The Life and Character of Miss Susanna Anthony: Who Died, in Newport, (R.I.) June 23, 1791, in the 65th Year of Her Age. Consisting Chiefly in Extracts from Her Writings, with Some Brief Observations on Them |
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... pleasure that I now recount the most distressing trials of my life for by these has God bound me faster to himself ; laid me under renew- ed obligations to live devoted to him , and his glory . And when satan has been permitted , as he ...
... pleasure that I now recount the most distressing trials of my life for by these has God bound me faster to himself ; laid me under renew- ed obligations to live devoted to him , and his glory . And when satan has been permitted , as he ...
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... pleasure that the world can afford shall be withheld from me , if I once give myself up to sensual pleasure , and the gratification of my whole inclination ; allowing myself all that mirth and jollity , that my youthful age will now ...
... pleasure that the world can afford shall be withheld from me , if I once give myself up to sensual pleasure , and the gratification of my whole inclination ; allowing myself all that mirth and jollity , that my youthful age will now ...
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... pleasure . Come , my soul , and choose for eternity . Soul . Upon considering the nature and properties of each , I am brought to a free and full choice . I see nothing in this pleasure that can satisfy an immortal soul ; nothing worthy ...
... pleasure . Come , my soul , and choose for eternity . Soul . Upon considering the nature and properties of each , I am brought to a free and full choice . I see nothing in this pleasure that can satisfy an immortal soul ; nothing worthy ...
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... pleasure and happiness . I do now , with my whole soul and all my powers , choose God for my portion ; taking his cross as well as his crown ; esteeming the sorrows of religion greater riches than the pleasures of sin ; looking on it a ...
... pleasure and happiness . I do now , with my whole soul and all my powers , choose God for my portion ; taking his cross as well as his crown ; esteeming the sorrows of religion greater riches than the pleasures of sin ; looking on it a ...
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... pleasures . But , sup- pose I could still the perpetual sting of conscience ; are all those vanities commensurate to the desires of an immortal soul ? Can I have such mean , such sordid , base , vile thoughts of that immortal spirit ...
... pleasures . But , sup- pose I could still the perpetual sting of conscience ; are all those vanities commensurate to the desires of an immortal soul ? Can I have such mean , such sordid , base , vile thoughts of that immortal spirit ...
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Page 33 - Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
Page 35 - Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Page 164 - Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
Page 5 - The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart : and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Page 37 - No sun shall smite thy head by day, Nor the pale moon with sickly ray Shall blast thy couch ; no baleful star Dart his malignant fire so far.
Page 22 - The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool : but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
Page 74 - Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die : yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die ; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
Page 162 - For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. And blessed is she that believed; for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
Page 121 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Page 159 - And he is not a man that he should lie, or the son of man, that he should repent...