Extracts from the religious works of monsr. François Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon, tr. by miss Marshall |
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... hands ; and accept the assurance of the true respect and affection with which I have the honour to be , Your Ladyship's most grateful Humble Servant , LOUISA A. MARSHALL . LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS . ( IN THE ORDER RECEIVED .
... hands ; and accept the assurance of the true respect and affection with which I have the honour to be , Your Ladyship's most grateful Humble Servant , LOUISA A. MARSHALL . LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS . ( IN THE ORDER RECEIVED .
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... the terms and promises of salvation , through my blessed Re- deemer . With humble confidence I will trust in Thee , O Lord : be it unto me according to thy Word . Amen . ADVICES AND REFLECTIONS ON HUMI- LITY , AND THE LOVE 18.
... the terms and promises of salvation , through my blessed Re- deemer . With humble confidence I will trust in Thee , O Lord : be it unto me according to thy Word . Amen . ADVICES AND REFLECTIONS ON HUMI- LITY , AND THE LOVE 18.
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... humble , resigned and contented dis- position and frame of mind , which is the certain portion of an heart that sincerely feels the true love of God . 10. Jesus Christ has left us true riches in leaving us this poverty ; but we impo ...
... humble , resigned and contented dis- position and frame of mind , which is the certain portion of an heart that sincerely feels the true love of God . 10. Jesus Christ has left us true riches in leaving us this poverty ; but we impo ...
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... imperfections and infirmities , which continually call for the inexhausti ble goodness of God . 16. We are truly humble when we allow others to discover faults in us , which we are not willing to own to ourselves , and when 29.
... imperfections and infirmities , which continually call for the inexhausti ble goodness of God . 16. We are truly humble when we allow others to discover faults in us , which we are not willing to own to ourselves , and when 29.
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... humble ; he preached , the way of life , and taught the doctrine of peace and salvation ; yet he was despised and rejected : the rich and great men of his nation persecuted him ; they not only condemned him to a most painful and ...
... humble ; he preached , the way of life , and taught the doctrine of peace and salvation ; yet he was despised and rejected : the rich and great men of his nation persecuted him ; they not only condemned him to a most painful and ...
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Page 75 - O that men would therefore praise the LORD for His goodness : and declare the wonders that He doeth for the children of men...
Page 136 - For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time, are not worthy to be compared with the glory, which shall be revealed in us.
Page 53 - For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Page 48 - Consider then seriously with yourself, in all appearance the time of your dissolution draweth near; your sins have laid fast hold upon you; you are soon to be removed from among men by a violent death; and you shall fade away suddenly like the grass, which in the morning is green and groweth up, but in the evening is cut down, dried up, and withered.
Page 90 - being cast into hell, where the worm dieth not, and where the fire is not quenched.
Page 16 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...
Page 60 - Then it will appear, what was meant by the man that comes without the wedding garment; for that is the day spoken of, Matt. xxii. 13. wherein such an one shall be bound hand and foot, and cast into outer darkness, where shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 263 - So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies : he that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the Church: for we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones.
Page 110 - Our light afflictions, which are but for a moment, are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us," if we pass through them in submission to the will of God.
Page 129 - Rome ; and rejoicing that to them it was given, not only to believe in Christ, but also to suffer for his sake. This monument was erected by public subscription in the year of our Lord God 1841.