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... hour , or half an hour , spent in doing nothing . By this means , the habit of application will be formed ; and the habit is a great step towards the love of it . During such a process of training , with intent to fortify the mind and ...
... hour , or half an hour , spent in doing nothing . By this means , the habit of application will be formed ; and the habit is a great step towards the love of it . During such a process of training , with intent to fortify the mind and ...
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... hour of departure . " Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace , whose mind is stayed on Thee . " Cheering promise for the people of God ; -a promise verified in every instance of its true application , and peculiarly so in the experience of ...
... hour of departure . " Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace , whose mind is stayed on Thee . " Cheering promise for the people of God ; -a promise verified in every instance of its true application , and peculiarly so in the experience of ...
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... hour of death , will thy sordid gratifications afford me any real happiness , or impart one cheering thought to a dying mortal ? Oh let me not be in- snared by thy flattering scenes . All is delusion : all is vanity . Blessed Jesus ! be ...
... hour of death , will thy sordid gratifications afford me any real happiness , or impart one cheering thought to a dying mortal ? Oh let me not be in- snared by thy flattering scenes . All is delusion : all is vanity . Blessed Jesus ! be ...
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... 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 that I some ...
... 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 that I some ...
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... Hour of Prayer ' I like particularly ; nor must I for- get to acknowledge the very kind and judicious advice with which you conclude your letter , which I assure you I value , as coming from one who is in every re- spect my superior ...
... Hour of Prayer ' I like particularly ; nor must I for- get to acknowledge the very kind and judicious advice with which you conclude your letter , which I assure you I value , as coming from one who is in every re- spect my superior ...
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66 Halesworth affection affectionate affliction beautiful Beccles beloved friend blessed brother BUNGAY character cheer children of God Christ Christian church cloth dear mamma dear Mary dear W dearest death delightful desire Divine Divine grace earth earthly Edition enjoy enjoyment eternal everlasting exclaimed expression eyes faith fear feel glory gospel grace happy hear heart heaven heavenly Father holy Holy Spirit hope HYMNS illness indulge interest JANE TAYLOR Jehovah Jesus JOHN CHILDS JOSIAH CONDER kind letter LL.D look Lord Macbeth Mary's ment mercy mind Missionary morning ness never pain papa peace piety pleasure praise prayer privilege Psal Redeemer rejoice religious conversation remember render righteousness sabbath salvation Saviour Scripture sister soul Southwold spirit strength suffering sweet tell thee Thetford things thou thought trust unto walk wish words Wrentham write young friend
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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.