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... Pardon my sins , remove the impediments that hinder my obedience . Enable me to shake off sloth , and to redeem the time mispent in idleness and sin by a diligent application of the days yet remaining to the duties which thy Providence ...
... Pardon my sins , remove the impediments that hinder my obedience . Enable me to shake off sloth , and to redeem the time mispent in idleness and sin by a diligent application of the days yet remaining to the duties which thy Providence ...
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... Pardon my sins , remove the imped- iments that hinder my obedience . Enable me to shake off sloth , and to redeem the time mispent in idleness and sin by a diligent ap- plication of the days yet remaining to the duties which thy ...
... Pardon my sins , remove the imped- iments that hinder my obedience . Enable me to shake off sloth , and to redeem the time mispent in idleness and sin by a diligent ap- plication of the days yet remaining to the duties which thy ...
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... pardon and peace . O God ! grant me repentance , grant me reformation . Grant that I may be no longer distracted with doubts and harassed with vain terrors . Grant that I may no longer linger in per- plexity , nor waste in idleness that ...
... pardon and peace . O God ! grant me repentance , grant me reformation . Grant that I may be no longer distracted with doubts and harassed with vain terrors . Grant that I may no longer linger in per- plexity , nor waste in idleness that ...
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... pardon . Let the commemoration of the sufferings and Death of thy Son which I am now , by thy favour , once more permit- ted to make , fill me with faith , hope , and charity . Let my purposes be good and my resolutions unshaken , and ...
... pardon . Let the commemoration of the sufferings and Death of thy Son which I am now , by thy favour , once more permit- ted to make , fill me with faith , hope , and charity . Let my purposes be good and my resolutions unshaken , and ...
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... pardon for the sake of Jesus Christ . Amen . III LMIGHTY and most merciful Father , who yet sparest and yet supportest me , who supportest me in my weakness , and sparest me in my sins , and hast now granted me to begin another year ...
... pardon for the sake of Jesus Christ . Amen . III LMIGHTY and most merciful Father , who yet sparest and yet supportest me , who supportest me in my weakness , and sparest me in my sins , and hast now granted me to begin another year ...
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Page 64 - ALMIGHTY GOD, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves ; keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls; that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord.
Page 29 - ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 62 - Almighty GOD, the giver of wisdom, without whose help resolutions are vain, without whose blessing study is ineffectual ; enable me, if it be thy will, to attain such knowledge as may qualify me to direct the . doubtful, and instruct the ignorant; to prevent wrongs and terminate contentions...
Page 66 - GOD, who hast ordained that whatever is to be desired should be sought by labour, and who, by thy blessing, bringest honest labour to good effect, look with mercy upon my studies and endeavours. Grant me...
Page 76 - Almighty and most merciful Father, I am now, as to human eyes it seems, about to commemorate, for the last time, the death of thy son Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Redeemer. Grant, O Lord, that my whole hope and confidence may be in his merits and in thy mercy: forgive and accept my late conversion; enforce and accept my imperfect repentance...
Page 57 - Almighty GOD, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labour is ineffectual, and without whose grace all wisdom is folly : grant, I beseech Thee, that in this undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be withheld from me, but that I may promote thy glory, and the salvation of myself and others : grant this, O Lord, for the sake of thy son, JESUS CHRIST. Amen.
Page 69 - Almighty God, Father of all mercy, help me by thy grace, that I may, with humble and sincere thankfulness, remember the comforts and conveniences which I have enjoyed at this place; and that I may resign them with holy submission, equally trusting in thy protection when thou givest and when thou takest away. Have mercy upon me, O Lord ! have mercy upon me ! " To thy fatherly protection, O Lord, I commend this family. Bless, guide, and defend them, that they may so pass through this world, as finally...
Page 104 - I felt almost the last flutter of his pulse, and looked for the last time upon the face that for fifteen years had never been turned upon me but with respect or benignity.
Page 5 - O my God, that as days and years pass over me, I approach nearer to the grave where there is no repentance ; and grant that by the assistance of Thy Holy Spirit I may so pass through this life, that I may obtain life everlasting, for the sake of our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Page 92 - A kind of strange oblivion has overspread me, so that I know not what has become of the last year; and perceive that incidents and intelligence pass over me without leaving any impression.