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 475 - For whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons ; for what son is he whom the Father chasteneth not ? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards and not sons.
Page 379 - He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment ; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Page 425 - And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
Page 393 - I know thy works ; behold I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it ; for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
Page 389 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Page 427 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the Word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years...