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... called , are nothing more than the uniform agency of God . Material causes are nothing more than instru- ments in the powerful hand of the Almighty . Were He for one moment to withdraw or suspend his agency , confusion would immediately ...
... called , are nothing more than the uniform agency of God . Material causes are nothing more than instru- ments in the powerful hand of the Almighty . Were He for one moment to withdraw or suspend his agency , confusion would immediately ...
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... called , and strange to tell , is paid by the princess for nursing her own child . This Moses , being instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians , was ordained by Providence to be the deliverer of Israel , and and to humble the pride ...
... called , and strange to tell , is paid by the princess for nursing her own child . This Moses , being instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians , was ordained by Providence to be the deliverer of Israel , and and to humble the pride ...
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... called Nob , he goes thither , in his confusion and distress , both to take an affection- ate leave of the house of God which he despaired of seeing again for a long time ; and also to ob- tain succour . He asks Ahimelech the priest ...
... called Nob , he goes thither , in his confusion and distress , both to take an affection- ate leave of the house of God which he despaired of seeing again for a long time ; and also to ob- tain succour . He asks Ahimelech the priest ...
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Charles Hargreaves. before the time . We know that Messiah cometh which is called Christ ; when he is come , tell us all things . " he will Addison , in one of his inimitable essays , alluding to the mystery of providence , truly says ...
Charles Hargreaves. before the time . We know that Messiah cometh which is called Christ ; when he is come , tell us all things . " he will Addison , in one of his inimitable essays , alluding to the mystery of providence , truly says ...
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... . That great prophet , it is said , was called up by a voice from heaven to the top of a mountain ; where , in a conference with the Su- preme Being , he was permitted to propose to him THE MYSTERY OF PROVIDENCE . 109.
... . That great prophet , it is said , was called up by a voice from heaven to the top of a mountain ; where , in a conference with the Su- preme Being , he was permitted to propose to him THE MYSTERY OF PROVIDENCE . 109.
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Page 98 - 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 : then, when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin ; and sin, .when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Page 26 - He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, And lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, To set them among princes, And to make them inherit the throne of glory : For the pillars of the earth are the LORD s, And he hath set the world upon them.
Page 177 - 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 45 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy.
Page 153 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years...
Page 230 - When all Thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Page 80 - Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, Even the Most High, thy habitation ; There shall no evil befall thee, Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
Page 214 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 206 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 45 - THESE, as they change, Almighty Father, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of Thee. Forth in the pleasing Spring Thy beauty walks, Thy tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy.