Memoirs of the Rev. John H. Livingston ...: Prepared in Compliance with a Request of the General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church in North AmericaW. A. Mercein, printer, 1829 - 540 pages |
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... influence upon the heart and life , in the implantation and growth of dispositions and habits that elevate the soul above the empty , eva- nescent things of time and sense , and prepare it for the enjoyment of perfect blessedness ...
... influence upon the heart and life , in the implantation and growth of dispositions and habits that elevate the soul above the empty , eva- nescent things of time and sense , and prepare it for the enjoyment of perfect blessedness ...
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... influence and prosperity in the world , the children are indebted to the interest their fathers had in the divine promise , rather than , in the ab- sence of personal religion , to any peculiar skill and enterprise of their own ...
... influence and prosperity in the world , the children are indebted to the interest their fathers had in the divine promise , rather than , in the ab- sence of personal religion , to any peculiar skill and enterprise of their own ...
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... influence over him ; and thus favoured , he cannot but find the acquisition of knowledge easy and pleasant . - Young Livingston found it so , while he had the benefit of the instruction and com- pany of Mr. Kent . Speaking of the ...
... influence over him ; and thus favoured , he cannot but find the acquisition of knowledge easy and pleasant . - Young Livingston found it so , while he had the benefit of the instruction and com- pany of Mr. Kent . Speaking of the ...
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... influence ren- dered the science of mathematics a leading sub- ject of study among his scholars . This they pursued with a degree of enthusiastic ardour ; — other subjects of equal , if not greater importance , were , it would seem ...
... influence ren- dered the science of mathematics a leading sub- ject of study among his scholars . This they pursued with a degree of enthusiastic ardour ; — other subjects of equal , if not greater importance , were , it would seem ...
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... influence , in his favour , of a large cir- cle of respected relatives and friends , doubtless would have soon elevated him to the first place , either at the bar , or upon the bench , As yet , it does not appear , that he knew any ...
... influence , in his favour , of a large cir- cle of respected relatives and friends , doubtless would have soon elevated him to the first place , either at the bar , or upon the bench , As yet , it does not appear , that he knew any ...
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Page 23 - Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean ; from all your filthiness, and from all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.
Page 373 - And I saw another Angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting .gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him ; for the hour of his judgment is come : and 494 FALL OF BABYLON.
Page 14 - PRAISE ye the Lord. Blessed is the man, that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Page 264 - If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us : Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us...
Page 216 - But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Page 471 - So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er ; So gently shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore.
Page 489 - Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
Page 398 - Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom ; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Page 437 - There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.
Page 447 - Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God...