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... spirit of insubordination , which has prevailed to such an extent , has led many to spurn the direction of their spiritual guides , while the worldly - mind- edness and the indolence of some of the clergy have been imputed to their ...
... spirit of insubordination , which has prevailed to such an extent , has led many to spurn the direction of their spiritual guides , while the worldly - mind- edness and the indolence of some of the clergy have been imputed to their ...
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... spirit ; and we are then in the most favourable circumstances for receiving their de- scending mantle . Some of them have left diaries and journals which afford great facility to the writers of such memoirs ; though it is to be ...
... spirit ; and we are then in the most favourable circumstances for receiving their de- scending mantle . Some of them have left diaries and journals which afford great facility to the writers of such memoirs ; though it is to be ...
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... spirit of the boy ; and the rapidity with which he acquired the knowledge of the English and Latin languages shows that his talents were of no mean order , and that they were diligently exercised . From the attachment he expressed for ...
... spirit of the boy ; and the rapidity with which he acquired the knowledge of the English and Latin languages shows that his talents were of no mean order , and that they were diligently exercised . From the attachment he expressed for ...
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... spirit in that body , that it would disgrace the name of Michael Bruce to confess that he was a member of it ? It was a suppression of a material circumstance in his history , and must have been done through unworthy prejudices . After ...
... spirit in that body , that it would disgrace the name of Michael Bruce to confess that he was a member of it ? It was a suppression of a material circumstance in his history , and must have been done through unworthy prejudices . After ...
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... spirit , nor relaxes the ex- ertions of those obliged , as is too often the case with alms when given without due discrimina- tion . This practice is liable to objections , and the strongest of these is this , that , from the hu- manity ...
... spirit , nor relaxes the ex- ertions of those obliged , as is too often the case with alms when given without due discrimina- tion . This practice is liable to objections , and the strongest of these is this , that , from the hu- manity ...
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Page 213 - And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
Page 172 - Jesus saith unto him. Thou hast said : nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Page 100 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, And go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, Turn from it, and pass away.
Page 111 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. 14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Page 120 - God, my Redeemer, lives, And often from the skies Looks down and watches all my dust, — Till he shall bid it rise. 3 Arrayed in glorious grace, Shall these vile bodies shine ; And every shape, and every face, Look heavenly and divine. 4 These lively hopes we owe To Jesus' dying love ; We would adore his grace below, And sing his power above.
Page 171 - Answerest thou nothing? What is it which these witness against thee? But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him : I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
Page 29 - 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.
Page 136 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
Page 79 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Page 228 - And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!