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... " 1. I have learned not to draw hasty conclusions of what the Lord may intend in temporal affairs , though he gives us liberty to ask him concerning them . Nearness to him is the answer to prayer in all cases ; RESIGNATION . 71.
... " 1. I have learned not to draw hasty conclusions of what the Lord may intend in temporal affairs , though he gives us liberty to ask him concerning them . Nearness to him is the answer to prayer in all cases ; RESIGNATION . 71.
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... learned to sit lighter to outward comforts , to the lives of any , especially of my other children , whom I see to be only loans , stars that twinkle and then disappear : and that as I am hastening to eternity , I should not spend my ...
... learned to sit lighter to outward comforts , to the lives of any , especially of my other children , whom I see to be only loans , stars that twinkle and then disappear : and that as I am hastening to eternity , I should not spend my ...
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... felt , they will enable us to gain good from the sharpest afflictions . Who will not own that many useful lessons are to be learned in the school of adversity ? CHAPTER III . GENERAL ADMONITIONS AND ADVICES . 1 " RESIGNATION . 73.
... felt , they will enable us to gain good from the sharpest afflictions . Who will not own that many useful lessons are to be learned in the school of adversity ? CHAPTER III . GENERAL ADMONITIONS AND ADVICES . 1 " RESIGNATION . 73.
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... the keeping of their souls to him in well doing , as unto a faithful Creator . " " I know , O Lord , that thy judgments are right , and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me . " " I have learned , in whatsoever 98 ADMONITIONS.
... the keeping of their souls to him in well doing , as unto a faithful Creator . " " I know , O Lord , that thy judgments are right , and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me . " " I have learned , in whatsoever 98 ADMONITIONS.
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John Thornton. me . " " I have learned , in whatsoever state I am , therewith to be content . " Nor let it be supposed that edifying examples of this kind are found no- where but in Scripture . " I am in some disorder , " said Bishop ...
John Thornton. me . " " I have learned , in whatsoever state I am , therewith to be content . " Nor let it be supposed that edifying examples of this kind are found no- where but in Scripture . " I am in some disorder , " said Bishop ...
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Page 124 - For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith...
Page 31 - And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them : and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not : for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
Page 29 - But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Page 21 - Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones ; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. 11 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
Page 60 - Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, and said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
Page 8 - So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is...
Page 117 - Although my house be not so with God; yet He hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although He make it not to grow.
Page 56 - My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, neither be weary of His correction: for whom the Lord loveth He correcteth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Page 74 - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Page 98 - Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, [as] unto a faithful Creator.