The Friends' Library, Volume 12William Evans, Thomas Evans J. Rakestraw, 1848 |
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... deep exercise he was passing through , 163 ; returns from England not as peacefully as he desired , 164 ; his testimony respecting Nicholas Davis , 165 ; attends Indian trea- ties - death of his daughter , 166 ; visits some who held ...
... deep exercise he was passing through , 163 ; returns from England not as peacefully as he desired , 164 ; his testimony respecting Nicholas Davis , 165 ; attends Indian trea- ties - death of his daughter , 166 ; visits some who held ...
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... deep inward thought- fulness ; especially as respected participating in what is termed the sacrament , or the Lord's supper , as it came in usual course to be admin- istered by my brother . It had been , on former 14th . In the night ...
... deep inward thought- fulness ; especially as respected participating in what is termed the sacrament , or the Lord's supper , as it came in usual course to be admin- istered by my brother . It had been , on former 14th . In the night ...
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... deep affliction , she wrote , as follows , to her only sister : - February 11th , 1783 . MY VERY DEAR REBECCA , -Must I for ever give up the dear , pleasing hope of being re- ceived into the house and affections of my once kind ...
... deep affliction , she wrote , as follows , to her only sister : - February 11th , 1783 . MY VERY DEAR REBECCA , -Must I for ever give up the dear , pleasing hope of being re- ceived into the house and affections of my once kind ...
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... deep humility . O ! Lord this period she received the following letters my God ! if it be thy holy will , be pleased at from her mother : this time to increase my faith and my patience , that I may more perfectly know and wait upon thee ...
... deep humility . O ! Lord this period she received the following letters my God ! if it be thy holy will , be pleased at from her mother : this time to increase my faith and my patience , that I may more perfectly know and wait upon thee ...
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... deep concern of mind , to pay a visit to Friends in Wales , and in the county of Hereford , my mind was , after serious consi- deration , engaged to accompany her ; for this purpose we obtained certificates . On first - day , after ...
... deep concern of mind , to pay a visit to Friends in Wales , and in the county of Hereford , my mind was , after serious consi- deration , engaged to accompany her ; for this purpose we obtained certificates . On first - day , after ...
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Page 400 - Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn .again and rend you.
Page 429 - For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel ; " In returning and rest shall ye be saved ; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength :
Page 462 - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Page 251 - Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, (Touch not ; taste not ; handle not ; which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men ? Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body ; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
Page 369 - And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, Which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Page 238 - Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him ; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him, purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
Page 124 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 335 - If ye were of the world, the world would love his own : but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Page 230 - Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Page 465 - Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me : that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.