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... enjoyed hereafter . It is " the substance of things hoped for ; " that is to say , it yields a present and substantial earnest of the good that is to be more fully realized , when " this corrupt- ible shall put on incorruption , and ...
... enjoyed hereafter . It is " the substance of things hoped for ; " that is to say , it yields a present and substantial earnest of the good that is to be more fully realized , when " this corrupt- ible shall put on incorruption , and ...
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... enjoy the sight of your good - natured face ; but , my dear W- all the adventures of this life are not to be as we choose , but as God ordains it . " * * * " " From this time her mind speedily matured ; her talents were of a high order ...
... enjoy the sight of your good - natured face ; but , my dear W- all the adventures of this life are not to be as we choose , but as God ordains it . " * * * " " From this time her mind speedily matured ; her talents were of a high order ...
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... enjoyed the privilege of commemorating the love of Jesus at the table of the Lord . I still feel an ardent desire to partake with his disciples of this delightful feast ; but feel also my unworthiness of such an honour . I fear ...
... enjoyed the privilege of commemorating the love of Jesus at the table of the Lord . I still feel an ardent desire to partake with his disciples of this delightful feast ; but feel also my unworthiness of such an honour . I fear ...
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... enjoy an hour's conversation with you , how delightful it would be ! " Between the writing of these last - named letters , Mary penned an interesting note to her papa . " My dear Papa , 66 Halesworth , May 2nd , 1834 . You are aware ...
... enjoy an hour's conversation with you , how delightful it would be ! " Between the writing of these last - named letters , Mary penned an interesting note to her papa . " My dear Papa , 66 Halesworth , May 2nd , 1834 . You are aware ...
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... enjoy a privilege of which I have so long and earn- estly desired to partake ; but have been too much de- terred by the dread I felt of making a public avowal of my principles . This criminal timidity has at last , after severe conflict ...
... enjoy a privilege of which I have so long and earn- estly desired to partake ; but have been too much de- terred by the dread I felt of making a public avowal of my principles . This criminal timidity has at last , after severe conflict ...
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Page 43 - Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store; Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the live-long day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light...
Page 22 - For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.
Page 35 - For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
Page 41 - Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, With his surcease, success; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here : that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague th' inventor : This even-handed justice Commends th' ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.
Page 144 - WHEN I survey the wondrous cross, On which the Prince of glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride.
Page 61 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ...
Page 114 - So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
Page 50 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 41 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly : If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, With his surcease, success ; tnat but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here.