Memoirs, Including Letters, and Select Remains, of John Urquhart, Late of the University of St. Andrew's, Volume 1 |
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Page 66
... present , by anticipating the future ; and thus allowed many occasions to pass away , which might have been employed in promoting his advancement in know- ledge and piety . Still , I trust , that intercourse was not altogether without ...
... present , by anticipating the future ; and thus allowed many occasions to pass away , which might have been employed in promoting his advancement in know- ledge and piety . Still , I trust , that intercourse was not altogether without ...
Page 69
... present . I need only say , that his character thus established , was maintained during the whole course . The decision of the prize , both by Dr. Chalmers and his fellow- students , awarded him the first honour they had it in their ...
... present . I need only say , that his character thus established , was maintained during the whole course . The decision of the prize , both by Dr. Chalmers and his fellow- students , awarded him the first honour they had it in their ...
Page 72
... present . I received yours along with a parcel containing a new watch , about a fortnight ago ; for which I feel very grateful . I am as comfortably situated this year as I could wish . I have been introduced to some very excellent ...
... present . I received yours along with a parcel containing a new watch , about a fortnight ago ; for which I feel very grateful . I am as comfortably situated this year as I could wish . I have been introduced to some very excellent ...
Page 73
... present , to present an aspect something similar to that of the Univer- sity of Oxford in the days of Hervey and Wesley . Among the rest of my class - fellows , there is a young man who seems to be very zealous in the cause of truth ...
... present , to present an aspect something similar to that of the Univer- sity of Oxford in the days of Hervey and Wesley . Among the rest of my class - fellows , there is a young man who seems to be very zealous in the cause of truth ...
Page 75
... present ; -only he was most urgent and impressive in maintaining the propriety of the scheme and its probability of success . Paper was accordingly produced , and the prevailing sentiments stated : the object being to procure a ...
... present ; -only he was most urgent and impressive in maintaining the propriety of the scheme and its probability of success . Paper was accordingly produced , and the prevailing sentiments stated : the object being to procure a ...
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Page 134 - Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, He shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were astonied at thee ; His visage was so marred more than any man, And his form more than the sons of men...
Page 64 - He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Page 11 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 204 - God is not a man that he should lie; nor the son of man, that he should repent...
Page 192 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 144 - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 171 - EVERY man is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and amusements of human life.
Page 132 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes.
Page 61 - 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 134 - Every man's work shall be made manifest : for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire : and the fire shall try every man's work, of what sort it is.