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... perhaps merited decline , it will certainly revive- the best of Cowper's hymns will continue to be sung . " God moves in a mysterious way , " Oh , for a closer walk with God ! " : these , and at least half a dozen others , are universal ...
... perhaps merited decline , it will certainly revive- the best of Cowper's hymns will continue to be sung . " God moves in a mysterious way , " Oh , for a closer walk with God ! " : these , and at least half a dozen others , are universal ...
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... perhaps I am not altogether convinced of its propriety . Perhaps , at the bottom , I am much more of opinion that if the charge , unaccompanied by any inflammatory matter and simply detailed , being once delivered into the court and ...
... perhaps I am not altogether convinced of its propriety . Perhaps , at the bottom , I am much more of opinion that if the charge , unaccompanied by any inflammatory matter and simply detailed , being once delivered into the court and ...
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... Perhaps thou gav'st me , though unseen , a kiss ; Perhaps a tear , if souls can weep in bliss ... Ah that maternal smile ! it answers - Yes . I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day , I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away , And ...
... Perhaps thou gav'st me , though unseen , a kiss ; Perhaps a tear , if souls can weep in bliss ... Ah that maternal smile ! it answers - Yes . I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day , I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away , And ...
Contents
FOREWORD II | 11 |
AN EXTRAMUNDANE AND HIS WORLD | 34 |
THE EVANGELICAL REVIVAL | 158 |
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