| Carl Heinrich von Bogatzky - 1873 - 412 pagina’s
...Aw»ke, therefore, to righteousness; spare yourselves no longer ; rise above the trifle* of this world ; fight the good fight of faith, and lay hold on eternal life. A new commandment <iirr, I unto you, that ye love m» another ; as I have loved you, that y» also... | |
| James Freeman Clarke - 1874 - 460 pagina’s
...Everywhere God's face looks upon us out of creation, and his voice speaks to our heart, telling us to fight the good fight of faith, and lay hold on eternal life, and not to doubt that all things shall work together at last for good to those who love him. God, as... | |
| Bernard Gilpin - 1874 - 538 pagina’s
...Christ have mercy upon me, and strengthen me. Look down upon my calamitous position, and enable mo to fight the good fight of faith, and lay hold on eternal life, for thy sake. Amen. * I have had joy and peace in believing, but it is all gone now.' It was rejoined... | |
| Andrew Joseph Baxter - 1874 - 404 pagina’s
...God." — WATTS. That you may follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness ; fight the good fight of faith ; and lay hold on eternal life, are the prayers of your affectionate husband, — JHB (As if he had a premonition of approaching death,... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1875 - 350 pagina’s
...the only true gain ; and concludes with a warm, earnest, and tender appeal to his beloved disciple to fight the good fight of faith, and lay hold on eternal life (vi.). Epistle to Titus. [Titus is nowhere mentioned in the Acts ; and the only notices that occur... | |
| William Hay M.H. Aitken - 1876 - 364 pagina’s
...your supernatural character that you are going to glorify God ? By which is it that you are going to fight the good fight of faith and lay hold on eternal life ? When the fabric of your spiritual history has been fully reared, will it not be " grace and grace... | |
| Richard Waldo Sibthorp - 1876 - 180 pagina’s
...instead of turning from the daily duty and the daily conflict, put on the armour God has provided, fight the good fight of faith, and lay hold on eternal life. If you thus redeem the time, you will hear at last the joyful words : Because thou hast been faithful... | |
| Benson Bailey - 1877 - 644 pagina’s
...who do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with their God, are in the highway to honour. Those who fight the good fight of faith, and lay hold on eternal life, shall be honoured with the smile of God here, and with a crown of life hereafter. Such honour have... | |
| 1877 - 848 pagina’s
...harden us in sin, but may they cheer us on in the Christian warfare, во that we may be enabled to fight the good fight of faith and lay hold on eternal life. Within this last year it seems as though we have done nothing towards filling up our ranks. Not one... | |
| 1878 - 544 pagina’s
...firmament ; and they that turn many to i ighteousness as the stars for ever and ever." Let us, then, "fight the good fight of faith, and lay hold on eternal life." Let us " quit ourselves like men, and be strong." Let us look to ourselves that we " receive a full... | |
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