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Pagina 17
... sure the wound he may receive shall not cause his death ; and therefore I am justified in con- cluding , that as in every duel instruments of death are used , death is the object sought for , without any regard whatever to the extent or ...
... sure the wound he may receive shall not cause his death ; and therefore I am justified in con- cluding , that as in every duel instruments of death are used , death is the object sought for , without any regard whatever to the extent or ...
Pagina 22
... sure of his fellow man , and yet dare , through the risk of suicide or murder , to brave the final judgment , and meet the terrible eye of God , bent upon him in his wrath , I shall say a few words in their proper place . In the ...
... sure of his fellow man , and yet dare , through the risk of suicide or murder , to brave the final judgment , and meet the terrible eye of God , bent upon him in his wrath , I shall say a few words in their proper place . In the ...
Pagina 36
... would encounter an aim so sure and deadly ? In some notorious , but very rare instances , attempts have been made to remedy this evil , by devices admirably in accord- ance with every other feature of the " law of 36 ON DUELLING .
... would encounter an aim so sure and deadly ? In some notorious , but very rare instances , attempts have been made to remedy this evil , by devices admirably in accord- ance with every other feature of the " law of 36 ON DUELLING .
Pagina 77
... sure source of information ; open the eternal word of God ; prayerfully examine its records , and ponder them in your heart ; search diligently , and you will assuredly find that not one sentence in that sacred volume , not one precept ...
... sure source of information ; open the eternal word of God ; prayerfully examine its records , and ponder them in your heart ; search diligently , and you will assuredly find that not one sentence in that sacred volume , not one precept ...
Pagina 109
... sure of length of days , can he also be sure , with such peculiar guilt upon his head , that the grace of God will be vouchsafed to him - that his heart will be visited with repentance ? What security can he have , what guarantee can he ...
... sure of length of days , can he also be sure , with such peculiar guilt upon his head , that the grace of God will be vouchsafed to him - that his heart will be visited with repentance ? What security can he have , what guarantee can he ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 86 - Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Pagina 86 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow ; they toil not, neither do they spin ; and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Pagina 110 - Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Pagina 55 - ... drunkenness, revellings, and such like : of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance : against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts.
Pagina 60 - And surely your blood of your lives will I require: at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. 6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Pagina 84 - But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye : and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled...
Pagina 118 - And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Pagina 64 - Then came Peter to him, and said ; Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him ? till seven times ? Jesus saith unto him ; I say not unto thee, until seven times, but until seventy times seven.
Pagina 116 - He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Pagina 117 - The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.