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... strength and alacrity to know and do his will . Who can set bounds to the extent of a young Christian's usefulness , whether continued in the church below , or taken to that above ? We say not these things to magnify the creature . Far ...
... strength and alacrity to know and do his will . Who can set bounds to the extent of a young Christian's usefulness , whether continued in the church below , or taken to that above ? We say not these things to magnify the creature . Far ...
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... strength of the sufferer's heart , and her portion for ever . Who would not be a Christian in the prime of youth - to live unto the Lord , or to die unto the Lord ! Canonbury Square , Dec. 15 , 1837 . S. HENDERSON . MEMORIALS OF A ...
... strength of the sufferer's heart , and her portion for ever . Who would not be a Christian in the prime of youth - to live unto the Lord , or to die unto the Lord ! Canonbury Square , Dec. 15 , 1837 . S. HENDERSON . MEMORIALS OF A ...
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... strength of principle . In one of her early letters to her brother , she says , " Never hesitate to do right , although the whole world be in arms against you ; " and it was evident that this was the maxim on which she daily acted ...
... strength of principle . In one of her early letters to her brother , she says , " Never hesitate to do right , although the whole world be in arms against you ; " and it was evident that this was the maxim on which she daily acted ...
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... strength of intellect , and by its striking resemblance to the mind of Christ . Her extreme aversion from disclosing to others her private feelings , and the fear lest she should be tempted to express herself more strongly than her ...
... strength of intellect , and by its striking resemblance to the mind of Christ . Her extreme aversion from disclosing to others her private feelings , and the fear lest she should be tempted to express herself more strongly than her ...
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... strength ; I must look upward for Divine guidance and assistance , and feel assured that I shall find them there . Let me secure the affections of my young pupils , and the in- fusion of knowledge into their infant minds will be ...
... strength ; I must look upward for Divine guidance and assistance , and feel assured that I shall find them there . Let me secure the affections of my young pupils , and the in- fusion of knowledge into their infant minds will be ...
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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.