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Page xxxv
... suffering under this effect of his disease , well remember , that , after a few moments of conversation , he would shake off the oppression of his languor , his wonted smile would play over his features , that pe- culiar animation ...
... suffering under this effect of his disease , well remember , that , after a few moments of conversation , he would shake off the oppression of his languor , his wonted smile would play over his features , that pe- culiar animation ...
Page lii
... suffering canton of Schweitz , and every head is at work to contrive means to prevent further disasters . The number of inhabitants buried alive under the ruins of this mountain is scarcely less than fifteen hundred . Some even estimate ...
... suffering canton of Schweitz , and every head is at work to contrive means to prevent further disasters . The number of inhabitants buried alive under the ruins of this mountain is scarcely less than fifteen hundred . Some even estimate ...
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... suffer any relicks of doubt to disturb him ; he will be unable to reject what appears so divine , and what he finds so powerful , or to think it to be any thing else than what he wishes it to be , - the word of God . There is something ...
... suffer any relicks of doubt to disturb him ; he will be unable to reject what appears so divine , and what he finds so powerful , or to think it to be any thing else than what he wishes it to be , - the word of God . There is something ...
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... , is its closing hour . His greatness in his sufferings must be felt by every reader of sensibility , and no language can render it more impressive than the simple record of the evangelists . And now , my friends , if the evangelists are ...
... , is its closing hour . His greatness in his sufferings must be felt by every reader of sensibility , and no language can render it more impressive than the simple record of the evangelists . And now , my friends , if the evangelists are ...
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... sufferings , and exaltation , seems never to have been absent from his mind . Not a syllable escapes him , in the ... suffering and triumph , the servant of all and the Lord of all , Jesus expiring and Jesus risen and triumphant . Who ...
... sufferings , and exaltation , seems never to have been absent from his mind . Not a syllable escapes him , in the ... suffering and triumph , the servant of all and the Lord of all , Jesus expiring and Jesus risen and triumphant . Who ...
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Page 165 - For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Page 411 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding; for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page 264 - I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.
Page 239 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...
Page 121 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts : for the Coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Page xxxvi - And this I pray, that your love may ab'ound yet more and more in knowledge and 'in all judgment, that ye may approve things that are excellent, that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 390 - How happy is the blameless Vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot: Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each prayer accepted, and each wish resign'd; 210 Labour and rest that equal periods keep; "Obedient slumbers that can wake and weep"; Desires composed, affections ever even; Tears that delight, and sighs that waft to Heaven.
Page 47 - ... in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak ? who is offended, and I burn not?
Page 334 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words ; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know...
Page 132 - For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.