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... morning of our days . That is a period wherein death is not looked for as an event in the common course of nature ; so that if it does then oc- cur , it comes , in a certain sense , out of season , and is therefore the more trying to ...
... morning of our days . That is a period wherein death is not looked for as an event in the common course of nature ; so that if it does then oc- cur , it comes , in a certain sense , out of season , and is therefore the more trying to ...
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... morning fades before the glowing light of day , when compared with those energies that shall be put forth , when the mind , freed from the shackles of corruption , and purified at the Fount of Life , shall engage with untiring activity ...
... morning fades before the glowing light of day , when compared with those energies that shall be put forth , when the mind , freed from the shackles of corruption , and purified at the Fount of Life , shall engage with untiring activity ...
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... him too . But the best treat was on Tuesday morning , when 245 of us assembled in a spacious hall to break- fast , at which all the gentlemen who had pleased us so 6 much the evening before were present ; and surely A BELOVED FRIEND . 23.
... him too . But the best treat was on Tuesday morning , when 245 of us assembled in a spacious hall to break- fast , at which all the gentlemen who had pleased us so 6 much the evening before were present ; and surely A BELOVED FRIEND . 23.
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... morning , and even this would be far better than total deprivation . I am obliged to say this , although it is a forbidden subject . ' Tis very hard and so it is ' to be treated thus , and I have a great mind to be angry . Mamma has ...
... morning , and even this would be far better than total deprivation . I am obliged to say this , although it is a forbidden subject . ' Tis very hard and so it is ' to be treated thus , and I have a great mind to be angry . Mamma has ...
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... morning : dear Mary on that day repeated this appropriate text , ' Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are , and he prayed that it might not rain , and it rained not ; ' alluding to Mr. Hopkins ' prayer at family de- votion ...
... morning : dear Mary on that day repeated this appropriate text , ' Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are , and he prayed that it might not rain , and it rained not ; ' alluding to Mr. Hopkins ' prayer at family de- votion ...
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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.