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... proves that whilst her ardent admirers exhibit a dazzling portrait of her piety , her loveliness , and her philanthropy , they fail , in degree at least , to depict her in the light . of truth — in her meek and lowly garb of deep ...
... proves that whilst her ardent admirers exhibit a dazzling portrait of her piety , her loveliness , and her philanthropy , they fail , in degree at least , to depict her in the light . of truth — in her meek and lowly garb of deep ...
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... proved a serious disadvantage , her education consequently being defective and unfinished . But her mind was quick and penetrating , and for depth and originality of thought she was remarkable , even in her early years . In referring to ...
... proved a serious disadvantage , her education consequently being defective and unfinished . But her mind was quick and penetrating , and for depth and originality of thought she was remarkable , even in her early years . In referring to ...
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... proved an im- portant instrument , in leading the sisters to sound views of christian truth , though , on their first acquaintance , she was herself wandering in the wilderness of doubt , if not of error . This was Marianne Galton ...
... proved an im- portant instrument , in leading the sisters to sound views of christian truth , though , on their first acquaintance , she was herself wandering in the wilderness of doubt , if not of error . This was Marianne Galton ...
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... prove myself , I have given way to my passions , and let them have command over me . I have known my faults , and not corrected them , and now I am determined I will once more try , with redoubled ardour , to overcome my wicked inclina ...
... prove myself , I have given way to my passions , and let them have command over me . I have known my faults , and not corrected them , and now I am determined I will once more try , with redoubled ardour , to overcome my wicked inclina ...
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... prove a curse instead of a blessing . Dreaded day !! I must use extreme exertion to act really right , to avoid idleness and dissipation . From the foregoing selections , we may perceive how ear- nest were Elizabeth Gurney's efforts at ...
... prove a curse instead of a blessing . Dreaded day !! I must use extreme exertion to act really right , to avoid idleness and dissipation . From the foregoing selections , we may perceive how ear- nest were Elizabeth Gurney's efforts at ...
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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.