Extracts from the religious works of monsr. François Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon, tr. by miss Marshall |
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... heart seek after Jesus . 5. The Gospel , indeed , is read and preached in all christian countries , and Christians say that they believe in its doc- trines ; but do they follow , and act up to its precepts ? do they obey its laws ? How 7.
... heart seek after Jesus . 5. The Gospel , indeed , is read and preached in all christian countries , and Christians say that they believe in its doc- trines ; but do they follow , and act up to its precepts ? do they obey its laws ? How 7.
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... laws ? How many , who call themselves Christians , rest satisfied with the name , without ever considering how unworthy they are of bearing it . They pass this short life in a profound slumber , or a visionary dream : but the time will ...
... laws ? How many , who call themselves Christians , rest satisfied with the name , without ever considering how unworthy they are of bearing it . They pass this short life in a profound slumber , or a visionary dream : but the time will ...
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... laws of God . We must devote our lives to his service , and have no will , no wish , no hope , but in his love and approbation : in that alone is our rest in this life ; and that alone can enable us to look with hope and 11.
... laws of God . We must devote our lives to his service , and have no will , no wish , no hope , but in his love and approbation : in that alone is our rest in this life ; and that alone can enable us to look with hope and 11.
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... laws , he will never forsake us . Every advance which we make in the path of goodness , will be an increase of peace and comfort to our souls . What greater happiness can we desire , than to have our minds always at ease ? This content ...
... laws , he will never forsake us . Every advance which we make in the path of goodness , will be an increase of peace and comfort to our souls . What greater happiness can we desire , than to have our minds always at ease ? This content ...
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... laws and rules of the Gospel . When we thus , in earnest , open our hearts to the grace of God , we shall dis- cover , even in our best works , a thou- sand sinful imperfections and infirmities , which continually call for the ...
... laws and rules of the Gospel . When we thus , in earnest , open our hearts to the grace of God , we shall dis- cover , even in our best works , a thou- sand sinful imperfections and infirmities , which continually call for the ...
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Page 75 - O that men would therefore praise the LORD for His goodness : and declare the wonders that He doeth for the children of men...
Page 136 - For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time, are not worthy to be compared with the glory, which shall be revealed in us.
Page 53 - For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Page 48 - Consider then seriously with yourself, in all appearance the time of your dissolution draweth near; your sins have laid fast hold upon you; you are soon to be removed from among men by a violent death; and you shall fade away suddenly like the grass, which in the morning is green and groweth up, but in the evening is cut down, dried up, and withered.
Page 90 - being cast into hell, where the worm dieth not, and where the fire is not quenched.
Page 16 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...
Page 60 - Then it will appear, what was meant by the man that comes without the wedding garment; for that is the day spoken of, Matt. xxii. 13. wherein such an one shall be bound hand and foot, and cast into outer darkness, where shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 263 - So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies : he that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the Church: for we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones.
Page 110 - Our light afflictions, which are but for a moment, are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us," if we pass through them in submission to the will of God.
Page 129 - Rome ; and rejoicing that to them it was given, not only to believe in Christ, but also to suffer for his sake. This monument was erected by public subscription in the year of our Lord God 1841.