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Page 61
... Christian , what it has often been called , " Paying the debt of nature . " No , it is not pay- ing a debt ; it is ... Christ our Lord . - Sir M. Hale . DEATH , ITS EFFECT . - Death opens the gate of fame , and shuts the gate of envy ...
... Christian , what it has often been called , " Paying the debt of nature . " No , it is not pay- ing a debt ; it is ... Christ our Lord . - Sir M. Hale . DEATH , ITS EFFECT . - Death opens the gate of fame , and shuts the gate of envy ...
Page 62
... CHRISTIAN . - Those born once only , die twice they die a temporal , and they die an eternal death . But those who are born twice , die only once ; for over them the second death hath no power . — Jay . DEATH , PREPARATION FOR.- -To ...
... CHRISTIAN . - Those born once only , die twice they die a temporal , and they die an eternal death . But those who are born twice , die only once ; for over them the second death hath no power . — Jay . DEATH , PREPARATION FOR.- -To ...
Page 63
Tryon Edwards. to a Christian , whose faith is in immortality and the blessed- ness of another life , much to fear death which is the neces sary passage thereto . - Sir H. Vane . Death , when NEAR . — A good man , when dying , once said ...
Tryon Edwards. to a Christian , whose faith is in immortality and the blessed- ness of another life , much to fear death which is the neces sary passage thereto . - Sir H. Vane . Death , when NEAR . — A good man , when dying , once said ...
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... Christianity is the one appointed means of doing this . To attempt doing it without Christianity , is re- peating the sin of Adam , who sought a knowledge of things in grounds other than the will of God ; but with this aggrava- tion ...
... Christianity is the one appointed means of doing this . To attempt doing it without Christianity , is re- peating the sin of Adam , who sought a knowledge of things in grounds other than the will of God ; but with this aggrava- tion ...
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... Christianity that I could not refute , and that was the consistent character of my own father . Counsels , & c . EXAMPLE AND PRECEPT . - Alexander received more bravery of mind by the pattern of Achilles , than by hearing the defi ...
... Christianity that I could not refute , and that was the consistent character of my own father . Counsels , & c . EXAMPLE AND PRECEPT . - Alexander received more bravery of mind by the pattern of Achilles , than by hearing the defi ...
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