The Life of John Henry Stilling

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Printed at the Press of the Theol. seminary, H. C. Neinstedt, 1831 - Authors, German - 416 pages

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Page 311 - Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, 0 LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, 0 Lord, which thy hands have established.
Page 298 - And now, O Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.
Page 149 - And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them ; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : And Israel said, It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die.
Page 337 - ... the testament. For the testament takes authority when men are dead, for it is of no value as long as he that made it is alive. Of these words it evidently appears that the new testament, wherein we have remission of sins, is sealed and ratified by the death of Christ. Therefore Christ calls the cup, the cup of the new testament in his blood, which is shed for the remission of sins. Last of all, Christ with his death and passion has gotten unto us this fruit and profit, that our cross and sufferings...
Page 337 - Cant. 2 : 6, 16, 17, and 4 : 16, and 8 : 14. 0 death, where is thy sting? 0 grave, where is thy victory ? But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 337 - Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my latter end be like his 1' This then being written to St.
Page 136 - Husamu-'d-Din, the widow of Jelal, Kira Khatun, too, departed this life, and was buried by the side of her husband. As her corpse was being borne towards its last restingplace, the procession passed through one of the gates of the town. Here, the bearers found themselves arrested by some unseen power, so that they could not move, hand or foot. This singular effect lasted for about half an hour. struck up a hymn...

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