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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... short account of him may properly introduce these memoirs . In the first part of his days , this distinguished person was " the greatest of all the men of the East . " His possessions were large : his family . was numerous and ...
... short account of him may properly introduce these memoirs . In the first part of his days , this distinguished person was " the greatest of all the men of the East . " His possessions were large : his family . was numerous and ...
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... short time before his de- cease , is very remarkable ; and doubtless made a deep impression on his mind : " 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 ...
... short time before his de- cease , is very remarkable ; and doubtless made a deep impression on his mind : " 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 ...
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... short , he used all the means he could think of , to redeem his countrymen from a life of pleasure to a life of reason . He was every where known , and as universally beloved : his extensive learning and great wisdom , soon made him ...
... short , he used all the means he could think of , to redeem his countrymen from a life of pleasure to a life of reason . He was every where known , and as universally beloved : his extensive learning and great wisdom , soon made him ...
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... short interval , during which he gave some ne- cessary instructions to his domestics , and took his last leave of his children , the attendant of the prison informed him , that the time for drinking the poison was come . The executioner ...
... short interval , during which he gave some ne- cessary instructions to his domestics , and took his last leave of his children , the attendant of the prison informed him , that the time for drinking the poison was come . The executioner ...
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... short time in this situation , he covered himself with his cloak , and expired . Such was the fate of the virtuous Socrates ! " A story , " says Cicero . " which I never read without tears . " It was not till some time after the death ...
... short time in this situation , he covered himself with his cloak , and expired . Such was the fate of the virtuous Socrates ! " A story , " says Cicero . " which I never read without tears . " It was not till some time after the death ...
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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.