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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... a real Christian , having the power , as well as the form , of religion . I expect you will then have likewise better health and spirits perhaps to - morrow . But , O ! take Christ to - day ! I long to have you happy 18 THE LIFE OF.
... a real Christian , having the power , as well as the form , of religion . I expect you will then have likewise better health and spirits perhaps to - morrow . But , O ! take Christ to - day ! I long to have you happy 18 THE LIFE OF.
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... to - day ! I long to have you happy in him ! Surely few have a more earnest desire of your happiness , than , " My very dear lady , " Your Ladyship's most affectionate servant , " J. WESLEY . " The nature and progress of Lady Maxwell's ...
... to - day ! I long to have you happy in him ! Surely few have a more earnest desire of your happiness , than , " My very dear lady , " Your Ladyship's most affectionate servant , " J. WESLEY . " The nature and progress of Lady Maxwell's ...
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... of Jesus Christ yearn over you . What have you to do with to - morrow ? I love you to - day . And how much more does he love you ! He ' Pities still his wandering sheep , Longs to bring you to his fold ! ' To - day hear his voice , the ...
... of Jesus Christ yearn over you . What have you to do with to - morrow ? I love you to - day . And how much more does he love you ! He ' Pities still his wandering sheep , Longs to bring you to his fold ! ' To - day hear his voice , the ...
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... a view of going to the Lord's table to - day , though distressed in mind , and weak in body , and without those comfortable views which I have formerly had ; yet , being convinced that without God I must be miserable , and knowing that ...
... a view of going to the Lord's table to - day , though distressed in mind , and weak in body , and without those comfortable views which I have formerly had ; yet , being convinced that without God I must be miserable , and knowing that ...
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... to accept Christ with his cross : to believe he would give me all I stood in need of , and finish what con- cerned me . I was glad for the consolation , and held him fast all day , still expecting a greater manifestation . In the ...
... to accept Christ with his cross : to believe he would give me all I stood in need of , and finish what con- cerned me . I was glad for the consolation , and held him fast all day , still expecting a greater manifestation . In the ...
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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.