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... delighted , that undivided attention which he believes to be due to them . Besides this , he knew that , however imperfectly qualified , either by natural or acquired endowments , for the task of a biographer , he was the only person ...
... delighted , that undivided attention which he believes to be due to them . Besides this , he knew that , however imperfectly qualified , either by natural or acquired endowments , for the task of a biographer , he was the only person ...
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... delight . He knew it only as the guide of life , the support of the heart , and the cherisher of a hope full of im- mortality . He had never felt " the terrors of the Lord ; " for he had never known himself a sinner but in the light of ...
... delight . He knew it only as the guide of life , the support of the heart , and the cherisher of a hope full of im- mortality . He had never felt " the terrors of the Lord ; " for he had never known himself a sinner but in the light of ...
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... delight to impose on his creatures , has told me so . Though it seemed a contra- diction to my senses ; and my reason might be ready to revolt from it as an absurdity ; I would rather suppose that God wrought per petual miracles in the ...
... delight to impose on his creatures , has told me so . Though it seemed a contra- diction to my senses ; and my reason might be ready to revolt from it as an absurdity ; I would rather suppose that God wrought per petual miracles in the ...
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... bore him up honorably in the path of life , and they sus- tained him in that dread moment , when heart and flesh and life failed him . WE MADE HIS SABBATHS ALWAYS Delight- FUL , by contriving to indulge him with such lessons c 2 27.
... bore him up honorably in the path of life , and they sus- tained him in that dread moment , when heart and flesh and life failed him . WE MADE HIS SABBATHS ALWAYS Delight- FUL , by contriving to indulge him with such lessons c 2 27.
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... almost criminal length . In my occasional absence from home , he always devolved upon his aunt the task of conducting family prayer , for which he was himself so well qualified . We were soon delighted , and made thankful to God 34.
... almost criminal length . In my occasional absence from home , he always devolved upon his aunt the task of conducting family prayer , for which he was himself so well qualified . We were soon delighted , and made thankful to God 34.
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