The Power of Religion on the Mind: In Retirement, Affliction, and at the Approach of Death: Exemplified in the Testimonies and Experience of Persons Distinguished by Their Greatness, Learning, Or Virtue ...order of the trustees of the residuary estate of Lindley Murray, M. Day's Press, 1888 - Biography - 378 pages |
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... peace and pros- perity . His riches were restored to him two - fold . The loss of his former children was repaired by a new offspring . His name became again renowned in the East ; " and the latter end of Job was more blessed than the ...
... peace and pros- perity . His riches were restored to him two - fold . The loss of his former children was repaired by a new offspring . His name became again renowned in the East ; " and the latter end of Job was more blessed than the ...
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... last farewell ! May you live in peace ! " After he had said this , he covered his face and died , greatly lamented by the nations over whom he " had reigned . SECTION IV . CONFUCIUS . CONFUCIUS , the celebrated Chinese 10 CYRUS .
... last farewell ! May you live in peace ! " After he had said this , he covered his face and died , greatly lamented by the nations over whom he " had reigned . SECTION IV . CONFUCIUS . CONFUCIUS , the celebrated Chinese 10 CYRUS .
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... peace- fully as at any other time . On the day assigned for him to die , his friends repaired early to the prison . They found him , with his chains off , sitting by his wife , who held one of his children in her arms . As soon as she ...
... peace- fully as at any other time . On the day assigned for him to die , his friends repaired early to the prison . They found him , with his chains off , sitting by his wife , who held one of his children in her arms . As soon as she ...
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... peace and salvation . In this most benevolent work , he was indefati- gable . No labour or fatigue discouraged him : no enemies or danger appalled him . Having been assured of the mercy and forgiveness of his Lord , and animated by the ...
... peace and salvation . In this most benevolent work , he was indefati- gable . No labour or fatigue discouraged him : no enemies or danger appalled him . Having been assured of the mercy and forgiveness of his Lord , and animated by the ...
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... peace of the church , and to promote piety and virtue amongst men . During the persecution which raged at Smyrna , in the year 167 , the distinguished character of Polycarp attracted the attention of the enemies of Christianity . The ...
... peace of the church , and to promote piety and virtue amongst men . During the persecution which raged at Smyrna , in the year 167 , the distinguished character of Polycarp attracted the attention of the enemies of Christianity . The ...
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Page 303 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten,...
Page 26 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed...
Page xii - But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil ? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Page 2 - 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 v - Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him. For he knoweth our frame ; He remembereth that we are dust.
Page 44 - ... had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs.
Page 157 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its author ; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Page 111 - The Grace of God which bringeth salvation hath appeared unto all men, teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...
Page 74 - First, I send you all the thanks which my heart can conceive, or my words can express, for your many travails and care taken for me ; which, though they have not taken effect as you wished, yet my debt to you is not the less. But pay it I never shall in this world.
Page 28 - And now, behold, I go bound in the Spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there ; save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus; to testify the Gospel of the Grace of God.