The Itinerary of a Traveller in the Wilderness ... The Second EditionTaylor & Hessey, 1825 - 245 pages |
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... nature of pro- sperity and of adversity , and who , as far as they are able , smooth the path , and render it safe and pleasant to their fellow- travellers , as well as to those who shall hereafter follow their footsteps , in the way to ...
... nature of pro- sperity and of adversity , and who , as far as they are able , smooth the path , and render it safe and pleasant to their fellow- travellers , as well as to those who shall hereafter follow their footsteps , in the way to ...
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... nature stands appalled : yet of how comparative- ly few of the tents that are spread abroad can it be said , the inmates are all living souls ! O ! woeful scenes of disease and death ! For the unrenewed sinner is also described as THE ...
... nature stands appalled : yet of how comparative- ly few of the tents that are spread abroad can it be said , the inmates are all living souls ! O ! woeful scenes of disease and death ! For the unrenewed sinner is also described as THE ...
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... nature asunder , for ever se- parates us from those beloved objects which were most dear to it , and puts a final termination to the social intercourse of our mortal state . What powerful con- siderations will suffice to console the ...
... nature asunder , for ever se- parates us from those beloved objects which were most dear to it , and puts a final termination to the social intercourse of our mortal state . What powerful con- siderations will suffice to console the ...
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... , there to become food for worms , and to be insensible as the clods of the valley ! Ah , no ! this is neither the language of - nature , nor of grace . This gloomy recep- tacle , appointed for all living , has no charms THE ITINERARY . 23.
... , there to become food for worms , and to be insensible as the clods of the valley ! Ah , no ! this is neither the language of - nature , nor of grace . This gloomy recep- tacle , appointed for all living , has no charms THE ITINERARY . 23.
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... natural gifts , but in spiritual graces . Here , it is deep sinking that exalts : before this sort of honour , is humility . Faith , in exercise , performs wonders ; and ' holi- ness exalteth a nation . ' This sort of pre- eminence does ...
... natural gifts , but in spiritual graces . Here , it is deep sinking that exalts : before this sort of honour , is humility . Faith , in exercise , performs wonders ; and ' holi- ness exalteth a nation . ' This sort of pre- eminence does ...
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Page 206 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened.
Page 122 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 149 - By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Page 202 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 44 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Page 135 - But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people ; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of .darkness into his marvellous light...
Page 93 - From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Page 49 - My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
Page 35 - And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
Page 31 - Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it...