The Life of Darcy, Lady Maxwell, of Pollock, Late of Edinburgh: Compiled from Her Voluminous Diary and Correspondence, and from Other Authentic DocumentsT. Blanshard, 1821 |
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... able to ascertain the exact dates of either her Ladyship's birth or marriage . The Records of the Church at Largs , were carefully searched by a friend , but no register of these events could be met with ; owing , as it is supposed , to ...
... able to ascertain the exact dates of either her Ladyship's birth or marriage . The Records of the Church at Largs , were carefully searched by a friend , but no register of these events could be met with ; owing , as it is supposed , to ...
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... able to make peace with thee ; and , blessed be thy great name , thou hast said , that such shall make peace with thee , Isa . xxvii . 5. If thou , Lord , wilt manifest thy dear Son to me , clear up my evidence of my interest in him ...
... able to make peace with thee ; and , blessed be thy great name , thou hast said , that such shall make peace with thee , Isa . xxvii . 5. If thou , Lord , wilt manifest thy dear Son to me , clear up my evidence of my interest in him ...
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... able ministers then resident in Edinburgh ; and con- tinued occasionally to attend the ministry of the word , and regularly to communicate with its members to the end of her life . ' But she pos- sessed a mind superior to party views ...
... able ministers then resident in Edinburgh ; and con- tinued occasionally to attend the ministry of the word , and regularly to communicate with its members to the end of her life . ' But she pos- sessed a mind superior to party views ...
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... able to fill your soul with all firmness , as well as with all gentleness . And hereunto are you called ; for nothing less than all the mind which was in Christ Jesus . " It is with great pleasure that I observed your fixed resolution ...
... able to fill your soul with all firmness , as well as with all gentleness . And hereunto are you called ; for nothing less than all the mind which was in Christ Jesus . " It is with great pleasure that I observed your fixed resolution ...
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... able to save you . Your last therefore was doubly acceptable to me , as it relieved me from my fears concerning you , and gave me the occasion of rejoicing over one , for whom I have the most sincere and tender affec- tion . Sure it is ...
... able to save you . Your last therefore was doubly acceptable to me , as it relieved me from my fears concerning you , and gave me the occasion of rejoicing over one , for whom I have the most sincere and tender affec- tion . Sure it is ...
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Page 290 - The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble ; And he knoweth them that trust in him.
Page 271 - Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous : and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Page 2 - For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance ; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
Page 25 - What shall we say then ? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith ; but Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore ? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law.
Page 287 - Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith with power...
Page 244 - The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
Page 38 - Stand fast, therefore, in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Page 12 - Long my imprisoned spirit lay Fast bound in sin and nature's night ; Thine eye diffused a quickening ray, I woke, the dungeon flamed with light ; My chains fell off, my heart was free, I rose, went forth, and followed thee.
Page 194 - And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
Page 234 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.