Memoir of the late mrs. Newnham, of Farnham; with a selection from her papers and correspondence |
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... interest ! A mournful fact , from which the modern Christian may well take a lesson of greater circumspection ! In this circle of early friends , her society was courted ; she constituted its life and its link : the sprightliness of her ...
... interest ! A mournful fact , from which the modern Christian may well take a lesson of greater circumspection ! In this circle of early friends , her society was courted ; she constituted its life and its link : the sprightliness of her ...
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... interests ; a conclusion against which almost all her social feel- ings were marshalled ; and which placed her at once in the ranks of a despised and persecuted people . With her , however , was peculiarly marked the cha- racteristic of ...
... interests ; a conclusion against which almost all her social feel- ings were marshalled ; and which placed her at once in the ranks of a despised and persecuted people . With her , however , was peculiarly marked the cha- racteristic of ...
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... interests of the Church of England , as a branch of that universal Catholic Church . The spirit of persecution was de- veloped , and showed itself in various ways , which could not but deeply wound the feelings of those who ...
... interests of the Church of England , as a branch of that universal Catholic Church . The spirit of persecution was de- veloped , and showed itself in various ways , which could not but deeply wound the feelings of those who ...
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... not cease to revert to her school with the deepest interest , and the liveliest regret . Surely these labours will not have been in vain ; and when we recollect the future distant ger- mination of a seed sown in early life , in MEMOIR 4122.
... not cease to revert to her school with the deepest interest , and the liveliest regret . Surely these labours will not have been in vain ; and when we recollect the future distant ger- mination of a seed sown in early life , in MEMOIR 4122.
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... interests of her family ; her early lessons of piety ; her deep anxiety to se- cure the attention of her children ; her glistening eye , which seemed to tell of joys ineffable , when looking forward to a futurity of blessedness ; her ...
... interests of her family ; her early lessons of piety ; her deep anxiety to se- cure the attention of her children ; her glistening eye , which seemed to tell of joys ineffable , when looking forward to a futurity of blessedness ; her ...
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Page 26 - Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered and fed thee? or thirsty and gave thee drink ? When saw we thee a stranger and took thee in ? or naked, and clothed thee ; or when saw we thee sick or in prison, and came unto thee...
Page 2 - The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 3 - Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Page 170 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 69 - Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Page 109 - For the Lord will not cast off for ever : but though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies. For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
Page 82 - If ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give his Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Page 68 - Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize ? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown ; but we an incorruptible.
Page 128 - tis Jesus Holds the helm and guides the ship : Spread the sails, and catch the breezes Sent to waft us through the deep, To the regions Where the mourners cease to weep.
Page 73 - His death and passion: and grant, that the grace of God, which bringeth salvation, may effectually teach and persuade me to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...