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Page 56
... another oc- casion , alluding to some who were seeking after riches , she remarked : " If happiness be sought for in riches , it will , I believe , flee from them . Our predecessors became great by attending to the 56 DOROTHY BACKHOUSE .
... another oc- casion , alluding to some who were seeking after riches , she remarked : " If happiness be sought for in riches , it will , I believe , flee from them . Our predecessors became great by attending to the 56 DOROTHY BACKHOUSE .
Page 69
... believe it would have been better for me and I wish to be more retired that I may devote myself more to Him . " And at another time : " Few persons at my time of life put on so nicely ; day by day I ought to be thankful , and oftener ...
... believe it would have been better for me and I wish to be more retired that I may devote myself more to Him . " And at another time : " Few persons at my time of life put on so nicely ; day by day I ought to be thankful , and oftener ...
Page 78
... he remarked , that we owe all to Him : but there is reason to believe , that the work of sanctification had made greater progress in his soul than his diffident mind was willing to admit ; and that even 78 JONATHAN AND ANN.
... he remarked , that we owe all to Him : but there is reason to believe , that the work of sanctification had made greater progress in his soul than his diffident mind was willing to admit ; and that even 78 JONATHAN AND ANN.
Page 79
... believe was the case with her , constitute the essence of true religion , since , as a sensible writer has remarked : " The humble are formed to adore , and the loving to associate with Eternal Love . " Both of these valued Friends had ...
... believe was the case with her , constitute the essence of true religion , since , as a sensible writer has remarked : " The humble are formed to adore , and the loving to associate with Eternal Love . " Both of these valued Friends had ...
Page 108
... believe that she never wholly recovered the effects of this illness . She appeared however in good health and spirits during the subsequent autumn , and was remarkably capable of enjoying the society of her friends . She thus describes ...
... believe that she never wholly recovered the effects of this illness . She appeared however in good health and spirits during the subsequent autumn , and was remarkably capable of enjoying the society of her friends . She thus describes ...
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Page 38 - Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; "knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
Page 228 - My best desires are faint and few, I fain would strive for more ; But, when I cry, ' My strength renew,
Page 65 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.
Page 58 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither (shall) fruit (be) in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and (there shall be) no herd in the stalls: 3:18 "Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 70 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 209 - O thou by whom we come to God— The life, the truth, the way ; The path of prayer thyself hast trod ; Lord, teach us how to pray.
Page 58 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no meat ; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls : Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page i - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Page 228 - Oh make this heart rejoice or ache ; Decide this doubt for me ; And if it be not broken, break, — And heal it if it be.
Page 48 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.