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... ary - Qualifications for the communion - Mary M'Ellen an instance of early piety - The communicant's sense of un- worthiness - Administration of the Lord's supper to the Page sick - Confession of sin - A mother's emotions 1 * 5.
... ary - Qualifications for the communion - Mary M'Ellen an instance of early piety - The communicant's sense of un- worthiness - Administration of the Lord's supper to the Page sick - Confession of sin - A mother's emotions 1 * 5.
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... Piety a steady and uniform principle - The walnut grove - The quarterly meeting - The judgment - Distress of mind - The prayer meeting - Excitement of imagination - Danger of pride - Spiritual declension - The zealous efforts of the ...
... Piety a steady and uniform principle - The walnut grove - The quarterly meeting - The judgment - Distress of mind - The prayer meeting - Excitement of imagination - Danger of pride - Spiritual declension - The zealous efforts of the ...
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... : -Mary's last sickness - Ride into the country - The power of the Bible - Advantages of true piety - Closing scene - Concluding reflection ......... . 307 A FAMILY IN ETERNITY . CHAPTER I. The Village Burial 10 CONTENTS .
... : -Mary's last sickness - Ride into the country - The power of the Bible - Advantages of true piety - Closing scene - Concluding reflection ......... . 307 A FAMILY IN ETERNITY . CHAPTER I. The Village Burial 10 CONTENTS .
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... piety might accomplish , in calling forth the active powers of man . What mighty energies ambition and sin might summon into being , has been exemplified ; and , unhappily , when we wish to gauge the powers of man , we are compelled to ...
... piety might accomplish , in calling forth the active powers of man . What mighty energies ambition and sin might summon into being , has been exemplified ; and , unhappily , when we wish to gauge the powers of man , we are compelled to ...
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... piety ; and Baxter and Edwards seemed dis- posed to make trial of what that mind could do , under the operation of Christianity : and Howard is said to have pur- sued his object with an intensity which the nature of the human mind ...
... piety ; and Baxter and Edwards seemed dis- posed to make trial of what that mind could do , under the operation of Christianity : and Howard is said to have pur- sued his object with an intensity which the nature of the human mind ...
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Page 131 - For thy Maker is thine husband ; The Lord of hosts is his name ; And thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel ; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Page 175 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 361 - Tis now become a history little known, That once we called the pastoral house our own. Short-lived possession ! but the record fair, That memory keeps of all thy kindness there, Still outlives many a storm, that has effaced A thousand other themes less deeply traced.
Page 132 - For this is as the waters of Noah unto me : for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth ; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Page 104 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the -waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 149 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt, at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all...
Page 61 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Page 382 - ... .Then said he unto me, prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, Son of man, and say to the wind, thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
Page 347 - That day of wrath, that dreadful day, When heaven and earth shall pass away, What power shall be the sinner's stay ? How shall he meet that dreadful day...
Page 309 - Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.