Memoirs of ... Philip Melvill; with extr. from his diaries and letters, selected by a friend1812 |
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... dangers and temptations of a military life , God only can preserve you from them , study to make him your friend . ' Frequently did the most pious and salutary advice flow from him ; so anxious was he to instruct me in my duty both to ...
... dangers and temptations of a military life , God only can preserve you from them , study to make him your friend . ' Frequently did the most pious and salutary advice flow from him ; so anxious was he to instruct me in my duty both to ...
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... dangerous illness , for which I thought myself sincerely thankful . How dark and imperfect are our views while in a state of nature , and how transient even the best feelings of the youthful mind ! Little of genuine gratitude is to be ...
... dangerous illness , for which I thought myself sincerely thankful . How dark and imperfect are our views while in a state of nature , and how transient even the best feelings of the youthful mind ! Little of genuine gratitude is to be ...
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... danger , not to be escaped by human foresight , is undeniable , and the deliverance great , shall we deny the interposition of Him , " who holdeth our soul in life , and suffereth not our feet to slip ? ” And now again for a short ...
... danger , not to be escaped by human foresight , is undeniable , and the deliverance great , shall we deny the interposition of Him , " who holdeth our soul in life , and suffereth not our feet to slip ? ” And now again for a short ...
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... dangers and its secret snares ; above all to seek the God of his fathers , who alone could preserve him , by daily and earnest prayer . " These general admonitions were doubtless branched out into the several par- ticulars adapted to ...
... dangers and its secret snares ; above all to seek the God of his fathers , who alone could preserve him , by daily and earnest prayer . " These general admonitions were doubtless branched out into the several par- ticulars adapted to ...
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... dangerous , and , by his own account , injurious to his morals . The arguments by which his looser associates endeavoured to gain his concurrence to their own vicious practices , were such as libertines generally use , contemptible in ...
... dangerous , and , by his own account , injurious to his morals . The arguments by which his looser associates endeavoured to gain his concurrence to their own vicious practices , were such as libertines generally use , contemptible in ...
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affectionate army beloved Bible blessing Bristol Cambridge Captain Carrick Roads character Christ christian church circumstances Clifton Colonel Baillie comfort command conscience Cornwall dear dearest death delight desire devout Ditto divine divine grace doctrine Dunbar duty effect endeavoured enemy eternal faith Falmouth father fear feelings five copies four copies Fripp George glory grace Grenfell Gwinness hand happy hath Haydon heart Helstone Hingston holy hope Hyder's Islington James Jesus John Lieutenant Governor live Lord Lympstone Magdalen College Marazion Melvill memoirs mercy military mind Miss moral nature Newington Green object officer parents peace Pendennis Castle Penryn Penzance Perran Wharf pious Plymouth prayer Queen's College received Redeemer religion religious Right Honourable Right Honourable Lady Royal Artillery Saviour scripture sincere sins six copies society soldier soon soul spirit Street sufferings thee things thou thought tion Trinity College Truro truth unto William wounded
Popular passages
Page 250 - There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
Page 209 - Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: 6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 127 - I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him against that day.
Page 138 - Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Page 135 - For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
Page 240 - Yes, Thou art precious to my soul, My transport and my trust ; Jewels to Thee are gaudy toys, And gold is sordid dust. 3...
Page 93 - The eternal God is thy refuge, And underneath are the everlasting arms : And he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; And shall say, Destroy them.
Page 125 - Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee : because he trusteth in Thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever : for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength...
Page 134 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the -waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 128 - If his children forsake My law, and walk not in My judgments, if they break My statutes, and keep not My commandments; then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless My lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer My faithfulness to fail.