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Page xliv
... seem to lead most directly to this object . " " And after all , " he says , in a letter to another friend , " a few thousand miles make no great difference , when one is already so far from home . The great effort was to leave you at ...
... seem to lead most directly to this object . " " And after all , " he says , in a letter to another friend , " a few thousand miles make no great difference , when one is already so far from home . The great effort was to leave you at ...
Page xlvii
... seem to you to present nothing but bare and bleak mountains of im- mense height and frightful steepness , or else plains of sand to which the eye sees no limit , and which are for- ever heated by the rays of a blazing sun . But a nearer ...
... seem to you to present nothing but bare and bleak mountains of im- mense height and frightful steepness , or else plains of sand to which the eye sees no limit , and which are for- ever heated by the rays of a blazing sun . But a nearer ...
Page liii
... seems agreed on all hands that we must look forward to future con- tests . " This letter was the last , I believe , which Mr. Thacher wrote from the Cape . It is stated in some of his subse- quent ones , that his health did not improve ...
... seems agreed on all hands that we must look forward to future con- tests . " This letter was the last , I believe , which Mr. Thacher wrote from the Cape . It is stated in some of his subse- quent ones , that his health did not improve ...
Page lviii
... seems to have been the last effort of nature to throw off the disease , and not being successful - as , from the character of the complaint , such an effort could not be — an unfavourable turn was to be anticipated . But as the local ...
... seems to have been the last effort of nature to throw off the disease , and not being successful - as , from the character of the complaint , such an effort could not be — an unfavourable turn was to be anticipated . But as the local ...
Page lxiv
... seem- ed to distil on him from heaven , giving freshness to his devout sensibilities ; but it was a gentle influence , seen not in its falling , but in its fruits . His piety appeared chiefly in gratitude and submission , sentiments ...
... seem- ed to distil on him from heaven , giving freshness to his devout sensibilities ; but it was a gentle influence , seen not in its falling , but in its fruits . His piety appeared chiefly in gratitude and submission , sentiments ...
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Page 276 - Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, 'Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungred and ye gave me meat, I was thirsty and ye gave me drink, I was a stranger and ye took me in; naked and ye clothed me, I was sick and ye visited me, I was in prison and ye came unto me.
Page 208 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God : for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man : but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Page 170 - Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Page 224 - And the scribe said unto Him, Well, Master, Thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but He: and to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Page 143 - Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, "Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
Page xxxvi - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?
Page 306 - Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal father of light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties...
Page 177 - Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 277 - But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled ; but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts : and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear...
Page 130 - If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.