...bosom, exclaimed, ' Fear not, Emma, you are thrice welcome to your native home. Have you forgotten that there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons who need no repentance? And shall it not on earth be the same ? Nay, weep...

...sins, but he would obtain mercy from that Being whose mercies are infinite. Third — " There shall be more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth than over ninety-nine just persons that need no repentance." Having once had occasion to notice this " excellent maxim" in a letter published...

...pitied and forgave him, saying, ' To day, shall thou be with me in Paradise.' And again he declares, ' There is more joy in Heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons who need no repentance."—" Oh !" interrupted the penitent invalid, "...

...eye shall be utterly darkened.' — Cawood. THE JOY OF ANGELS OVER REPENTING SINNERS. Why is there more joy in heaven, over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety-nine just persons that need no repentance ? In the tenth verse of this chapter the expression is somewhat different :...

...your rebellion. In the same place, also, the Gospel has proclaimed to you from the world of glory, " there is more joy in heaven over one sinner" that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons, who need no repentance." " Whosoever will," therefore, " let him come,...

...absurd : and here can we see how a Christian's sorrow and a Christian's jpy go hand in hand; and as " there is more joy in Heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine who need no repentance ;" so is there more joy in the breast of that sinner over his...

...alone throw weight in the scale of good effected by public worship, and especially if we recollect that there is more joy in Heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than aver ninety and nine who need no repentance. MRS. B. — Let us, also, remember the lot of thousands...

...allotted you on earth," said Edgar, bending over Rathallan. " The gates of eternal rest are yet open. There is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over many righteous persons. Do not despair, Mr. Rathallan ; look up to God with hope and faith ; pray that...

...returning to virtue, than in merely keeping firm in virtuous habits. As in the Scriptures it is declared, " There is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance." The gratification induced by receiving praise...

...alone throw weight in the scale of good effected by public worship, and especially if we recollect that there is more joy in Heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine that need no repentance. MRS. B. — Let us, also, remember the lot of thousands of...