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... instructor . Her method of teaching them to read was , I think , peculiar to herself , and deserves to be noticed . I shall give it in her own words , in a letter to Mr. John Wesley . " None of them were taught to read till five 20.
... instructor . Her method of teaching them to read was , I think , peculiar to herself , and deserves to be noticed . I shall give it in her own words , in a letter to Mr. John Wesley . " None of them were taught to read till five 20.
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... letters ; and each of them did in that time know all its letters , great and small , except Molly and Nancy , who were a day and a half before they knew them perfectly ; for which I then thought them very dull : But the reason why I ...
... letters ; and each of them did in that time know all its letters , great and small , except Molly and Nancy , who were a day and a half before they knew them perfectly ; for which I then thought them very dull : But the reason why I ...
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... three months afterward he mentions him again , in a letter to his father : " Jack is with me , and a brave boy , learning Hebrew as fast as he can . ” He was now sixteen , and the next year was 22 that morning; and ere we parted, in the ...
... three months afterward he mentions him again , in a letter to his father : " Jack is with me , and a brave boy , learning Hebrew as fast as he can . ” He was now sixteen , and the next year was 22 that morning; and ere we parted, in the ...
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... letter , in answer to this , is dated June the 8th , in which she says , " I take Kempis to have been an honest , weak man , who had more zeal than knowledge , by his condemning all mirth or pleasure , as sinful or use- less , in ...
... letter , in answer to this , is dated June the 8th , in which she says , " I take Kempis to have been an honest , weak man , who had more zeal than knowledge , by his condemning all mirth or pleasure , as sinful or use- less , in ...
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... letters to his parents carried a savor of religion , which before they had wanted ; this made his father say to him in a letter of August 2d , " if you be what you write , you and I shall be happy , and you will much alleviate my ...
... letters to his parents carried a savor of religion , which before they had wanted ; this made his father say to him in a letter of August 2d , " if you be what you write , you and I shall be happy , and you will much alleviate my ...
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Page 143 - But when the Son of Man shall come in His glory and all the angels with Him, then shall He sit on the throne of His glory...
Page 129 - Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Page 72 - But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. "Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law.
Page 58 - I've spun My last thread I shall perish on the shore. But swear by thyself that at my death thy Son Shall shine as he shines now and heretofore. And having done that, thou hast done, I fear no more.
Page 75 - About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation ; and an assurance was given me that He had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.
Page 130 - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. Trust ye not in lying words, saying, "The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, are these.
Page 184 - In age and feebleness extreme, Who shall a sinful worm redeem ? Jesus, my only hope thou art, Strength of my failing flesh and heart-; O ! could I catch a smile from thee, And drop into eternity...
Page 95 - Doing what we know is not for the glory of God ; as The putting on of gold or costly apparel: The taking such diversions as cannot be used in the name of the Lord Jesus : The singing those songs, or reading those books, which do not tend to the knowledge or love of God...
Page 147 - And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
Page 320 - As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, "Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.