The Persecuted Family: A Narrative of the Sufferings of the Presbyterians in the Reign of Charles II |
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... darkness in the minds of his auditors , by entering boldly , like many divines , on the ex- planation of what is in itself incomprehensible , he stood still , and believed , and adored , and took from it a lesson of humility . But what ...
... darkness in the minds of his auditors , by entering boldly , like many divines , on the ex- planation of what is in itself incomprehensible , he stood still , and believed , and adored , and took from it a lesson of humility . But what ...
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... darkness seemed to have entered into the bosoms of the persecutors , and to actuate all their doings . They appeared to delight in cruelty , and in shed- ding the blood of the innocent . But the glorious sufferers , relying on the ...
... darkness seemed to have entered into the bosoms of the persecutors , and to actuate all their doings . They appeared to delight in cruelty , and in shed- ding the blood of the innocent . But the glorious sufferers , relying on the ...
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... darkness of night , did the peasants of the surrounding country come with food for their worthy pastor and his family , and to receive , in return , instruction , advice and comfort . This Mr. Bruce gave them with all the prudence of a ...
... darkness of night , did the peasants of the surrounding country come with food for their worthy pastor and his family , and to receive , in return , instruction , advice and comfort . This Mr. Bruce gave them with all the prudence of a ...
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... . Still , Religion , thou art happiness ! Thou hast , indeed , trials appointed for thy followers ; but thou comest in the strength of God , and leadest them out through them all . As the darkness of THE PERSECUTED FAMILY . 71.
... . Still , Religion , thou art happiness ! Thou hast , indeed , trials appointed for thy followers ; but thou comest in the strength of God , and leadest them out through them all . As the darkness of THE PERSECUTED FAMILY . 71.
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... darkness of the world thickens around them , thou sheddest a brighter light on the cloudless clime whither they are travelling . As the cup , of which the wicked- ness of man forces them to drink comes nearer the bitterness of its dregs ...
... darkness of the world thickens around them , thou sheddest a brighter light on the cloudless clime whither they are travelling . As the cup , of which the wicked- ness of man forces them to drink comes nearer the bitterness of its dregs ...
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Page 30 - A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place; Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More skilled to raise the wretched than to rise.
Page 30 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, — Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 60 - Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale, Yet will I fear none ill ; For thou art with me ; and thy rod And staff me comfort still.
Page xv - I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impress'd Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 121 - Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory : where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained ? Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer ; thy name is from everlasting.
Page 61 - Then, as it is beautifully expressed by Graharne, -rose the song, the loud Acclaim of praise. The wheeling plover ceased Her plaint; the solitary place was glad; And, on the distant cairn, the watcher's ear Caught, doubtfully at times, the breeze-borne note.
Page 59 - Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim — Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.
Page 55 - The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Page 44 - Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace. He stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wanderer, binds the broken heart, And...
Page xix - ... known. Such was the young lady, whom, in her -twenty-fourth year, Mr Bruce made the partner of his life. Her good report had reached the village before her, and she was received with joy. The meekness and innocence of her countenance was a passport...