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Preface In the hearts of all mankind, of whatever race or station in life, there are inexpressible longings for something they do not now possess. is longing is implanted in the very constitution of man by a merciful God, that man may not be satised with his present conditions or attainments, whether bad, or good, or better. God desires that the human shall seek the best, and nd it to the eternal blessing of his soul. Satan, by wily scheme and cra, has perverted these longings of the human heart. He makes men believe that this desire may be satised by pleasure, by wealth, by ease, by fame, by power; but those who have been thus deceived by him (and they number myriads) nd all these things pall upon the sense, leaving the soul as barren and unsatised as before. It is God's design that this longing of the human heart should lead to the One who alone is able to satisfy it. e desire is of Him that it may lead to Him, the fullness and fulllment of that desire. at fullness is found in Jesus the Christ, the Son of the Eternal God. "For it was the good pleasure of the Father that in Him should all the fullness dwell;" "for in Him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily." And it is also true that "in Him ye are made full" with respect to every desire divinely implanted and normally followed. Haggai calls Him "the Desire of all nations," and we may well call Him "the Desire of all ages," even as He is "the King of ages." It is the purpose of this book to set forth Jesus Christ as the One in whom every longing may be satised. ere is many a "life of Christ" written, excellent books, large funds of information, elaborate essays on chronology and contemporaneous history, customs, and events, with much of the teaching and many glimpses of the manysided life of Jesus of Nazareth. Yet it may be truly said, "the half has never been told." e Desire of Ages. 3 It is not, however, the purpose of this work to set forth a harmony of the Gospels, or even to give in strictly chronological order the important events and wonderful lessons of the life of Christ; its purpose is to present the love of God as revealed in His Son, the divine beauty of the life of Christ, of which all may partake, and not to satisfy the desires of the merely curious nor the questionings of critics. But even as by the attraction of His own goodness of character Jesus drew His disciples unto Himself, and by His personal presence, by His sympathetic touch and feeling in all their inrmities and needs, and by His constant association, transformed their characters from the earthly to the heavenly, from the selsh to the sacricing, from small hearted ignorance and prejudice to largehearted knowledge and profound love for souls of all nations and races, even so it is the purpose of this book so to present the blessed Redeemer as to help the reader to come to Him face to face, heart to heart, and nd in Him, even as did the disciples of old, Jesus the Mighty One, who saves "to the uttermost," and transforms to His own divine image all those who come unto God by Him. Yet how impossible it is to reveal His life! It is like attempting to put upon canvas the living rainbow; into characters of black and white the sweetest music. In the following pages the author, a woman of large and deep and long experience in the things of God, has set forth new beauties from the life of Jesus. She has brought many new gems from the precious casket. She opens before the reader undreamed-of riches from this innite treasure house. New and glorious light ashes forth from many a familiar passage, the depth of which the reader supposed he had long before fathomed. To state it in brief, Jesus Christ is revealed as the fullness of the Godhead, the innitely merciful Saviour of sinners, the Sun of Righteousness, the merciful High Priest, the Healer of all human maladies and diseases, the tender, compassionate
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Page 5 and 6: live; and man and animal, in turn,
Page 7 and 8: delight to do y will, O My God: yea
Page 9 and 10: Had Israel been true to God, He cou
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Page 13 and 14: they were as actors in a play. e or
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Page 17 and 18: Lord, Israel is My son, even My rst
Page 19 and 20: e mighty God, e everlasting Father,
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Page 23 and 24: the child Jesus. And through the gi
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Page 27 and 28: heard His voice raised in praise an
Page 29 and 30: In this visit to Jerusalem, the par
Page 31 and 32: mind them of His wonderful work in
Page 33 and 34: But they did not discern that He ha
Page 35 and 36: e life of Christ was marked with re
Page 37 and 38: which we cannot do will be wrought
Page 39 and 40: But the life of John was not spent
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Page 47 and 48: hungred. And when the tempter came
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world, and hold dominion subject to
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them pass. e great men, in their ri
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sense of power that was hidden, yet
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he cannot do that which God has le
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"We have found Him, of whom Moses i
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forted with the promise of reunion,
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with us, and to reveal to others th
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the only perfect Sacrice. And among
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public rebuke was humiliating to th
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cle; men builded the Jewish temple;
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were oen compared to children just
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whosoever believeth in Him should n
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Him." rough these words, Satan brou
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Chapter 19 At Jacob's Well [is chap
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mained. e place of worship had been
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ere was a new expression on her fac
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the message; but who can tell how f
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hour the fever le him." At the very
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ough the same faith we may receive
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Among the aicted ones at the pool H
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likewise. . . . As the Father raise
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"I am come in My Father's name, and
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But the Baptist did not surrender h
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honor for himself, but pointed all
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his sound judgment in counsel, and
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the established church; but the rel
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Chapter 24 "Is Not is the Carpenter
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ter truth that they had departed fr
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taught that Israel was to bear rule
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e imprisonment of John the Baptist
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was covered with shing boats. Every
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He who had conquered Satan in the w
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Tidings of the work of Christ sprea
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e leper is guided to the Saviour. J
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"gave Himself for our sins, that He
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sins are forgiven." e burden of sin
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house, and called together his rela
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When He should come forth from the
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make man a new creature. New bottle
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When accused of Sabbathbreaking at
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or death, or things present, or thi
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Saviour's deepest spiritual teachin
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leave Him; they chose Jesus, notwit
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Christ disappointed the hope of wor
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the humble and trustful spirit, sha
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desires and tendencies, above tempt
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imparted to every repentant soul, t
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fell not: for it was founded upon t
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her sole earthly support and comfor
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ess is gradual, and almost impercep
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the human. ey oen saw Him full of g
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anks and become possessors of his a
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Aer He had dismissed the multitude,
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Jesus asked, "What is thy name?" An
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only safeguard against his power is
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Aer healing the woman, Jesus desire
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designs that the sick, the unfortun
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under loss and suering, even unto d
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is not worthy of Me. And he that ta
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ough Jesus could work miracles, and
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pale from weariness and hunger, and
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trying circumstances, and then, in
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In their enthusiasm the people are
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eloved Master turns, His voice sile
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hath sent." e price of heaven is Je
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and the Spirit of God, received int
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e test was too great. e enthusiasm
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Chapter 42 Tradition [is chapter is
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among Christians are found institut
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Turning to her with a look of pity
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plain of Gennesaret. In the border
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accepted, worked like leaven in the
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clearly. e inuence of their early t
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the living God." Now the time has c
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Chapter 46 He Was Transgured [is ch
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ou hast written." Ex. 32:32. Elijah
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e father told the story of long yea
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most grievous sin. e Saviour's atti
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or even understand Him as He spoke
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My grace, in order to be a savor of
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Chapter 49 At the Feast of Tabernac
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disciples forsook Him. ey themselve
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and drink." "Let him that is athirs
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their mocking words they were pictu
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the woman, were disregarding its pr
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But there is One who stands higher
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the sight of unfallen worlds, and i
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Jesus answered the question of the
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the eyes of his understanding had b
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"He that entereth in by the door is
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fountain of life for the world. He
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Every human being, in body, soul, a
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greater in their imagination. It is
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Chapter 54 e Good Samaritan [is cha
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And when the two angels in the guis
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they say, Lo here! or, lo there! fo
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the will of man, but of God." John
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Jesus was the pattern for children,
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God, and hiding its lack in the per
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Chapter 58 "Lazarus, Come Forth" [i
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"ese things said He: and aer that H
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of all the righteous dead. By His w
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closer to the sepulcher. Liing His
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their movements, fearing that the R
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Chapter 60 e Law of the New Kingdom
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weak. Power, position, talent, educ
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taken anything from any man by fals
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themselves, "What think ye, that He
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the motives of every heart, and und
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ere was a certain creditor which ha
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But again His divinity is revealed,
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When the procession reached the bro
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His warnings, and was about to imbr
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wicked." Micah 7:18; Ezek. 33:11. T
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the words of Christ, found ever-inc
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derful scene. ey saw the sick heale
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e second son represented the leadin
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a sure foundation: he that believet
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which are Caesar's; and unto God th
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Holy Spirit. eir ignorance of the S
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ey did not understand that the Son
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een hidden under the broidered garm
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equirements had become so complicat
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is is the separation struggle. In t
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With this truth Christ connects the
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Chapter 69 On the Mount of Olives [
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thousand years such persecution as
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message came to Lot, "Up, get you o
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have done it unto one of the least
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ey will not be longing for exciting
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e disciples made no move toward ser
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In His life and lessons, Christ has
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wrought out as the result of the de
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Christ's example forbids exclusiven
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As we receive the bread and wine sy
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His followers may possess, if they
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us from every earthly friend; but n
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in the synagogue at Capernaum, when
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men in the church, but the characte
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nor hell can master, power that wil
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and seal of the promises made to th
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ity, happiness, and glory, to save
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trusted to subordinates; the wily p
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are all-powerful. On one occasion,
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oath: "I adjure ee by the living Go
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the mockery of an examination befor
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een present at the night session, a
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estimation he was an honor to the c
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thought Judas, He certainly would n
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with a sense of their importance, a
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accused him of refusing to condemn
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ity had ashed through humanity. At
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tience exalt Jesus above humanity,
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this the priests and teachers had l
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laid upon Him, human nature could b
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worthy of death. e priests had over
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For long hours of agony, reviling a
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with His Son. Yet His presence was
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Chapter 79 "It is Finished" Christ
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Yet Satan was not then destroyed. e
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Well, then, might the angels rejoic
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not be broken. And again another sc
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the past few days, and that the Cru
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in derision." Ps. 2:1-4. Roman guar
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When Jesus was laid in the grave, S
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Ignorant of what was even then taki
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Christ's rst work on earth aer His
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with amazement, and their hearts be
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they enter, and Another, unseen, en
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among men, whereby we must be saved
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dropped, and helped his brethren dr
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Jesus thus made known to Peter the
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enly and eternal. ey were lied to t
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workers is to begin where he is. In
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their tears, intense as their love?
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David's city, not Mount Moriah, the
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Li up your heads, O ye gates; Even
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