Extracts from the religious works of monsr. François Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon, tr. by miss Marshall |
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... weak , so vain , what art thou but a dream ! and shall I put my trust in thee ; when I feel that even the enjoyment of thy most tempting pleasures leaves nothing but emptiness and vanity behind ? Art thou not asham- ed , Q world ! to ...
... weak , so vain , what art thou but a dream ! and shall I put my trust in thee ; when I feel that even the enjoyment of thy most tempting pleasures leaves nothing but emptiness and vanity behind ? Art thou not asham- ed , Q world ! to ...
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... weak in ourselves , and confess our sins . 2. The love of God ( far from being a burthen ) will make our labours light ; and if we perform our duties through that principle only , they will be both pleasant and comfortable ; for ...
... weak in ourselves , and confess our sins . 2. The love of God ( far from being a burthen ) will make our labours light ; and if we perform our duties through that principle only , they will be both pleasant and comfortable ; for ...
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... weakness and presumption , told him , that before a few hours should pass , he would be ca- pable of affirming that he had never seen him ; and we find that the simple assertion of a servant - maid was enough to make him forswear his ...
... weakness and presumption , told him , that before a few hours should pass , he would be ca- pable of affirming that he had never seen him ; and we find that the simple assertion of a servant - maid was enough to make him forswear his ...
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... weak , sinful mortals ; yet he humbled and abased himself , and we are con- tinually exalting and puffing ourselves with the vanities of the world . Oh , miserable sinners ! if we would search our own hearts , we should find ample cause ...
... weak , sinful mortals ; yet he humbled and abased himself , and we are con- tinually exalting and puffing ourselves with the vanities of the world . Oh , miserable sinners ! if we would search our own hearts , we should find ample cause ...
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... weak minds ; but the reason of this is , that they do not properly un- derstand it . They know not what it gives , and what it promises , so that to them it appears a system of severe and painful sacrifices , of gloomy and sorrow- ful ...
... weak minds ; but the reason of this is , that they do not properly un- derstand it . They know not what it gives , and what it promises , so that to them it appears a system of severe and painful sacrifices , of gloomy and sorrow- ful ...
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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.