Memoir of the Rev. W. H. HewitsonJ. Nisbet and Company, 1856 - 228 pages |
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... writes Isaac Taylor , " to no easy and gentle mood of the world's history . This is no hour of leisure , and facility , and soft persuasion . Whoever dares not speak explicitly and boldly , had better not speak at all . The adherents of ...
... writes Isaac Taylor , " to no easy and gentle mood of the world's history . This is no hour of leisure , and facility , and soft persuasion . Whoever dares not speak explicitly and boldly , had better not speak at all . The adherents of ...
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... writes in 1832 , on one of the earliest occasions of absence from it , " tells me pos- sesses , above every other , the interest and attractions of home . " " Who is able , " asks Goethe , in his Autobiography , " to speak worthily of ...
... writes in 1832 , on one of the earliest occasions of absence from it , " tells me pos- sesses , above every other , the interest and attractions of home . " " Who is able , " asks Goethe , in his Autobiography , " to speak worthily of ...
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... writes the Rev. James Dodds ( Free Church , Dunbar ) , " the first two occasions on which I saw one who after- wards became my dear and intimate friend . When Mr Hewitson received that distinguished honour , the gold medal in the ...
... writes the Rev. James Dodds ( Free Church , Dunbar ) , " the first two occasions on which I saw one who after- wards became my dear and intimate friend . When Mr Hewitson received that distinguished honour , the gold medal in the ...
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... writes — and it is on the very scene of desolation- " are now sere and sallow ; they tell , with prophetic significancy , of the blight and shrunkenness of youthful hopes ; —the wind is now passing with fitful and melancholy howl ; so ...
... writes — and it is on the very scene of desolation- " are now sere and sallow ; they tell , with prophetic significancy , of the blight and shrunkenness of youthful hopes ; —the wind is now passing with fitful and melancholy howl ; so ...
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... writes six years afterwards , narrating the incident , " I happened one day to turn up to the mineral spring . A young man entered the build- ing , whose appearance at once attracted my observation . His coarse linen frock contrasted ...
... writes six years afterwards , narrating the incident , " I happened one day to turn up to the mineral spring . A young man entered the build- ing , whose appearance at once attracted my observation . His coarse linen frock contrasted ...
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Page 34 - The right hand of the Lord is exalted: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly, I shall not die but live, and declare the works of the Lord. The Lord hath chastened me sore; but He hath not given me over unto death.
Page 36 - How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
Page 79 - For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female : for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Page 168 - ... looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ...
Page 147 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shall teach them diligently unto thy children, and shall talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 42 - For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Page 30 - For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge ! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
Page 185 - To fight the good fight of faith, and lay hold upon eternal life." " To serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear." " To be steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as we know that our labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Page 30 - For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
Page 53 - And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: and they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests.