Memoir of the Rev. John Maclaren, ... Including Selections from His Letters and Sermons1861 |
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... Once , when he had told a lie , his cousin spoke to him of the place to which all liars should go . And the young child , it seems , did then look with the whole look of his young spirit into that eternal world , and see the place of ...
... Once , when he had told a lie , his cousin spoke to him of the place to which all liars should go . And the young child , it seems , did then look with the whole look of his young spirit into that eternal world , and see the place of ...
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... once he went , yet in early youth , to visit some friends about Lochearn , the awful grandeur of that widely dif- ferent scene made an extraordinary impression upon his mind . Lately , when I went to take a look at his early home again ...
... once he went , yet in early youth , to visit some friends about Lochearn , the awful grandeur of that widely dif- ferent scene made an extraordinary impression upon his mind . Lately , when I went to take a look at his early home again ...
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... Once he was defeated in battle . In some public work near at hand there was a number of boys who had their leader also . Between the school- boys and the work boys there was an interminable feud . It was resolved that the two leaders ...
... Once he was defeated in battle . In some public work near at hand there was a number of boys who had their leader also . Between the school- boys and the work boys there was an interminable feud . It was resolved that the two leaders ...
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... once seen how important an influence his residence here must have exerted upon him at that period of opening man- hood . It was one of those arrangements of God's Providence in regard to him which largely prepared him for after ...
... once seen how important an influence his residence here must have exerted upon him at that period of opening man- hood . It was one of those arrangements of God's Providence in regard to him which largely prepared him for after ...
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... once said to me , " It took a tre- mendous pull to bring me to my knees . " Let it be marked again , that he had a strong , a deep , and a reso- lute nature . God's making and previous training of him had been such , that he was not one ...
... once said to me , " It took a tre- mendous pull to bring me to my knees . " Let it be marked again , that he had a strong , a deep , and a reso- lute nature . God's making and previous training of him had been such , that he was not one ...
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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.