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Page 58
... replied : " Our Saviour was sent to these ; not to the rich and full of this world : his apostles were most of them persons in humble life , yet they were the chosen . " Speaking respecting afflictions , she said : " There is this in ...
... replied : " Our Saviour was sent to these ; not to the rich and full of this world : his apostles were most of them persons in humble life , yet they were the chosen . " Speaking respecting afflictions , she said : " There is this in ...
Page 59
... replied : " I do not know how it may be . I leave all where it should be left . Long illnesses are not desirable . ” And at another time : " If it be the will of Providence to take me hence , I shall be quite resigned to go . May I be ...
... replied : " I do not know how it may be . I leave all where it should be left . Long illnesses are not desirable . ” And at another time : " If it be the will of Providence to take me hence , I shall be quite resigned to go . May I be ...
Page 61
... replied : " O ! fear the Lord , therefore , all the days of thy life ! and walk in the paths that He hath opened before thee let temperance restrain ; let justice guide thy hand ; benevolence warm thy heart ; and gratitude to Heaven ...
... replied : " O ! fear the Lord , therefore , all the days of thy life ! and walk in the paths that He hath opened before thee let temperance restrain ; let justice guide thy hand ; benevolence warm thy heart ; and gratitude to Heaven ...
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... replied : " It is to keep the mind humble and dependent . In the midst of all , I can say : Thy will be done ! ' Our nature is prone to many things , which we have to guard against . " And , on another occasion , conversing respecting ...
... replied : " It is to keep the mind humble and dependent . In the midst of all , I can say : Thy will be done ! ' Our nature is prone to many things , which we have to guard against . " And , on another occasion , conversing respecting ...
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... replied : " No. I have been thinking on the present and a future world : how uncertain our time is ; particularly mine , after so many warnings . " And on being asked if she felt supported after an attack of difficulty of breathing ...
... replied : " No. I have been thinking on the present and a future world : how uncertain our time is ; particularly mine , after so many warnings . " And on being asked if she felt supported after an attack of difficulty of breathing ...
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Page 38 - Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; "knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
Page 228 - My best desires are faint and few, I fain would strive for more ; But, when I cry, ' My strength renew,
Page 65 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.
Page 58 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither (shall) fruit (be) in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and (there shall be) no herd in the stalls: 3:18 "Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 70 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 209 - O thou by whom we come to God— The life, the truth, the way ; The path of prayer thyself hast trod ; Lord, teach us how to pray.
Page 58 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no meat ; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls : Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page i - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Page 228 - Oh make this heart rejoice or ache ; Decide this doubt for me ; And if it be not broken, break, — And heal it if it be.
Page 48 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.