Warning and Example to the Young: Or, The Story of Mrs. Neville and Her GrandchildrenMunroe & Francis, 1825 - 132 pages |
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... us to divine fa- vour . These are merely adventitious circum- stances ; wealth may , for wise reasons , be given or withheld , for it is God who fixes our lot , and A * " appoints the bounds of our habitation . ” Without 5.
... us to divine fa- vour . These are merely adventitious circum- stances ; wealth may , for wise reasons , be given or withheld , for it is God who fixes our lot , and A * " appoints the bounds of our habitation . ” Without 5.
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... reason grows apace , and calls For the kind hand of an assiduous care . " Thomson . WE must , for the sake of connexion , re- trace our steps , and carry our readers back to the period when Mrs. Neville received her grandchildren . She ...
... reason grows apace , and calls For the kind hand of an assiduous care . " Thomson . WE must , for the sake of connexion , re- trace our steps , and carry our readers back to the period when Mrs. Neville received her grandchildren . She ...
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... reason . There was that holy name , at which seraphs tremble and adøre , lightly blas- phemed , and used , alas ! but to give a more horrid emphasis to the drunkard's muttered curse . In fact , the strongest language that could have ...
... reason . There was that holy name , at which seraphs tremble and adøre , lightly blas- phemed , and used , alas ! but to give a more horrid emphasis to the drunkard's muttered curse . In fact , the strongest language that could have ...
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... reasons , he desires to recommend himself , and to concil- iate rather than offend . Ah ! it is not in this way that religion can have its due and proper influence . Instead of being assumed merely upon festivals and high days , and ...
... reasons , he desires to recommend himself , and to concil- iate rather than offend . Ah ! it is not in this way that religion can have its due and proper influence . Instead of being assumed merely upon festivals and high days , and ...
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... reason for self- reproach . She was now and then aroused to a sense of her duties , by a letter from her sis- ter , which conveyed to her the pious and af- fectionate admonitions of her grandmother . She would then feel that after all ...
... reason for self- reproach . She was now and then aroused to a sense of her duties , by a letter from her sis- ter , which conveyed to her the pious and af- fectionate admonitions of her grandmother . She would then feel that after all ...
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Page 16 - When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Page 122 - Hark! they whisper; Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath?
Page 122 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Page 113 - Father of light," then I cried, " Thy creature who fain would not wander from Thee ! Lo, humbled in dust, I relinquish my pride : From doubt and from darkness thou only canst free.
Page 116 - Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of Hosts.
Page 85 - One part, one little part, we dimly scan Through the dark medium of life's feverish dream ; Yet dare arraign the whole stupendous plan, If but that little part incongruous seem.
Page 116 - Open to me the gates of righteousness : I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord : This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter. I will praise thee : for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.
Page 116 - Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 9 The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer.
Page 108 - Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh...
Page 120 - I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.