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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... short career of hard - earned fame , with peculiar interest ; and each in his place may teach us some useful lesson . But , while we linger here , our views and our gratifications are all con- fined within the narrow limits of this ...
... short career of hard - earned fame , with peculiar interest ; and each in his place may teach us some useful lesson . But , while we linger here , our views and our gratifications are all con- fined within the narrow limits of this ...
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... short season ; the Marchioness , who was a pious lady , was soon called to her reward ; and on this event , Miss B. returned to her native land . One circumstance which oc- curred while she remained in London , and which often ...
... short season ; the Marchioness , who was a pious lady , was soon called to her reward ; and on this event , Miss B. returned to her native land . One circumstance which oc- curred while she remained in London , and which often ...
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... short sentence ; “ God brought me to himself by afflictions ! " The following extract from her diary , as it affectingly alludes to those painful privations , and more fully illustrates the early stages of her religious experience than ...
... short sentence ; “ God brought me to himself by afflictions ! " The following extract from her diary , as it affectingly alludes to those painful privations , and more fully illustrates the early stages of her religious experience than ...
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... short conversation . Your Ladyship will therefore give me leave to inquire , Is the heavi- ness you frequently feel , merely owing to weak- ness of body , and the loss of near relations ? I will hope it is not . It might , indeed , at ...
... short conversation . Your Ladyship will therefore give me leave to inquire , Is the heavi- ness you frequently feel , merely owing to weak- ness of body , and the loss of near relations ? I will hope it is not . It might , indeed , at ...
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... short interview with her Ladyship . This afforded mutual satisfaction . He found her steadfast , humble , and contrite , but not yet in possession of peace . And it would seem , from VOL . I. C the following letter , that his ...
... short interview with her Ladyship . This afforded mutual satisfaction . He found her steadfast , humble , and contrite , but not yet in possession of peace . And it would seem , from VOL . I. C the following letter , that his ...
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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.