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... wish , as we read it , that it possessed more of the attractions which a taste- ful hand and a glowing imagination might have imparted to it . Yet perhaps on the whole the Memoir is more valuable in its present form . The very nakedness ...
... wish , as we read it , that it possessed more of the attractions which a taste- ful hand and a glowing imagination might have imparted to it . Yet perhaps on the whole the Memoir is more valuable in its present form . The very nakedness ...
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... wishes rather from motives of sincere af- fection than filial duty , ever anticipating his de- sires , and anxiously promoting his happiness by every means in their power . * Notwithstanding the scantiness of his income , he was 2 HIS ...
... wishes rather from motives of sincere af- fection than filial duty , ever anticipating his de- sires , and anxiously promoting his happiness by every means in their power . * Notwithstanding the scantiness of his income , he was 2 HIS ...
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... wish not to ask thee to preserve me from agonizing pain . No ; nothing of that kind shall be the object of my prayers . But I would earnestly entreat , in the name of Jesus , to be enabled to glorify thee in the last hours of my life ...
... wish not to ask thee to preserve me from agonizing pain . No ; nothing of that kind shall be the object of my prayers . But I would earnestly entreat , in the name of Jesus , to be enabled to glorify thee in the last hours of my life ...
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... wish you to under- stand that this is , literally , my only object in writing thus plainly . I speak frankly and sin- cerely to you , because I know that our hearts are closely allied , and because I have some- times observed with deep ...
... wish you to under- stand that this is , literally , my only object in writing thus plainly . I speak frankly and sin- cerely to you , because I know that our hearts are closely allied , and because I have some- times observed with deep ...
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... . He , however , was easy on the subject , but , out of regard to his parents , agreed to accede to their wishes , provided they could select a suit- able companion for him . Mrs. Oberlin had been told OBERLIN'S MARRIAGE . 45.
... . He , however , was easy on the subject , but , out of regard to his parents , agreed to accede to their wishes , provided they could select a suit- able companion for him . Mrs. Oberlin had been told OBERLIN'S MARRIAGE . 45.
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Popular passages
Page 129 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Page 263 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is : For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 210 - For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord : whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Page 238 - And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?
Page 130 - At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, when all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
Page 211 - The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Page 203 - Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Page 284 - Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Page 129 - And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's: it is holy unto the Lord.
Page 277 - BLESS the LORD, O my soul : And all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, 0 my soul, And forget not all his benefits : Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies ; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.