Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry: With Extracts from Her Journal and Letters, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1848 - Prison reformers |
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... look upon the choice of a religious profession as a matter left to the devious imaginations of man , but one of solemn responsibility , affecting the stability of his Christian character , and his preparedness for an eternal state of ...
... look upon the choice of a religious profession as a matter left to the devious imaginations of man , but one of solemn responsibility , affecting the stability of his Christian character , and his preparedness for an eternal state of ...
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... look at mankind ; I love to look through Nature up to Nature's God . " I have no more religion than that , and in the little I have I am not the least devotional , but when I admire the beauties of nature 18 [ 1797 . MEMOIR OF THE LIFE.
... look at mankind ; I love to look through Nature up to Nature's God . " I have no more religion than that , and in the little I have I am not the least devotional , but when I admire the beauties of nature 18 [ 1797 . MEMOIR OF THE LIFE.
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... look back at this time last year , how ill I was , how miserable ; —yet I was supported through it ; God will support through the suffering He inflicts ; if I were devotional , I should fall on my knees and be most grateful for the ...
... look back at this time last year , how ill I was , how miserable ; —yet I was supported through it ; God will support through the suffering He inflicts ; if I were devotional , I should fall on my knees and be most grateful for the ...
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... look and behaviour struck such an awe upon me , that I found myself not so much master of myself as to pursue any further converse with her . Wherefore , asking pardon for my boldness in having introduced myself into her private walks ...
... look and behaviour struck such an awe upon me , that I found myself not so much master of myself as to pursue any further converse with her . Wherefore , asking pardon for my boldness in having introduced myself into her private walks ...
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... look to the Author of all that is good and great , and I may say humbly pray , that He will take me as a sheep strayed from His flock , and once more let me enter the fold of His glory . I feel there is a God and Immortality ; happy ...
... look to the Author of all that is good and great , and I may say humbly pray , that He will take me as a sheep strayed from His flock , and once more let me enter the fold of His glory . I feel there is a God and Immortality ; happy ...
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Page 186 - For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Page 186 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing : for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would, I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Page 143 - I believed the promise was verified with us, that " where two or three are met together in My name, there am I in the midst of them.
Page xii - For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
Page 206 - As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you : continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love ; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
Page 441 - Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful! Counsellor ! the mighty God ! the everlasting Father ! and the Prince of Peace...
Page 397 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 150 - When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him.
Page 281 - I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
Page 286 - Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.