When shall these Things be? Or Signs of the last timesJames Nisbet & Company, 1868 - 414 pages |
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... Christ might come even in his own time . " It is a marvellous thing , and itself a sign that at this very point of time ... Christian men should be found denying that there are , or were ever meant to be , any signs of Christ's appearing ...
... Christ might come even in his own time . " It is a marvellous thing , and itself a sign that at this very point of time ... Christian men should be found denying that there are , or were ever meant to be , any signs of Christ's appearing ...
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... Christian , like the young child , feels sleepy toward nightfall . What means that weariness of heart , ex- perienced by those who possess in richest abundance the material comforts of this life , that strange multi- plication of wants ...
... Christian , like the young child , feels sleepy toward nightfall . What means that weariness of heart , ex- perienced by those who possess in richest abundance the material comforts of this life , that strange multi- plication of wants ...
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... Christian sets his affections . As the sun puts out the fire and dims the brightest lights , the clear appre- hension of things to come dims the light and deadens the attraction of things that are , or rather gives them a new relation ...
... Christian sets his affections . As the sun puts out the fire and dims the brightest lights , the clear appre- hension of things to come dims the light and deadens the attraction of things that are , or rather gives them a new relation ...
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... Christians are not only to wait , but to watch ; that is , look out for the appear- ance of the predicted signs , and infer from their appearance where we are on the great current of time . We have on our side , in these interpretations ...
... Christians are not only to wait , but to watch ; that is , look out for the appear- ance of the predicted signs , and infer from their appearance where we are on the great current of time . We have on our side , in these interpretations ...
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... Christians , it is our privilege to possess . The buds of spring are eloquent prophets — they tell us that winter is ... Christ . The buds , however bitter , intimate to us that the flowers and the fruits will come . The blossom in ...
... Christians , it is our privilege to possess . The buds of spring are eloquent prophets — they tell us that winter is ... Christ . The buds , however bitter , intimate to us that the flowers and the fruits will come . The blossom in ...
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