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Page xvi
... perhaps most useful part of Mr. Hervey's ministerial work , was his catechising ; in which his method was peculi- arly excellent . He used to break the questions and answers of the Church Catechism into shorter ones , and would add many ...
... perhaps most useful part of Mr. Hervey's ministerial work , was his catechising ; in which his method was peculi- arly excellent . He used to break the questions and answers of the Church Catechism into shorter ones , and would add many ...
Page xvii
... said to have been the means of her conversion . 66 3. We come , in the last place , to consider Mr. Hervey as an author . Perhaps few writers ever estimated their own powers more justly . My friend ( said he to JAMES HERVEY , A. M. xvii.
... said to have been the means of her conversion . 66 3. We come , in the last place , to consider Mr. Hervey as an author . Perhaps few writers ever estimated their own powers more justly . My friend ( said he to JAMES HERVEY , A. M. xvii.
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... perhaps , on a sight of the ancient sanctuary , should have made the su perficial observation of the disciples ; " What man- ner of stones , and what buildings are here ? " But what a nobler turn of thought , and juster taste of things ...
... perhaps , on a sight of the ancient sanctuary , should have made the su perficial observation of the disciples ; " What man- ner of stones , and what buildings are here ? " But what a nobler turn of thought , and juster taste of things ...
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... Perhaps , their crumbling bones mix , as they moulder : and those who , while they lived , stood aloof in irreconcileable variance ; here fall into mutual embraces , and even incorporate with each other in the grave . - O ! that we ...
... Perhaps , their crumbling bones mix , as they moulder : and those who , while they lived , stood aloof in irreconcileable variance ; here fall into mutual embraces , and even incorporate with each other in the grave . - O ! that we ...
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... Perhaps , the supreme Disposer of events foresaw some inevitable snare of temptation forming , or some dreadful storm of adversity impending . And why should you be so dissatisfied , with that kind pre- caution , which housed your ...
... Perhaps , the supreme Disposer of events foresaw some inevitable snare of temptation forming , or some dreadful storm of adversity impending . And why should you be so dissatisfied , with that kind pre- caution , which housed your ...
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Page 16 - For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Page 62 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 90 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 30 - Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Page 303 - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead.
Page x - He will, by and by, in his own good time, dismiss me from the body. These light afflictions are but for a moment, and then comes an eternal weight of glory.
Page 262 - It is observed by a very judicious writer, that if the sun himself, which enlightens this part of the creation, were extinguished, and all the host of planetary worlds, which move about him, were annihilated, they would not be missed by an eye that can take in the whole compass of nature, any more than a grain of sand upon the sea-shore.
Page 24 - How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places. 2" 1 am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. " How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
Page 104 - And can he mix them with that matchless Skill, And lay them on so delicately fine, And lose them in each other, as appears In every Bud that blows?
Page 1 - I happened to alight at a considerable village in that county; where finding myself under an unexpected necessity of staying a little, I took a walk to the church.* The doors, like the heaven to which they lead, were wide open, and readily admitted an unworthy stranger. Pleased with the opportunity, I resolved to spend a few minutes under the sacred roof.