Extracts from the Journal of the Late Margaret Woods, from the Year 1771 to 1821John & Arthur Arch, Cornhill; W. Alexander and Son, York; and Davey and Muskett, Bristol, 1830 - Quakers - 495 pages |
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... eternal weight of glory ! " * It is often the earnest desire of my soul , that I may receive every dispensation with thankfulness ; and that my will may be so wholly subjected to the Divine will , as to be able to say , with sincerity ...
... eternal weight of glory ! " * It is often the earnest desire of my soul , that I may receive every dispensation with thankfulness ; and that my will may be so wholly subjected to the Divine will , as to be able to say , with sincerity ...
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... eternal home , and if the accommodations we may meet with on the road are not quite what we would wish , yet we shall shortly be free from the neces- sity of any of them ; and we should consider , that if the conveniences of life were ...
... eternal home , and if the accommodations we may meet with on the road are not quite what we would wish , yet we shall shortly be free from the neces- sity of any of them ; and we should consider , that if the conveniences of life were ...
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... eternal sub- stance . " These expressions of S. Fother- gill , brought to my mind sentiments that have often occurred , respecting our faith being strengthened by the assurance of a de- parting friend ; who can testify , that the way to ...
... eternal sub- stance . " These expressions of S. Fother- gill , brought to my mind sentiments that have often occurred , respecting our faith being strengthened by the assurance of a de- parting friend ; who can testify , that the way to ...
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... eternal habitation . 29th , 10th Mo. - The many difficulties of expression that a minister , whom I sometimes hear with satisfaction , seemed to meet with this morning , have led me to reflect on the difficulty of the true minister in ...
... eternal habitation . 29th , 10th Mo. - The many difficulties of expression that a minister , whom I sometimes hear with satisfaction , seemed to meet with this morning , have led me to reflect on the difficulty of the true minister in ...
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... eternal happiness or misery , we can no longer look with strong desires after any temporal attainment , and shall count every thing but as dross in comparison of winning Christ , through whom alone we can gain an estab- lishment in ...
... eternal happiness or misery , we can no longer look with strong desires after any temporal attainment , and shall count every thing but as dross in comparison of winning Christ , through whom alone we can gain an estab- lishment in ...
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Page 363 - Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; Nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
Page 430 - BLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Page 214 - LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Page 349 - REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...
Page 417 - Search the Scriptures: for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
Page 463 - O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may lead me, and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling...
Page 422 - And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil ? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said.
Page 307 - Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father : 5 To whom be glory for ever and ever.
Page 463 - Who is among you that feareth the Lord, That obeyeth the voice of his servant, That walketh in darkness, and hath no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord, And stay upon his God.
Page 461 - Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been...