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... character and stamp present more of our own image than of his . When we will be over - witty , commonly we are overseen . God is made like man : words which , if they were not his , we should not dare to speak them . But , as he ...
... character and stamp present more of our own image than of his . When we will be over - witty , commonly we are overseen . God is made like man : words which , if they were not his , we should not dare to speak them . But , as he ...
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... character of the brothers was distinctly different : John was born with a temper which scarcely any injuries could pro- voke , ingratitude ruffle , or contradiction weary . This disposi- tion peculiarly qualified him to govern ; but he ...
... character of the brothers was distinctly different : John was born with a temper which scarcely any injuries could pro- voke , ingratitude ruffle , or contradiction weary . This disposi- tion peculiarly qualified him to govern ; but he ...
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... character so far eclipsed any weaknesses which might be discovered in it , as to force even the most profligate characters to say , " If there be a good man , Mr. Wilkinson is of that description . " Such was the estimation in which he ...
... character so far eclipsed any weaknesses which might be discovered in it , as to force even the most profligate characters to say , " If there be a good man , Mr. Wilkinson is of that description . " Such was the estimation in which he ...
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63 A CONCISE CHARACTER OF A SINCERE CHRISTIAN ,. WITH RESPECT TO HIS PRACTICE . TO THE EDItor . THIS paper , Sir , upon ... character , and beneath his attention . His benevolence , like the genial influences of the sun , diffuses itself ...
63 A CONCISE CHARACTER OF A SINCERE CHRISTIAN ,. WITH RESPECT TO HIS PRACTICE . TO THE EDItor . THIS paper , Sir , upon ... character , and beneath his attention . His benevolence , like the genial influences of the sun , diffuses itself ...
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... character , be preserved ? Most assuredly ; and I am sure each one who may peruse it will say , Let my last end be like his ! Sunday , June 2 , I walked to a retired spot of ground , for the purpose of medita- tion ; but was much ...
... character , be preserved ? Most assuredly ; and I am sure each one who may peruse it will say , Let my last end be like his ! Sunday , June 2 , I walked to a retired spot of ground , for the purpose of medita- tion ; but was much ...
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Page 333 - And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus. And finding certain disciples, he said unto them ; Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? And they said unto him; We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
Page 256 - The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh nor whither it goeth, so is every one that is born of the spirit.
Page 564 - The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever : the judgments of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.
Page 59 - Jesus' blood. He by himself hath sworn : I on his oath depend ; I shall, on eagles' wings upborne, To heaven ascend ; I shall behold his face ; I shall his power adore, And sing the wonders of his grace For evermore.
Page 63 - My grace is sufficient for thee. My strength is made perfect in weakness.
Page 111 - Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever : for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Page 506 - Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona ; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Page 534 - Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do' — the voice of the preacher, which had all along faltered, grew fainter and fainter, until his utterance being entirely obstructed by the force of his feelings, he raised his handkerchief to his eyes, and burst into a loud and irrepressible flood of grief. The effect is inconceivable.
Page 534 - It was all new, and I seemed to have heard it for the first time in my life. His enunciation was so deliberate that his voice trembled on every syllable and every heart in the assembly trembled in unison.
Page 349 - He expatiates on the beauty of a single flower, and draws from it the delightful argument of confidence in God. He gives us to see that taste may be combined with piety, and that the same heart may be occupied with all that is serious in the contemplations of religion, and be at the same time alive to the charms and the loveliness of nature.