The retrospect; or, review of providential mercies: with anecdotes of various characters, and an address to naval officers. By Aliquis, Volume 21823 |
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... past , when posting down the broad road of destruction , loud in blasphemy , and ever ready to burlesque and condemn the Holy Scriptures , that my life was spared , while several of my companions in sin perished ! Ignorant of the world ...
... past , when posting down the broad road of destruction , loud in blasphemy , and ever ready to burlesque and condemn the Holy Scriptures , that my life was spared , while several of my companions in sin perished ! Ignorant of the world ...
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... past , my summer is ended , and I am not saved . " We know the same God of providence could have thus dealt with the parent , ere she knew the distinction between mother and child ; but it was his good pleasure to act otherwise , and ...
... past , my summer is ended , and I am not saved . " We know the same God of providence could have thus dealt with the parent , ere she knew the distinction between mother and child ; but it was his good pleasure to act otherwise , and ...
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... past days has opened a wide field of matter for my mind to reflect on , and for my pen to describe ; " and now I am in a strait . " If I allow it to proceed , I may possibly incur the charge of egotism and vanity ; if I throw it by , I ...
... past days has opened a wide field of matter for my mind to reflect on , and for my pen to describe ; " and now I am in a strait . " If I allow it to proceed , I may possibly incur the charge of egotism and vanity ; if I throw it by , I ...
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... undisturbed possessor of my heart . No remorse of conscience , no desires to do better , no remembrance of former mer- cies , had , for some time past , found place within me . Gracious God ! why was I not 40 THE RETROSPECT .
... undisturbed possessor of my heart . No remorse of conscience , no desires to do better , no remembrance of former mer- cies , had , for some time past , found place within me . Gracious God ! why was I not 40 THE RETROSPECT .
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... past by the time the alarmed crew began to descend and combat it . Thrice after my return from the hospital , our people were vi- sited with pestilential diseases , and more than once or twice we narrowly escaped shipwreck ; besides ...
... past by the time the alarmed crew began to descend and combat it . Thrice after my return from the hospital , our people were vi- sited with pestilential diseases , and more than once or twice we narrowly escaped shipwreck ; besides ...
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Popular passages
Page 225 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their...
Page 101 - Been hurt by th' archers. In his side he bore, And in his hands and feet, the cruel scars. With gentle force soliciting the darts, He drew them forth, and heal'd, and bade me live. Since then, with few associates, in remote And silent woods I wander, far from those My former partners of the peopled scene; With few associates, and not wishing more. Here much I ruminate, as much I may, With other views of men and manners now Than once, and others of a life to come...
Page 45 - Wash it, we pray thee, in the blood of that immaculate Lamb, that was slain to take away the sins of the world...
Page 102 - Come on therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present: and let us speedily use the creatures like as in youth. Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments : and let no flower of the spring pass by us : Let us crown ourselves with rose-buds, before they be withered.
Page 231 - ... of all minds, Their only point of rest, eternal Word ! From thee departing they are lost, and rove At random without honour, hope, or peace. From thee is all that soothes the life of man, His high endeavour, and his glad success, His strength to suffer, and his will to serve. But...
Page 67 - He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes.
Page 216 - If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Page 207 - I have done, I can hardly persuade myself that all that frivolous hurry and bustle and pleasure of the world had any reality; but I look upon all that has passed as one of those romantic dreams which opium commonly occasions ; and I do by no means desire to repeat the nauseous dose, for the sake of the fugitive dream.
Page 99 - And never won. Dream after dream ensues ; And still they dream that they shall still succeed, And still are disappointed.
Page 69 - Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.