Letters from AbroadSeeley & Company, 1878 - 77 pages |
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... present state of health , I thought it prudent not to expose myself to unnecessary fatigue . I will narrate my proceedings day by day , in order . On Monday ( Jan. 1 ) , I quitted my now desolate Rectory with very different feelings ...
... present state of health , I thought it prudent not to expose myself to unnecessary fatigue . I will narrate my proceedings day by day , in order . On Monday ( Jan. 1 ) , I quitted my now desolate Rectory with very different feelings ...
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... present wants and difficulties ! Here in France I feel the absence of this comfort and of that convenience . But I think to myself , It does not much signify ; I am here only for a little while ; I shall soon get all I need at home . So ...
... present wants and difficulties ! Here in France I feel the absence of this comfort and of that convenience . But I think to myself , It does not much signify ; I am here only for a little while ; I shall soon get all I need at home . So ...
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... present system , and urged the teaching as well as the reading of God's own word . How any pious father , ( whether Churchman , Wes- leyan , or Primitive Methodist ) , who values the Bible , can wilfully rob his own children of Bible ...
... present system , and urged the teaching as well as the reading of God's own word . How any pious father , ( whether Churchman , Wes- leyan , or Primitive Methodist ) , who values the Bible , can wilfully rob his own children of Bible ...
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... present large dimensions . There is still there the palace Eugenie , with its extensive grounds ; and the servant in charge of the empty building , with quiet humour , tells you that , though it is unoccupied now , it will one day be ...
... present large dimensions . There is still there the palace Eugenie , with its extensive grounds ; and the servant in charge of the empty building , with quiet humour , tells you that , though it is unoccupied now , it will one day be ...
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... present , and who said that so it was . Now , I was reminded of this the other day while I was gazing at the Pyrenees . At first I took some snowy mountains for clouds ; but upon a second look I soon perceived my mistake , and saw ...
... present , and who said that so it was . Now , I was reminded of this the other day while I was gazing at the Pyrenees . At first I took some snowy mountains for clouds ; but upon a second look I soon perceived my mistake , and saw ...
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Page 27 - For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God ; but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
Page 67 - I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put My words in His mouth ; and He shall speak unto them all that I shall command Him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto My words which He, shall speak in My name, I will require it of him.
Page 25 - This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Page 77 - For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Page 67 - He that rejecteth Me, and receiveth not My words, hath One that judgeth him : the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Page 42 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 44 - I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away : and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Page 18 - But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Page 44 - And, now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it?
Page 72 - ... Almighty and most merciful Father; we have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done; and there is no health in us.