Cyclopædia of moral and religious anecdotes. Ed. by J. Flesher1877 |
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... dying with melancholy and chagrin . " - A similar anecdote is related of a well- known English buffoon , who consulted an English physician , celebrated for eccentric advice . ( c ) DEATH OF PETERSON.- The death of Joseph Peterson , an ...
... dying with melancholy and chagrin . " - A similar anecdote is related of a well- known English buffoon , who consulted an English physician , celebrated for eccentric advice . ( c ) DEATH OF PETERSON.- The death of Joseph Peterson , an ...
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... DYING RE- GRET . - A young man , who was clerk to Mr. Cuthbert , a merchant in the East Indies , being taken very ill , became unusually thoughtful and melancholy . Mr. Cuthbert inquired the cause of his uneasiness . The young man ...
... DYING RE- GRET . - A young man , who was clerk to Mr. Cuthbert , a merchant in the East Indies , being taken very ill , became unusually thoughtful and melancholy . Mr. Cuthbert inquired the cause of his uneasiness . The young man ...
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... dying , he found himself all unprepared . His new sentiments hovered like dismal clouds around his sick bed , that not a star of hope shone through . There was little time for logic then : out one spe- cies of short - hand logic swept ...
... dying , he found himself all unprepared . His new sentiments hovered like dismal clouds around his sick bed , that not a star of hope shone through . There was little time for logic then : out one spe- cies of short - hand logic swept ...
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... dying circumstances . Clasping what to have chosen for myself ; I am her hands immediately in his , Mr. N. sure I should not have chosen this . cried , " God be thanked , he has not What , be blind ! No ; for then I should forsaken you ...
... dying circumstances . Clasping what to have chosen for myself ; I am her hands immediately in his , Mr. N. sure I should not have chosen this . cried , " God be thanked , he has not What , be blind ! No ; for then I should forsaken you ...
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... dying couch ; and his last moments were rendered bitter , not by his own prospects , for he had hope in Christ , but by the character of his un- godly son . These trying dispensations of Provi- dence had no effect to rouse the unhappy ...
... dying couch ; and his last moments were rendered bitter , not by his own prospects , for he had hope in Christ , but by the character of his un- godly son . These trying dispensations of Provi- dence had no effect to rouse the unhappy ...
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Page 319 - His death and passion: and grant, that the grace of God, which bringeth salvation, may effectually teach and persuade me to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...
Page 133 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 267 - I happened, soon after, to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded, I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper.
Page 287 - And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
Page 591 - I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel...
Page 432 - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers : for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness ? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Page 378 - The wicked is driven away in his wickedness : but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Page 52 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Page 248 - He that spareth his rod hateth his son : but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Page 136 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day ; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.