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... my God , why didst thou not plunge the sinner into everlasting ruin ! To such a pitch would the enmity of my nature rise , that I was nearly led to blaspheme God . a and curse my pious parent . Alas , what is A 2 AUTHOR'S LIFE . 5.
... my God , why didst thou not plunge the sinner into everlasting ruin ! To such a pitch would the enmity of my nature rise , that I was nearly led to blaspheme God . a and curse my pious parent . Alas , what is A 2 AUTHOR'S LIFE . 5.
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... thou follow- ed a wretch who has spurned at counsel , hated reproof , and sought death in the error of his ways ! I had not been long at sea , ere a tremendous shipwreck awakened in my mind a sense of its ingratitude , rebellion , and ...
... thou follow- ed a wretch who has spurned at counsel , hated reproof , and sought death in the error of his ways ! I had not been long at sea , ere a tremendous shipwreck awakened in my mind a sense of its ingratitude , rebellion , and ...
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... thou art great in goodness , and good in greatness . Alas ! where was my gratitude ! The impression soon wore off , the wild ass's colt was as untamed as ever . With- out returning home , I went again on the ocean , was again dashed on ...
... thou art great in goodness , and good in greatness . Alas ! where was my gratitude ! The impression soon wore off , the wild ass's colt was as untamed as ever . With- out returning home , I went again on the ocean , was again dashed on ...
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... thou hadst frequently , knocked at the door of my heart , but I had shut it against thee ; now thou didst , with the hammer of thy word and the power of thy grace , break the bolt , the truth came home to my conscience ; I would have ...
... thou hadst frequently , knocked at the door of my heart , but I had shut it against thee ; now thou didst , with the hammer of thy word and the power of thy grace , break the bolt , the truth came home to my conscience ; I would have ...
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... thou- sand blunders . The work of God has been my delight , but an evil nature has often clogged me with impedi- ments . With regard to my temporal affairs , I never found one of God's promises to fail . When I embark- ed in the cause ...
... thou- sand blunders . The work of God has been my delight , but an evil nature has often clogged me with impedi- ments . With regard to my temporal affairs , I never found one of God's promises to fail . When I embark- ed in the cause ...
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Page 127 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.
Page 33 - tis nought to me; Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full ; And where He vital breathes, there must be joy.
Page 74 - Death is the crown of life : Were death denied, poor man would live in vain : Were death denied, to live would not be life: Were death denied, e'en fools would wish to die. Death wounds to cure; we fall, we rise, we reign! Spring from our fetters, fasten in the skies, Where blooming Eden withers in our sight. Death gives us more than was in Eden lost! This king of terrors is the prince of peace.
Page 51 - ... and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand ; for I will make him a great nation.
Page 117 - One song employs all nations; and all cry, ' Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us!' The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Page 132 - O'er the raging billows borne. Men from England bought and sold me, Paid my price in paltry gold ; But, though slave they have enroll'd me Minds are never to be sold. Still in thought as free as ever, What are England's rights, I ask, Me from my delights to sever, Me to torture, me to task ? Fleecy locks and black complexion Cannot forfeit nature's claim ; Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in...
Page 45 - I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
Page 81 - Still in thought as free as ever, What are England's rights, I ask, Me from my delights to sever ; Me to torture, me to task? Fleecy locks and black complexion Cannot forfeit nature's claim ; Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same Why did all-creating Nature Make the plant for which we toil?
Page 94 - Reel over his full bowl, and when 'tis drain'd Fill up another to the brim, and laugh At the poor bugbear Death...
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