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... tion - Abel being dead yet speaketh . Only to the eye of Omniscence is it known how extensive and how durable is the influence which one consistent and holy life may exert ; it sets in motion a train of causes which operate after its ...
... tion - Abel being dead yet speaketh . Only to the eye of Omniscence is it known how extensive and how durable is the influence which one consistent and holy life may exert ; it sets in motion a train of causes which operate after its ...
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... literary advantages , and in fact with the bare elements of the commonest educa- tion , he was called to enter upon the duties of active life . When his sister Elizabeth became the subject of religious impressions D 2 43.
... literary advantages , and in fact with the bare elements of the commonest educa- tion , he was called to enter upon the duties of active life . When his sister Elizabeth became the subject of religious impressions D 2 43.
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... tion . On the Sunday his sister Elizabeth , whose religious profession had drawn from his lips the language of reproach and ridi- cule , was taken unwell ; she rapidly sunk beneath the influence of disease ; and before the morn of the ...
... tion . On the Sunday his sister Elizabeth , whose religious profession had drawn from his lips the language of reproach and ridi- cule , was taken unwell ; she rapidly sunk beneath the influence of disease ; and before the morn of the ...
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... tion , ) in connection with the Rev. B. Wood . " When I received Mr. Sargent's letter , " he observes , " I was almost struck to the earth , and the consideration of my own inability for a work so vast and important deeply affected my ...
... tion , ) in connection with the Rev. B. Wood . " When I received Mr. Sargent's letter , " he observes , " I was almost struck to the earth , and the consideration of my own inability for a work so vast and important deeply affected my ...
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... tion of Providence may be sanctified , and lead us to detach our affections from every thing earthly , and more than ever endear the Saviour to our hearts . Let us so live , that hereafter we may meet our friends in that glorious world ...
... tion of Providence may be sanctified , and lead us to detach our affections from every thing earthly , and more than ever endear the Saviour to our hearts . Let us so live , that hereafter we may meet our friends in that glorious world ...
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Page 74 - Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way ? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Page 85 - And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, Which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Page 176 - And one of the elders answered, saying unto me ; What are these which are arrayed in white robes ? and whence came they? And I said unto him ; Sir thou knowest. And he said to me ; These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Page 48 - Oh That I Knew Where I Might Find Him!" Even today is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. O that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
Page 115 - This is none other than the house of God. This is the gate of heaven.
Page 64 - BLESS the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Page 135 - Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 174 - Though my heart fail and flesh decay ; This anchor shall my soul sustain, When earth's foundations melt away : Mercy's full power I then shall prove, Loved with an everlasting love.
Page 62 - So shall it be at the end of the world : the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Page 74 - Other refuge have I none, Hangs my helpless soul on thee ; Leave, ah ! leave me not alone ; Still support and comfort me ! All my trust on thee is stayed, All my help from thee I bring ; Cover my defenceless head With the shadow of thy wing.