This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841 edition. Excerpt: ...which looks at Christ, and dark in that which turns away from Him. When it turns wholly away from Him, it is all dark. When it gets between us and Christ, it hides Christ from us, so that we are unable to see Him. Only this, which is a rare sight in the natural sun, so that crowds will stand and gaze at the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841 edition. Excerpt: ...which looks at Christ, and dark in that which turns away from Him. When it turns wholly away from Him, it is all dark. When it gets between us and Christ, it hides Christ from us, so that we are unable to see Him. Only this, which is a rare sight in the natural sun, so that crowds will stand and gaze at the wonder, is an everydaysight with regard to the spiritual sun. There are numbers from whom Christ is wholly eclipst by their dark reason: and very, very few see Him fully as He is, in all His glory and brightness, without any intrusion of human reason to bedim or curtail it The consequences too, even the outward consequences, are the same. As the light, you saw just now, grew pale, and the warmth chill, so does a dimness and a coldness spread over the face of the world, when our reason starts out of its place, and eclipses Christ from our view. But it is not our reason alone that is wont to eclipse Christ Everything else that we allow to get between us and Christ, to interfere with our love for Him, to draw away our hearts from Him, --every idol of whatsoever kind, --everything that we love otherwise than in Christ, and in the light of Christ resting upon it, --may eclipse Him, nay, is sure to eclipse Him more or less from our souls. Yet as it is with our reason, so is it with every other object that we set our hearts on. When we see it in the light of Christ, it is far brighter and lovelier, than when we see it in its own darkness. For everything in which we see the love of God must needs be fair and lovely: but that on which no light falls from above, although it may glare and dazzle for a moment, has no softness, none of the serene moon's getting between the earth and the sun. The moon being a solid body, through which no eye can pierce, when...
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Octavo, quarter cloth. Title and author on patch on spine, but torn in half. University College of North Wales Watkisn Library bookplate. Printed by Samuel Bentley. Backstrip and front cover detached, hanging on at back cover. Boards rubbed, cloth discoloured. Corners bumped. Back cover loose. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 800grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. 8vo, bound in brown boards with a cloth spine. Spine is torn, covers are marked, rubbed and scruffed. Binding is torn and the stitching is loose. The covers are partly loose. Some pages are partly attached. Internally clean, there are some pen markings on the ffp dated 1889. There are pencil markings on the pages and very slight foxing. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 800grams, ISBN:
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Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. 8vo. Faded blue cloth binding. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Yellow end pages. Pages are clean and binding is loose but fair. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 850grams, ISBN:
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Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. 8vo. Faded blue cloth binding. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Yellow end pages. Pages are clean and binding is loose but fair. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 850grams, ISBN:
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