The Life of the Reverend Devereux Jarratt: Rector of Bath Parish, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, Issue 1 |
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... never transpired , but being left with me for publication af- ter his death , I consider it a deposit of too sacred a nature to be neglected . From some unavoidable circumstances it has been delay- ed longer than I could have wished ...
... never transpired , but being left with me for publication af- ter his death , I consider it a deposit of too sacred a nature to be neglected . From some unavoidable circumstances it has been delay- ed longer than I could have wished ...
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... never will for- get , his labours were more abundant , and he was held in high estimation by all in his own parish and round about , who had any regard for religion . " Father Jarratt , that good man , " was the indearing appellation by ...
... never will for- get , his labours were more abundant , and he was held in high estimation by all in his own parish and round about , who had any regard for religion . " Father Jarratt , that good man , " was the indearing appellation by ...
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... never knowingly took a grain of it ; though I suspected that a physician once gave me some of it , in disguise , but it almost put an end to me . It brought on the same symptoms of the cramp and cold sweat , which came on my father ...
... never knowingly took a grain of it ; though I suspected that a physician once gave me some of it , in disguise , but it almost put an end to me . It brought on the same symptoms of the cramp and cold sweat , which came on my father ...
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... never conversed with any person in my life , whose memory seemed equal to mine . Nor did I ever know one , who could repeat so many lines , in an English , or Latin poet , as I could , in the same space of time . My voice was remarkably ...
... never conversed with any person in my life , whose memory seemed equal to mine . Nor did I ever know one , who could repeat so many lines , in an English , or Latin poet , as I could , in the same space of time . My voice was remarkably ...
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... never been erased to the present moment . As what I have here said respecting my memory , & c . relate merely to gifts of na- ture , which I had no hand in acquiring , there can be no vanity in writing them down . But I cannot help ...
... never been erased to the present moment . As what I have here said respecting my memory , & c . relate merely to gifts of na- ture , which I had no hand in acquiring , there can be no vanity in writing them down . But I cannot help ...
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Page 64 - ALMIGHTY God, unto Whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from . Whom no secrets are hid ; Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of Thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love Thee, and worthily magnify Thy holy Name ; through Christ our Lord.
Page 176 - So am I made to possess months of vanity, And wearisome nights are appointed to me. When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone ? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
Page 164 - For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine ; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears ; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Page 61 - HAVING therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Page 43 - And behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give to every man according as his work shall be.
Page 6 - I have no pleasure in them"; while the sun or the light or the moon or the stars be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain; in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened...
Page 43 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming, in which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth-; they that have done good to the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation,"
Page 15 - He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life ; but he that believeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him (John iii.
Page 188 - And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons...
Page 49 - ... known before that memorable hour Eternal glories to the King, Who brought me safely through; My tongue shall never cease to sing, And endless praise renew. Not that I suppose I never had true religion before this — I believe I had real religion, or I could not have gone through so many trials — but such a bright manifestation of the redeemer's all-sufficiency and willingness to save, and such a divine confidence to rely on him, I never had till that moment — it was a little heaven upon...