The better land

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American Tract Society, 1869 - 128 pages
 

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Page 1 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not, and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passe th away.
Page 8 - Will the LORD cast off for ever ? and will He be favourable no more? Is His mercy clean gone for ever ? doth His promise fail for evermore ? Hath God forgotten to be gracious ? hath He in anger shut up His tender mercies...
Page 3 - God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
Page 10 - Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age ; They shall be fat and flourishing ; to shew that the LORD is upright : He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Page 7 - Why art thou cast down, 0 my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Page 4 - Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
Page 10 - He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dung-hill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them.
Page 2 - O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
Page 4 - It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Page 6 - For I am the Lord, I change not ; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

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