Memoir of the Rev. W.H. Hewitson ...J. Nisbet and Company, 1856 - 228 pages |
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... feeling he was at the time incapable of penetrat- ing . “ Even in his walks with me as a boy , " writes Hewitson's early ... feel , and live upon , him- self . Of everything that had the shadow of untruthfulness he had the most perfect ...
... feeling he was at the time incapable of penetrat- ing . “ Even in his walks with me as a boy , " writes Hewitson's early ... feel , and live upon , him- self . Of everything that had the shadow of untruthfulness he had the most perfect ...
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... feeling of anxiety I had about him , as he came in from his classes , pale and exhausted , laying his hand upon his breast , and drawing a long breath with evident pain . " Such was the fruit he had of those things whereof he was soon ...
... feeling of anxiety I had about him , as he came in from his classes , pale and exhausted , laying his hand upon his breast , and drawing a long breath with evident pain . " Such was the fruit he had of those things whereof he was soon ...
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... feeling , and thus gives vividness and animation to nature's forms , and converts them into objects of human sympathy : it finds in the dark struggling of emotion , and the dark intricacies of thought , the clear bright images of ...
... feeling , and thus gives vividness and animation to nature's forms , and converts them into objects of human sympathy : it finds in the dark struggling of emotion , and the dark intricacies of thought , the clear bright images of ...
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... feel that it is as cold as ice , and as hard as adamant ! " Such , Nature ! is thy blank helplessness in meeting the wants of a human soul . Like another Marins sitting among the ruins of Carthage , thy votary is left by thee a poverty ...
... feel that it is as cold as ice , and as hard as adamant ! " Such , Nature ! is thy blank helplessness in meeting the wants of a human soul . Like another Marins sitting among the ruins of Carthage , thy votary is left by thee a poverty ...
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... feeling of wretch- edness , utterly disqualify me for any other sort of exertion than that which a sense of duty renders indispensable . In such states of feeling , I never can , without the greatest difficulty , prevail on my- self to ...
... feeling of wretch- edness , utterly disqualify me for any other sort of exertion than that which a sense of duty renders indispensable . In such states of feeling , I never can , without the greatest difficulty , prevail on my- self to ...
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Page 30 - The right hand of the Lord is exalted: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly, I shall not die but live, and declare the works of the Lord. The Lord hath chastened me sore; but He hath not given me over unto death.
Page 32 - How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
Page 139 - Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink : but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
Page 75 - For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female : for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Page 164 - ... looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ...
Page 56 - Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear; for if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest He also spare not thee. Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in His goodness; otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Page 24 - For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge ! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
Page 181 - To fight the good fight of faith, and lay hold upon eternal life." " To serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear." " To be steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as we know that our labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Page 24 - For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
Page 49 - And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: and they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests.