| W. Woodford Clayton - 1860 - 132 oldal
...live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor ; yet what I shall choose I know not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and be with Christ, which js far better. [Time expired.} FIRST SPEECH OF ELD. GRANT. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:... | |
| W. Woodford Clayton - 1860 - 132 oldal
...live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor; yet what I shall choose I know not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and be with Christ, which is fef better. [Time expired.] FIRST SPEECH OF ELD. GRANT. Mr. Chairman, Ladies aud Gentlemen... | |
| Henry Martyn - 1861 - 484 oldal
...of that holy man were the means of rich and abundant comfort to me. Truly I can say — " I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better." MARCH 14. It is the ardent desire of my soul to regard all earthly things with... | |
| Joseph M. Wilson - 1861 - 758 oldal
...he was able, earnest, and eloquent. His last discourse was from the following text: "For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ." His desire to proyide for a dependent family bound him to earth, while the hope of a glorious immortality... | |
| 1861 - 782 oldal
...participate in the clearer vision of the Lamb above. Paul expressed this feeling, when he said: "I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you." " Yet what I shall... | |
| John Eadie - 1862 - 878 oldal
...Christ's; and Christ t> God's. Phil, i, 21, 23. For me to live is Christ, and to die if gain. For I am In a which 13 lar better. Лет. xlv, 13. And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed... | |
| Josiah Dickey Smith - 1864 - 338 oldal
...admirable balance of the soul which Paul evinced, in that he did not know which to choose, being in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better, yet perfectly and joyfully willing to abide in the flesh, suffering and toiling... | |
| 1864 - 594 oldal
...1. Heavenly mindedness. — The language of such is, " Whom have I in heaven but Thee?" "I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better ;" " Willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord."... | |
| Luther Lee - 1865 - 198 oldal
...conscious existence. Phil. i. 21, 23, 24: "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ; which is far better: nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you." In this text the... | |
| John Offord - 1865 - 204 oldal
...in his removal from earth. Contemplating the apparent probability of that issue, he says, "I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ ; which is far better: nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. And having this... | |
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