The Friends' Library, Volume 12William Evans, Thomas Evans J. Rakestraw, 1848 |
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... DEAR MOLLY , —You are a good girl for writing , agreeable to promise , every week ; pray continue to do so . I observed what you said about the riding - dress ; but , my dear child , consider you are one of number twelve ; there ...
... DEAR MOLLY , —You are a good girl for writing , agreeable to promise , every week ; pray continue to do so . I observed what you said about the riding - dress ; but , my dear child , consider you are one of number twelve ; there ...
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... DEAR WILLIAM , -A complaint in my eyes still remains ; but I am induced to run the hazard of hurting my sight , to say a few words respecting a letter which your brother Samuel put into my hand last night . Your dear father ( for he is ...
... DEAR WILLIAM , -A complaint in my eyes still remains ; but I am induced to run the hazard of hurting my sight , to say a few words respecting a letter which your brother Samuel put into my hand last night . Your dear father ( for he is ...
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... dear , dear mother , was far more deeply felt than I can describe ; and marvellous in my view , even to this day , was the settled , firm belief that I must follow on , to know the soul's salvation for self ; truly in a way that I knew ...
... dear , dear mother , was far more deeply felt than I can describe ; and marvellous in my view , even to this day , was the settled , firm belief that I must follow on , to know the soul's salvation for self ; truly in a way that I knew ...
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... DEAR FRIEND , With propriety I believe I may use the term , dear friend , as all in the Truth seem dear to Since our conversation this afternoon , I have had to remember , in a very lively man- ner , the Lord's dealings with my soul in ...
... DEAR FRIEND , With propriety I believe I may use the term , dear friend , as all in the Truth seem dear to Since our conversation this afternoon , I have had to remember , in a very lively man- ner , the Lord's dealings with my soul in ...
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... DEAR SISTER , I cannot delay writing to you , since you say that my silence adds to the painful sensations of your heart . Indeed , my dear Mary , if I could write anything that would alleviate one anxiety of thy dear breast , I would ...
... DEAR SISTER , I cannot delay writing to you , since you say that my silence adds to the painful sensations of your heart . Indeed , my dear Mary , if I could write anything that would alleviate one anxiety of thy dear breast , I would ...
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Page 400 - Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn .again and rend you.
Page 429 - For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel ; " In returning and rest shall ye be saved ; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength :
Page 462 - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Page 251 - Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, (Touch not ; taste not ; handle not ; which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men ? Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body ; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
Page 369 - And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, Which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Page 238 - Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him ; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him, purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
Page 124 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 335 - If ye were of the world, the world would love his own : but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Page 230 - Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Page 465 - Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me : that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.