Memoir of the Rev. John Maclaren, ... Including Selections from His Letters and Sermons1861 |
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... beauty and power . It would be wrong in me to retouch the portrait which has been so skilfully and truthfully limned in the fol- lowing pages , and my limited space would not suffice if I were to give utterance to all the thoughts which ...
... beauty and power . It would be wrong in me to retouch the portrait which has been so skilfully and truthfully limned in the fol- lowing pages , and my limited space would not suffice if I were to give utterance to all the thoughts which ...
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... beauty . The valley of the Carron is not broad , and is shut in with gentle heights , not wanting in wav- ing woods , while amid the vale itself high and grassy knolls , crowned with tall trees of goodly leafage , are scattered here and ...
... beauty . The valley of the Carron is not broad , and is shut in with gentle heights , not wanting in wav- ing woods , while amid the vale itself high and grassy knolls , crowned with tall trees of goodly leafage , are scattered here and ...
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... beauty or sublimity in a landscape , and his was a heart - love for nature , and for the lofty lessons God has given it for our immortal spirits . But it was all unconsciously to himself that Nature wound her influences around him in ...
... beauty or sublimity in a landscape , and his was a heart - love for nature , and for the lofty lessons God has given it for our immortal spirits . But it was all unconsciously to himself that Nature wound her influences around him in ...
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... beauty , about his heart . No person did ever take up with him , from the soil from which he sprang , more of what was truest and best about it ; or did take to him , more naturally and well , whatever cultivation and adornment after ...
... beauty , about his heart . No person did ever take up with him , from the soil from which he sprang , more of what was truest and best about it ; or did take to him , more naturally and well , whatever cultivation and adornment after ...
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... beauty , and that God intends for our enjoyment , he at this period renounced ; for to him at this time there was not joy in it , but danger , and he could not yet put God into it , but it would have pulled him away from God . At a ...
... beauty , and that God intends for our enjoyment , he at this period renounced ; for to him at this time there was not joy in it , but danger , and he could not yet put God into it , but it would have pulled him away from God . At a ...
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Page 174 - I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.
Page 229 - Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me; Still all my song shall be. Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!
Page 228 - He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
Page 279 - The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
Page 229 - Darkness be over me, My rest a stone ; Yet in my dreams I'd be Nearer, my God, to Thee, — Nearer to Thee...
Page 276 - And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia ; for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.
Page 255 - And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow , of wines on the lees well refined.
Page 201 - HAVING therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Page 266 - Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Page 281 - I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen : but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread Avith me, hath lifted up his heel against me.