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... immediately fell upon his knees , and poured out such a fervent strain of suppli- cation , that when he rose , this young scoffer's eyes were filled with tears . From that moment he became thought- ful , and in a few months he stood ...
... immediately fell upon his knees , and poured out such a fervent strain of suppli- cation , that when he rose , this young scoffer's eyes were filled with tears . From that moment he became thought- ful , and in a few months he stood ...
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... immediately put into execution , and the service was invariably and uniformly read on Sun- days , and all the children taught to join and take their several parts in it , until the sickness and death of Mr. M'Ellen . A most interesting ...
... immediately put into execution , and the service was invariably and uniformly read on Sun- days , and all the children taught to join and take their several parts in it , until the sickness and death of Mr. M'Ellen . A most interesting ...
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... immediately gave me a clear and succinct account of the fall and depravity of our race , the atonement of Christ , the agency of the Spirit , and the new creation effected by that agency . then described the views , feelings , and ...
... immediately gave me a clear and succinct account of the fall and depravity of our race , the atonement of Christ , the agency of the Spirit , and the new creation effected by that agency . then described the views , feelings , and ...
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... immediately subservient to his purposes of mercy . " She proposed that I should now act as the chaplain to the family . I accordingly acceded to her request , and performed divine service regularly on Sundays from that time to the ...
... immediately subservient to his purposes of mercy . " She proposed that I should now act as the chaplain to the family . I accordingly acceded to her request , and performed divine service regularly on Sundays from that time to the ...
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... immediately went to the door ; but , ere I closed it , I turned to gaze again upon the face of my dear mother . A death - like expression sat upon that face . I closed the door . The heavens were still hung with blackness - a sense of ...
... immediately went to the door ; but , ere I closed it , I turned to gaze again upon the face of my dear mother . A death - like expression sat upon that face . I closed the door . The heavens were still hung with blackness - a sense of ...
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Page 131 - For thy Maker is thine husband ; The Lord of hosts is his name ; And thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel ; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Page 175 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 361 - Tis now become a history little known, That once we called the pastoral house our own. Short-lived possession ! but the record fair, That memory keeps of all thy kindness there, Still outlives many a storm, that has effaced A thousand other themes less deeply traced.
Page 132 - For this is as the waters of Noah unto me : for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth ; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Page 104 - 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 149 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt, at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all...
Page 61 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Page 382 - ... .Then said he unto me, prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, Son of man, and say to the wind, thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
Page 347 - That day of wrath, that dreadful day, When heaven and earth shall pass away, What power shall be the sinner's stay ? How shall he meet that dreadful day...
Page 309 - Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.