 | William Haig Miller - 1876 - 212 pages
...easy, and my burden is light," Matt. xi. 28—30. CHAPTER IX. " I have thought I am a creature of a day, passing through life as an arrow through the...God, and returning to God : just hovering over the gulf; but, a few moments hence, I am no more seen. — I drop into an unchangeable eternity. I want... | |
 | Thomas William Christie - 1881 - 338 pages
...is not sure. His soul's eye in its flight upwards to God and to heaven, looks downwards to hell — "just hovering over the great gulf; till a few moments...more seen ! I drop into an unchangeable eternity." You see the embodiment of Satan : " a spirit come from God " — blind that he is a fallen spirit,... | |
 | Bourchier Wrey Savile - Anthropology - 1885 - 342 pages
...Wesley taught amid the twilight of the 18th century — " I am," he said, " the creature of to-day, passing through life as an arrow through the air....eternity. I want to know one thing, the way to heaven, and how to land safe on that happy shore." One word, in conclusion, Gentlemen, in reference to the... | |
 | John Philip - Christian life - 1886 - 250 pages
...apocalypse ! How just and weighty the reflection of John Wesley : " I have thought I am a creature of a day, passing through life as an arrow through the...God, and returning to God, just hovering over the gulf; but a few moments hence, I am no more seen ; I drop into an unchangeable eternity. I want to... | |
 | John Henry Overton - Emotions - 1891 - 252 pages
...afraid to lay open what have been the inmost thoughts of my heart. I have thought, I am a creature of a day, passing through life as an arrow through the...eternity ! I want to know one thing — the way to land safe on that happy shore. God Himself has condescended to teach the way; for that very end He... | |
 | William Holden Hutton - 1927 - 216 pages
...these do indeed bring forth in men the fruit of good living. " I have thought, I am a creature of a day, passing through life as an arrow through the...air. I am a spirit come from God and returning to God " — there could not be a better motto for John Wesley's life. Methodism awoke a new spirit in the... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - Bible - 1897 - 388 pages
...poet said, ' I have only one book, but that book is the best.' 14. John Wesley: ' I am a creature of a day, passing through life as an arrow through the air. I am a spirit, coming from God, and returning to God : just hovering over the great gulf ; 1 Truth. a few moments... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - Bible - 1897 - 388 pages
...' I am a creature of a day, passing through life as an arrow through the air. I am a spirit, coming from God, and returning to God : just hovering over the great gulf ; i Truth. a few moments hence I am no more seen ; I drop into an unchangeable eternity ! I want to... | |
 | Clarence Augustus Barbour - Bible - 1911 - 244 pages
...poet said, " I have only one book, but that book is the best." 10. John Wesley: " I am a creature of a day, passing through life as an arrow through the air. I am a spirit, coming from God, and returning to God; just hovering over the great gulf; a few moments hence I am... | |
 | Arminianism - 1852 - 656 pages
...heart. I have thought, I am a creature of a day, passing through life as an arrow through the air. 1 am a spirit come from God, and returning to God :...to know one thing, — the way to heaven ; how to laud safe on that happy shore. God Himself has condescended to teach the way : for this very end He... | |
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I have thought, I am a creature of a day, passing through life, as an arrow through the air. I am a spirit come from God, and returning to God : just hovering over the great gulf; till, a few moments hence, I am no more seen ! I drop into an unchangeable... 
