...also, the blessed company you are come to, "an innumerable company of angels, the general assembly of the church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the Mediator...

...was peace, and he went up from that Assembly he was so eager to meet, to " the general assembly and church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven." In the case of Hugh Miller death did its work by more violent means, and that heart which erewhile throbbed...

...paid for us by Him who is "the first-born of every crea" ture;" through whom all His people become members of " the church of the first-born whose " names are written in heaven," and are enabled to " present their bodies a living sacrifice, holy " and acceptable to God, which is...

...church ; not of any particular congregation of saints, in this or any other part of the world ; but of the church of the first-born, whose' names are written in heaven, Eph. i. 22, 23. and v. 23. he is that to them as a natural head is to a natural body, and the members...

...countenance, and seemingly in the act of prayer.liis blessed spirit joined the innumerable company of the Church of the First-born, whose names are written in heaven." " With such proofs," Mr. Bull adds, " of the faithfulness of the ' Lord, well may we dry our tears,...

...not be admitted into Churches now, or if admitted would be dismissed therefrom, will be found true members of the Church of the first-born whose names are written in heaven ; while ou the contrary, many whom the majority of professors are very highly commending (by reason...

...which she felt to be a heavier stroke than any she had ever before experienced. So one after another of the Church of the First-born, whose names are written in heaven, are gathering into their rest. Happy, happy, they who have passed safely through this valley of tears,...

...immutable counsel and covenant, and their glorious works of grace, formed and performed for the salvation of the church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven. The pure waters which my happy soul now drew from these deep, mysterious, eternal springs, quite spoiled...

...were exceedingly interesting, from the simple yet unequivocal evidences often afforded of the iI. 2s operation of the- Spirit of the Almighty upon the...has been irreproachable, whose views of divine truth have been clear and scriptural, and whose motives, so far as we could judge, have been pure, have remained...

...They would naturally become models of imitation to others, and would exert no ordinary influence on the community at large. It was therefore gratifying...has been irreproachable, whose views of divine truth have been clear and scriptural, and whose motives, so far as we could judge, have been pure, have remained...