Practical ThoughtsAmerican Tract Society, 150 Nassau-Street, New-York. D. Fanshaw, printer., 1836 - 230 pages |
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... whole man than if it were given to repose ? Would not the soul thereby obtain a rest , which would most favorably react on the body ? I do not believe that the Psalmist suffered any thing in the day for the hours of night he spent in ...
... whole man than if it were given to repose ? Would not the soul thereby obtain a rest , which would most favorably react on the body ? I do not believe that the Psalmist suffered any thing in the day for the hours of night he spent in ...
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... whole heart . " I must cry with my whole heart - yea mightily , as even the Ninevites did , else those heathen will rise up in the judgment and con- demn me . 7. I must seek the Lord in prayer , feeling as did Job , when he said , " O ...
... whole heart . " I must cry with my whole heart - yea mightily , as even the Ninevites did , else those heathen will rise up in the judgment and con- demn me . 7. I must seek the Lord in prayer , feeling as did Job , when he said , " O ...
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... whole . Many really wish to be reli- gious , and they pray that they may be so , but they do not on the whole desire it . They have a strange wish to be something else which is incompatible with their being religious . Again , some ...
... whole . Many really wish to be reli- gious , and they pray that they may be so , but they do not on the whole desire it . They have a strange wish to be something else which is incompatible with their being religious . Again , some ...
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... whole of prayer does not consist in taking hold of God . The main matter is holding on . How many are induced , by the slightest appearance of repulse , to let go , as Jacob did not ! I have been struck with the manner in which ...
... whole of prayer does not consist in taking hold of God . The main matter is holding on . How many are induced , by the slightest appearance of repulse , to let go , as Jacob did not ! I have been struck with the manner in which ...
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... whole man , body and soul both , than any other course we can pursue . If the affliction should still continue , we should count it light , aye , should re- joice in it , because it is his will , and because he he means to make it work ...
... whole man , body and soul both , than any other course we can pursue . If the affliction should still continue , we should count it light , aye , should re- joice in it , because it is his will , and because he he means to make it work ...
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Page 66 - Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Page 12 - ... knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Page 152 - And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held Him by the feet, and worshipped Him. 10. Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell My brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see Me.
Page 201 - A FRIEND THAT STICKETH CLOSEB THAN A UKOT1I EH. — Prov. 10 : 24. 1 ONE there is, above all others, Well deserves the name of Friend ; His is love beyond a brother's, Costly, free, and knows no end.
Page 59 - I confess to Almighty God, to blessed Mary ever Virgin, to blessed Michael the Archangel, to blessed John the Baptist, to the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and to all the Saints, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word and deed, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault.
Page 37 - My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
Page 67 - UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. 2 Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us.
Page 28 - And I said, This is my infirmity : but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High. I will remember the works of the LORD : surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
Page 123 - Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Page 193 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.