Remains of the Late Rev. Charles Wolfe ...: With a Brief Memoir of His Life |
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... recollect that he ever acted contrary " to her wishes , or caused her a moment's pain , except parting with her when he went " to school . I do not know whether he ever 66 " told you that he had , when a boy THE REV . C. WOLFE . 5.
... recollect that he ever acted contrary " to her wishes , or caused her a moment's pain , except parting with her when he went " to school . I do not know whether he ever 66 " told you that he had , when a boy THE REV . C. WOLFE . 5.
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... recollecting it was the effect of his condescension . He waved the roll at his de- parture ; and retiring , he left me in admiration . The next was one whose steps were irre- gularly slow , and his paces measured with extreme exactness ...
... recollecting it was the effect of his condescension . He waved the roll at his de- parture ; and retiring , he left me in admiration . The next was one whose steps were irre- gularly slow , and his paces measured with extreme exactness ...
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... recollect that I had known him before ; for then he was blind ; but the powers of darkness could no longer control them , and they had " burst " their cerements . " I knew him now ; and knowing him , I almost instinctively looked for ...
... recollect that I had known him before ; for then he was blind ; but the powers of darkness could no longer control them , and they had " burst " their cerements . " I knew him now ; and knowing him , I almost instinctively looked for ...
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... recollect , that while I was employed in cultivating an acquaintance with the illustrious dead , I did not neglect to form a still more endearing attachment to the living . my PATRIOTISM . Angels of glory ! came she not from THE REV . C ...
... recollect , that while I was employed in cultivating an acquaintance with the illustrious dead , I did not neglect to form a still more endearing attachment to the living . my PATRIOTISM . Angels of glory ! came she not from THE REV . C ...
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... recollect as pecu- liarly happy ) is not to be found amongst the loose papers from which these fragments are transcribed . This will ac- count for the abruptness with which this part commences.— EDITOR . relaxations become the most ...
... recollect as pecu- liarly happy ) is not to be found amongst the loose papers from which these fragments are transcribed . This will ac- count for the abruptness with which this part commences.— EDITOR . relaxations become the most ...
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Page 333 - Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey ; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness...
Page 296 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing : for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Page 344 - Thou wilt show me the path of life : in thy presence is fulness of joy, and at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Page 432 - And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Page 79 - Tunes her nocturnal note : thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 446 - God is faithful, who will not suffer" us " to be tempted above that" we " are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that " we
Page 230 - 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 42 - The time would e'er be o'er, And I on thee should look my last, And thou shouldst smile no more ! And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not brook That I must look in vain ! But when I speak — thou dost not say What thou ne'er left'st unsaid ; And now I feel, as well I may, Sweet Mary ! thou art dead...
Page 255 - Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us...
Page 423 - Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance...