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... light ? - Farewell , happy fields , Where joy forever dwells . ( oo ) Haìl , horrors ! HAÌL , Infernal world ! And thou , .. profoundest hell , Receive thy new possessor ! Sect . 8. - Expression . This term I use , in rather a limited ...
... light ? - Farewell , happy fields , Where joy forever dwells . ( oo ) Haìl , horrors ! HAÌL , Infernal world ! And thou , .. profoundest hell , Receive thy new possessor ! Sect . 8. - Expression . This term I use , in rather a limited ...
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... light with darkness ? and what concord hath Chríst with Bèlial ? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel ? A wise man feareth , and departeth from évil ; 82 [ Ex . 4 , 5 . EXERCISES ON INFLECTION . The Sabbath School Teacher ...
... light with darkness ? and what concord hath Chríst with Bèlial ? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel ? A wise man feareth , and departeth from évil ; 82 [ Ex . 4 , 5 . EXERCISES ON INFLECTION . The Sabbath School Teacher ...
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... light and incònstant ; thai they complain without a caùse . Withdraw your confidence equally from all parties ; from ministèrs , favorites , and rela- tions ; and let there be one moment in your life , in which you have consulted your ...
... light and incònstant ; thai they complain without a caùse . Withdraw your confidence equally from all parties ; from ministèrs , favorites , and rela- tions ; and let there be one moment in your life , in which you have consulted your ...
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... light , Angeis ; for ye behold him , and with songs 10 And choral symphonies , day without night , Circle his throne rejoicing ; ye in Heaven , On earth , join all ye creatures to extol Him first , him last , him midst , and without end ...
... light , Angeis ; for ye behold him , and with songs 10 And choral symphonies , day without night , Circle his throne rejoicing ; ye in Heaven , On earth , join all ye creatures to extol Him first , him last , him midst , and without end ...
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... light , And opens more the character of death ; Ill known to thee , LORENZO : This thy vaunt ; " Give death his due , the wretched , and the òld ; " Let him not violate kind núture's laws , 20 " But own man born to live as well as die ...
... light , And opens more the character of death ; Ill known to thee , LORENZO : This thy vaunt ; " Give death his due , the wretched , and the òld ; " Let him not violate kind núture's laws , 20 " But own man born to live as well as die ...
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Page 131 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying; Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Page 130 - And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart, to pray : and when the evening, was come, he was there alone.
Page 132 - And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
Page 112 - And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bond-man, and every free-man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains ; and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb : for the great day of His wrath is come ; and who shall be able to stand...
Page 287 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Page 288 - Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Page 93 - Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Page 287 - Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty?
Page 123 - And crowded cities wail its stroke ; Come in consumption's ghastly form, The earthquake shock, the ocean storm ; — Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song, and dance, and wine, And thou art terrible : the tear, The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier, And all we know, or dream, or fear Of agony, are thine.
Page 132 - And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.