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... hope that is in them . I have therefore noticed the objections which are some- times made against providence , and have en- deavoured to refute them . To add weight to my own remarks , I have given the observations of Christian Authors ...
... hope that is in them . I have therefore noticed the objections which are some- times made against providence , and have en- deavoured to refute them . To add weight to my own remarks , I have given the observations of Christian Authors ...
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... afflicted for my good , received as I trust into the favour of God , and blessed with the greatest happiness I can ever know , or hope for , in this life , while many others have been overtaken by the 32 THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD .
... afflicted for my good , received as I trust into the favour of God , and blessed with the greatest happiness I can ever know , or hope for , in this life , while many others have been overtaken by the 32 THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD .
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... hope for , could possi- bly be referred to accident . Yet to this freedom of thought it is owing , that he , who , as our Saviour tells us , is thoroughly apprized of the death of the meanest of his creatures , is sup- posed to leave ...
... hope for , could possi- bly be referred to accident . Yet to this freedom of thought it is owing , that he , who , as our Saviour tells us , is thoroughly apprized of the death of the meanest of his creatures , is sup- posed to leave ...
Page 90
... hope , and it is a merciful dispensation for our good . " We may perceive from the previous remarks , that sin is its own punishment , even in the present world . And as the righteous here have some foretaste of their future happiness ...
... hope , and it is a merciful dispensation for our good . " We may perceive from the previous remarks , that sin is its own punishment , even in the present world . And as the righteous here have some foretaste of their future happiness ...
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... to distant climes . The hope of the aged patriarch becomes a slave in the land of Egypt . For a short season his woes are alleviated , and the gloomy aspect of bondage begins to wear a smile . 102 THE MYSTERY OF PROVIDENCE .
... to distant climes . The hope of the aged patriarch becomes a slave in the land of Egypt . For a short season his woes are alleviated , and the gloomy aspect of bondage begins to wear a smile . 102 THE MYSTERY OF PROVIDENCE .
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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.