Letters of the Late John Thorp, of Manchester: A Minister of the Gospel in the Society of Friends ; to which is Prefixed a Memoir of the Life of the Writer |
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... my want of ability to do jus- tice to the subject ; yet the regard I have for the memory of my friend , and the desire which I feel to contribute ( however feebly ) to hand down to posterity some memorial of one deservedly dear to me ...
... my want of ability to do jus- tice to the subject ; yet the regard I have for the memory of my friend , and the desire which I feel to contribute ( however feebly ) to hand down to posterity some memorial of one deservedly dear to me ...
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... my behalf , and which I endeavour to encour- age my drooping spirit in concluding would not be the case with thee , or my dear friend Sarah Taylor , or any of the living in Israel , if I were really ( as I am painfully tempted to fear ) ...
... my behalf , and which I endeavour to encour- age my drooping spirit in concluding would not be the case with thee , or my dear friend Sarah Taylor , or any of the living in Israel , if I were really ( as I am painfully tempted to fear ) ...
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... my utmost en- deavours to draw near to the Fountain of help and strength , to be enabled to lay hold of hope and faith to resist the fiery darts of the wicked one . Oh ! my dear friend , could I but hope that I am of the number thou ...
... my utmost en- deavours to draw near to the Fountain of help and strength , to be enabled to lay hold of hope and faith to resist the fiery darts of the wicked one . Oh ! my dear friend , could I but hope that I am of the number thou ...
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... my gratitude for thy condescension , in writing to me the particulars of my dear friend thy father's decease . Looking at the church militant , his death is a loss to all but himself . I sympathize with you , I feel for the church , and ...
... my gratitude for thy condescension , in writing to me the particulars of my dear friend thy father's decease . Looking at the church militant , his death is a loss to all but himself . I sympathize with you , I feel for the church , and ...
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... Dear Friend , WITH pleasure I received , read , and reviewed thy most welcome and long- expected letter . It is true , I see little in myself , and nothing of myself , sufficient to secure me a place in the memory of my friends ; but ...
... Dear Friend , WITH pleasure I received , read , and reviewed thy most welcome and long- expected letter . It is true , I see little in myself , and nothing of myself , sufficient to secure me a place in the memory of my friends ; but ...
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Page 147 - Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him: and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Page 90 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this...
Page 80 - Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
Page 194 - But the righteous live for evermore; their reward also is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the most High. Therefore shall they receive a glorious kingdom, and a beautiful crown from the Lord's hand: for with his right hand shall he cover them, and with his arm shall he protect them.
Page 243 - Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground ; Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Page 77 - Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them : wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD...
Page 10 - Will the Lord cast off for ever ? and will he be favourable no more ? Is his mercy clean gone for ever ? doth his promise fail for evermore ? Hath God forgotten to be gracious ? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies...
Page 98 - Christ ; if sons, we must be brethren to the only-begotten: but being he came not to do his own will, but the will of Him that sent him, he acknowledgeth no fraternity but with such as do the same ; as he Matt.
Page 35 - It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him...
Page 26 - But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with ? They say unto him, We are able.