Sermon Bible Commentary
Isaiah 35:8
The way of holiness is (1) a high way; (2) a strait and narrow way; (3) a plain and obvious way; (4) a safe way.
J. N. Norton, Golden Truths,p. 399.
Reference: Isaiah 35:8. Spurgeon, Sermons,vol. xxxii., No. 1912.
The way of holiness is (1) a high way; (2) a strait and narrow way; (3) a plain and obvious way; (4) a safe way.
J. N. Norton, Golden Truths,p. 399.
Reference: Isaiah 35:8. Spurgeon, Sermons,vol. xxxii., No. 1912.
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