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Page xxxvii
... mercy on the Saviour ; and not on works of righteousness that we have done . ' This is all our safety— all our comfort - all our hope . " During the last year and a half of her life , I occasionally noted down , without your Mother's ...
... mercy on the Saviour ; and not on works of righteousness that we have done . ' This is all our safety— all our comfort - all our hope . " During the last year and a half of her life , I occasionally noted down , without your Mother's ...
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... mercy in the storm ! 8. The pulse of sensibility always throbs at the tale of woe , and answers responsive to one we love . The heart is touched by looks as well as words , elaborate or eloquent as they may be . - Do I wish my eyes were ...
... mercy in the storm ! 8. The pulse of sensibility always throbs at the tale of woe , and answers responsive to one we love . The heart is touched by looks as well as words , elaborate or eloquent as they may be . - Do I wish my eyes were ...
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... mercy and benevolence . We entered a cot- tage as neat in the interior as in the exterior . In each corner of the comfortable fire - place sat the aged father and mother ; and , at a little distance from the cheerful blaze , sat as ...
... mercy and benevolence . We entered a cot- tage as neat in the interior as in the exterior . In each corner of the comfortable fire - place sat the aged father and mother ; and , at a little distance from the cheerful blaze , sat as ...
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... mercy to the ignorant and wretched . Aug. 8. Mamma , Anne , and myself drank tea at Lady Pollen's , and were much gratified in looking through several numbers of the " Ladies ' Scrap - Book . " Sept. 2. This evening I called with ...
... mercy to the ignorant and wretched . Aug. 8. Mamma , Anne , and myself drank tea at Lady Pollen's , and were much gratified in looking through several numbers of the " Ladies ' Scrap - Book . " Sept. 2. This evening I called with ...
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... mercy have followed us all our days . " May such mercies not be forgotten in unthankfulness . " 66 Mar. 12. This morning , Dr. Thomas came in answer to our application to see our dear sister Sarah , who was taken very ill yesterday ...
... mercy have followed us all our days . " May such mercies not be forgotten in unthankfulness . " 66 Mar. 12. This morning , Dr. Thomas came in answer to our application to see our dear sister Sarah , who was taken very ill yesterday ...
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Page 52 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament ; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Page 51 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page lix - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 141 - Unpraised ; for nothing lovelier can be found In woman, than to study household good, And good works in her husband to promote.
Page xxxi - ... with the one as well as the other. If circumstances should occur which oblige you practically to act with any one party, as the least of two evils, then watch yourselves the more lest the least of two evils should, by any means, commend itself at last to your mind as a positive good. Join it with a sad and reluctant heart, protesting against its evil, dreading its victory, far more pleased to serve it by suffering than by acting; for it is in Christ's cause only that we can act with heart and...
Page 124 - But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair, Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot.
Page 88 - These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
Page 149 - While others early learn to swear, And curse, and lie. and steal ; Lord, I am taught thy name to fear, And do thy holy will. Are these thy favours day by day To me above the rest ? Then let me love thee more than they, And try to serve thee best.
Page xxxvii - And something previous e'en to taste— 'tis sense; Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven; A light which in yourself you must perceive ; Jones and Le Notre have it not to give.
Page li - O ! lost to virtue, lost to manly thought, Lost to the noble sallies of the soul ! Who think it solitude, to be alone.