Dr. Livingstone' Cambridge Lectures: Together with a Prefatory Letter by Prof. Sedgwick |
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... mind , in childhood and youth , was much influenced by the Gaelic and Scottish legends of years bye - gone . His grandfather could recount the lives of his forefathers for six generations , who it appears were remarkable for uprightness ...
... mind , in childhood and youth , was much influenced by the Gaelic and Scottish legends of years bye - gone . His grandfather could recount the lives of his forefathers for six generations , who it appears were remarkable for uprightness ...
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... poor aspiring student , who is perchance engaged in " the pursuit of knowledge under difficulties , " may take courage , and keep in mind the end achieved by this truly great man . On the other hand , the 10 LIFE OF DR LIVINGSTONE .
... poor aspiring student , who is perchance engaged in " the pursuit of knowledge under difficulties , " may take courage , and keep in mind the end achieved by this truly great man . On the other hand , the 10 LIFE OF DR LIVINGSTONE .
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... mind , together with the dark forebodings of a soul unblest -- such an one must feel miserable and condemned , in pondering the noble issue of an early struggle such as this — an issue which compresses the ordinary doings of an age ...
... mind , together with the dark forebodings of a soul unblest -- such an one must feel miserable and condemned , in pondering the noble issue of an early struggle such as this — an issue which compresses the ordinary doings of an age ...
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... mind , and I had no difficulty in understanding the theory of our free salvation by the atonement of our Saviour , but it was only about this time that I really began to feel the necessity and value of a per- sonal application of the ...
... mind , and I had no difficulty in understanding the theory of our free salvation by the atonement of our Saviour , but it was only about this time that I really began to feel the necessity and value of a per- sonal application of the ...
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... mind . He immediately studied and obtained a degree in medicine ; a course which helped him much in all respects in Africa1 . He now unwittingly pre- pared himself for these African journeys , in botany , geology , other natural ...
... mind . He immediately studied and obtained a degree in medicine ; a course which helped him much in all respects in Africa1 . He now unwittingly pre- pared himself for these African journeys , in botany , geology , other natural ...
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Page 244 - And the Lord said, Behold the people is one, and they have all one language ; and this they begin to do : and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Page 320 - After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands ; And cried with a loud voice ; saying; Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Page 312 - And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand.
Page 218 - For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Page 298 - Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
Page 271 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Page 212 - While the earth remaineth, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.
Page 341 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.