Early years and late reflections v. 3, Volume 3Whittaker and Company, 1856 |
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... dawnings of piety in his heart , which rose at last into a perfect day . Still his first emotions savoured more of impatience than of the sobriety of a well - instructed and approving conscience . " The eagerness , " he says , " with B 6 ...
... dawnings of piety in his heart , which rose at last into a perfect day . Still his first emotions savoured more of impatience than of the sobriety of a well - instructed and approving conscience . " The eagerness , " he says , " with B 6 ...
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... heart not yet dead to the world . " And after he had achieved the victory for which , he elsewhere tells us , he had prepared with such intense application to his studies , that the time he gave to them seemed not to be a portion of his ...
... heart not yet dead to the world . " And after he had achieved the victory for which , he elsewhere tells us , he had prepared with such intense application to his studies , that the time he gave to them seemed not to be a portion of his ...
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... hearts ; yet he never lost sight for a moment of the paramount obligations of his sacred ministry . He could stand on the deck and witness with pleasure a group of happy dancers around him ; and could enliven the social intercourse of ...
... hearts ; yet he never lost sight for a moment of the paramount obligations of his sacred ministry . He could stand on the deck and witness with pleasure a group of happy dancers around him ; and could enliven the social intercourse of ...
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... heart , that of such is the kingdom of heaven ! ' " This eminently pious Bishop was no less " a man of the world . " At Pondicherry he and his suite received an invitation to dine with the French Governor , which was accepted . " We ...
... heart , that of such is the kingdom of heaven ! ' " This eminently pious Bishop was no less " a man of the world . " At Pondicherry he and his suite received an invitation to dine with the French Governor , which was accepted . " We ...
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... hearts . I have just been endeavouring to do what I can to keep up their spirits . The sound is now retiring , and the enemy are seen retreating along the low ground on the right , towards the town . " With the hope of being useful to ...
... hearts . I have just been endeavouring to do what I can to keep up their spirits . The sound is now retiring , and the enemy are seen retreating along the low ground on the right , towards the town . " With the hope of being useful to ...
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Page 52 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere 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 255 - Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself...
Page 309 - And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven, and every thing that is in the earth shall die, but with thee will I establish My Covenant, and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 320 - And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 15 and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Page 126 - For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; 11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died ? 12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
Page 165 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves ; which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another,) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospe.1.
Page 51 - Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he giveth to all life and breath and all things; and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth...
Page 123 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised : thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet.
Page 323 - How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign. And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child To bless the bow of God.
Page 323 - We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts : knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.