Autobiography: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever Published, Volume 6Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1830 |
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... hand . " About seven at night , God brought us safe to Graves- end , where Mr H. received both me and my friends most courteously , and loaded us with many benefits . The good Lord have mercy on him in that day . We spent the evening ...
... hand . " About seven at night , God brought us safe to Graves- end , where Mr H. received both me and my friends most courteously , and loaded us with many benefits . The good Lord have mercy on him in that day . We spent the evening ...
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... hands . Great civility was shown me on board by the officers , and captain W. sent his boat to fetch me to Gravesend , whither I went , having first visited the sick , read prayers , and preached on deck . When on shore , I wrote ...
... hands . Great civility was shown me on board by the officers , and captain W. sent his boat to fetch me to Gravesend , whither I went , having first visited the sick , read prayers , and preached on deck . When on shore , I wrote ...
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... hands . About eight we came on board , and found we had great reason to be thankful that we were on shore last night . The sailors told us that the lightning shone on the sea all night ; that the storm was very great , and the ship's ...
... hands . About eight we came on board , and found we had great reason to be thankful that we were on shore last night . The sailors told us that the lightning shone on the sea all night ; that the storm was very great , and the ship's ...
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... hands upon me ! Had some religious talk with the surgeon of the sol- diers , who seems very well disposed . I seldom ( if ever ) see him idle , and find he has many good qualities . God grant christianity may be grafted in him ! After ...
... hands upon me ! Had some religious talk with the surgeon of the sol- diers , who seems very well disposed . I seldom ( if ever ) see him idle , and find he has many good qualities . God grant christianity may be grafted in him ! After ...
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... hand and foot , and to be cast into outer dark- ness , where would be weeping and gnashing of teeth . About twelve , a Deal boat coming alongside , I was minded to go on shore to answer my letters . The sea was very boisterous , but God ...
... hand and foot , and to be cast into outer dark- ness , where would be weeping and gnashing of teeth . About twelve , a Deal boat coming alongside , I was minded to go on shore to answer my letters . The sea was very boisterous , but God ...
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Page 58 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Page 70 - And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
Page 109 - Fear him, ye saints, and you will then Have nothing else to fear; Make you his service your delight, Your wants shall be his care.
Page 117 - Thus saith the Lord ; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears : for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
Page 110 - Praise the Lord, O my soul : and all that is within me praise his holy Name.
Page 80 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 80 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For Thou, O Lord, art with me still : Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Page 50 - In midst of dangers, fears, and death, Thy goodness I'll adore, And praise thee for thy mercies past, And humbly hope for more. My life, if thou preserv'st my life, Thy sacrifice shall be ; And death, if death must be my doom, Shall join my soul to thee.
Page 171 - The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream : and he that hath my word let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat ? saith the Lord. Is not my word like as a fire ? saith the Lord ; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words, every one from his neighbour.
Page 100 - And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.