...could not see then, how God could "put you among the children, and give you a goodly heritage," in the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven, and whose mansions arc near the throne. You would have counted it "joy unspeakable and full of glory" for...

...interests — willing ' to spend and be spent' that you, with himself, may constitute part of 'the general assembly and church of the first-born,' whose names are written in Heaven. " And now, my friends and brethren in the Lord, I pray God to bless you, and 'keep you from falling' —...

...and her released, redeemed spirit is, doubtless, rejoicing in the realms ot light, with the glorious assembly and Church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven. The Duke nf Luxemburyh This illustrious шм, on his death-bed, declared, " Tlmt he would then mud...

...the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels ; to the general assembly and 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 of the new...

...the only opportunity we have of anticipating at all that meeting which all Christians expect, " the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven." And the sacrament is that act of worship which brings those thus assembling into unity. " The cup of blessing...

...innumerable company of the angelic world, constitute but " one family in heaven and earth ;" but one "general assembly and Church of the firstborn whose names are written in heaven ;" " all things, both things in heaven and things in earth" being gathered together, and reunited under...

...confirm the promises made unto the fathers. —Rom. xv. 8. 4 Ye are come unto Mount Sion . . . to the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven ... to the spirits of just men made perfect.—Heb. xii. 22, 23. Full twenty years are pass'd away,...

...the cottage of that dear Christian friend whose soul has, I doubt not, before this time joined the general assembly and Church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven, all pass in review this morning, and produce pleasing sensations in my mind. There is but one thing...

...of blessedness. We learn that it is the dwelling-place, not merely of Jesus and of God, but of " the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven,"—the " innumerable company of angels,"—those more ancient and majestic orders of created...

...rest from our works as God did from his. At this time we shall meet all the flock ; this will be " the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven." And at the close of the thousand years the wicked shall be raised and judged, and when banished and imprisoned,...