Extracts from the religious works of monsr. François Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon, tr. by miss Marshall |
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... appear before them ; and the light of Jesus , so long contemned , shall shine around them , but shall shine only to strike and dazzle their astonished eyes . The world , that world in which alone they trusted , shall vanish from them ...
... appear before them ; and the light of Jesus , so long contemned , shall shine around them , but shall shine only to strike and dazzle their astonished eyes . The world , that world in which alone they trusted , shall vanish from them ...
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... appear that God had done every thing " for the vine which he had plant- ed ; but that the ungrateful tree , which he had nurtured , instead of its proper fruit , had brought forth wild grapes . " Mankind do not consider how they provoke ...
... appear that God had done every thing " for the vine which he had plant- ed ; but that the ungrateful tree , which he had nurtured , instead of its proper fruit , had brought forth wild grapes . " Mankind do not consider how they provoke ...
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... appear no more than we deserve . 17. Self - love prevents us from knowing ourselves ; indeed we could not bear to see the real state of our souls , tainted as they are with the corruptions of the world . Our shame would be too great ...
... appear no more than we deserve . 17. Self - love prevents us from knowing ourselves ; indeed we could not bear to see the real state of our souls , tainted as they are with the corruptions of the world . Our shame would be too great ...
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... appears a system of severe and painful sacrifices , of gloomy and sorrow- ful practice . They will not understand that bond of love between the Creator and his creatures , which is the very essence of religion , and which makes easy all ...
... appears a system of severe and painful sacrifices , of gloomy and sorrow- ful practice . They will not understand that bond of love between the Creator and his creatures , which is the very essence of religion , and which makes easy all ...
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... a word , to approach a place , or to look upon an object , we should check ourselves , and examine our motive ; and however inno- cent or trifling the action may appear , 1 A yet we should consider it well before we surrender 43.
... a word , to approach a place , or to look upon an object , we should check ourselves , and examine our motive ; and however inno- cent or trifling the action may appear , 1 A yet we should consider it well before we surrender 43.
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Página 75 - O that men would therefore praise the LORD for His goodness : and declare the wonders that He doeth for the children of men...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 90 - being cast into hell, where the worm dieth not, and where the fire is not quenched.
Página 16 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.