The Words of Hannah More ...Harper & brothers, 1836 |
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... tion ? His own eyes , always dim in the discernment of his own faults , may have become quite blind . His friends are too timid , or too tender , to hazard the perilous intimation . If his enemies , always kindly ready to perform this ...
... tion ? His own eyes , always dim in the discernment of his own faults , may have become quite blind . His friends are too timid , or too tender , to hazard the perilous intimation . If his enemies , always kindly ready to perform this ...
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... tion . Next to injuring any reader , her deepest regret would be to offend him ; but when the questions agitated are of mo- mentous concern , would not disguising truth , or palliating error , be , as to the intention , the worst of ...
... tion . Next to injuring any reader , her deepest regret would be to offend him ; but when the questions agitated are of mo- mentous concern , would not disguising truth , or palliating error , be , as to the intention , the worst of ...
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... tion , but by those quickening oracles of truth which carry in them " the demonstration of the spirit and of power ; " like one who feels that religion is not a misleading fire , but an ani- mating principle , which at once enlarges his ...
... tion , but by those quickening oracles of truth which carry in them " the demonstration of the spirit and of power ; " like one who feels that religion is not a misleading fire , but an ani- mating principle , which at once enlarges his ...
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Hannah More. in this division of labor , each man performs his allotted por tion , in utter ignorance perhaps , not only of the portions assigned to the others , but also of the ultimate application of his own . Busy in executing his ...
Hannah More. in this division of labor , each man performs his allotted por tion , in utter ignorance perhaps , not only of the portions assigned to the others , but also of the ultimate application of his own . Busy in executing his ...
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... tion , " when the elements shall melt with fervent heat , and the earth itself shall be burned up , " which is to prove only the signal and the preparatory scene for a new heaven and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness . Let us ...
... tion , " when the elements shall melt with fervent heat , and the earth itself shall be burned up , " which is to prove only the signal and the preparatory scene for a new heaven and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness . Let us ...
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