 | Thomas Jackson - 1841 - 598 sider
...anticipated the pleasure of hearing him, and of uniting with him in the worship of God, he went to join the general assembly, and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven. The report of Mr. Whitefield's death caused a feeling of deep regret among his numerous friends, both... | |
 | Henry Venn - 1841 - 470 sider
...only praise thee during my life upon earth, but glorify thee for ever among millions of angels, in the general assembly and church of the first-born whose names are written in heaven. Amen. A PRAYER BEFORE A JOURNEY FOR A PERSON WHO IS TO TRAVEL BY HIMSELF. THINE is the 'power, O Lord,... | |
 | 1841 - 730 sider
...to the Church, which is His body, who are militant here on earth, but who will finally be among the general assembly and Church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven. This is the Holy Catholic Church, to which Mr. Sibthorp, we would hope, may yet belong, although he... | |
 | Army - 1841 - 266 sider
...friend, as we have seen, was suddenly called into the world of spirits,*to join, I have no doubt, " the general assembly and church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven." While the preceding extracts contain very gratifying testimonies to the influence of true religion... | |
 | Thomas Finch (of Harlow.) - 1841 - 212 sider
...habitation of God, through the Spirit:" and, when the work is finished, they will constitute " the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven."* But, while the meaning of the term Church in the New Testament is so plain and definite, we shall in... | |
 | 1841 - 488 sider
...his day and generation here upon earth, he is now participating in the sublime deliberations of the " General Assembly and Church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven. " From scenes and contemplations like these, which now claim our consideration, we may derive instruction... | |
 | 1841 - 484 sider
...must have had a reference to their being excluded or cut off from that general assembly of the saints and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven. And this part of the covenant must likewise have a reference, as all the rest has, to the seed, "which... | |
 | Henry Christmas - 1878 - 346 sider
...the mount Zion, the city of the living God, making one with the innumerable company of angels, and general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven. Ah ! how does it grieve his soul to wake once again out of the trance of bliss, to open his eyes once... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1878 - 328 sider
...I miss the face of a sister that was always here to help us with her prayers ; now she is with the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven, with the spirits of the just made perfect. But her soul will rejoice with the angels of God if she... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - 1879 - 784 sider
...and I miss the face of a sister who was always here to help us with her prayers ; now she is with the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven, with the spirits of the just made perfect. But her soul will rejoice with the angels of God if she... | |
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The description of heaven in Heb. xii. 22, was most comfortable to him ; that he was going to the " innumerable company of angels, and to the general assembly and Church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven... 
