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... daughters , has been extensively circulated in this and other lands ; and rarely has any religious biography been perused with so general and so deep an interest . More brief notices of her life have also emanated from other pens : and ...
... daughters , has been extensively circulated in this and other lands ; and rarely has any religious biography been perused with so general and so deep an interest . More brief notices of her life have also emanated from other pens : and ...
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... daughters , ( the Editors of her life , ) in conjunction with other members of her immediate family , encouraged the Compiler of the following pages to undertake the work , it would not have been attempted . But various considerations ...
... daughters , ( the Editors of her life , ) in conjunction with other members of her immediate family , encouraged the Compiler of the following pages to undertake the work , it would not have been attempted . But various considerations ...
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... daughter , born 1803 - Birth of eldest son , 1804 ; illness and journey to Bath - Her second son , born 1806 - Death of her mother - in - law - Birth of her fifth child , 1808 - Letter to John Gurney and his wife - Death of the latter ...
... daughter , born 1803 - Birth of eldest son , 1804 ; illness and journey to Bath - Her second son , born 1806 - Death of her mother - in - law - Birth of her fifth child , 1808 - Letter to John Gurney and his wife - Death of the latter ...
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... daughters - Removal to London for the winter - Attends the funeral of her cousin Joseph Gurney , Jun . - Places her two ... daughter - Visits to several Meetings Death of a sister - in - law - Letter to the Princess Royal of Denmark - To ...
... daughters - Removal to London for the winter - Attends the funeral of her cousin Joseph Gurney , Jun . - Places her two ... daughter - Visits to several Meetings Death of a sister - in - law - Letter to the Princess Royal of Denmark - To ...
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... daughter - Heavy sorrows - Leaves Plashet - Winter in London - Settlement at Upton Lane . . 343-397 CHAPTER VIII . 1829-1833 . Summons to the death - bed of an aged friend - Of a youth - Prepares her Text - book - Anecdote - Religious ...
... daughter - Heavy sorrows - Leaves Plashet - Winter in London - Settlement at Upton Lane . . 343-397 CHAPTER VIII . 1829-1833 . Summons to the death - bed of an aged friend - Of a youth - Prepares her Text - book - Anecdote - Religious ...
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Page 637 - For the love of Christ constraineth us —because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead ; and that he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them and rose again.
Page 163 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing : for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would, I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Page 388 - This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
Page 638 - For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
Page 524 - Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin : but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Page 371 - When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him ? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only: 30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
Page 635 - Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Page 163 - There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Page 126 - I believed the promise was verified with us, " where two or three are met together in My name, there am I in the midst of them.
Page 134 - When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him.