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... eternal ages , to bless the divine providential hand that first brought us together . November 10 . I HAVE been walking the deck very pleasantly . It is my watch , for the ship is under sail . These silent night hours , when the weather ...
... eternal ages , to bless the divine providential hand that first brought us together . November 10 . I HAVE been walking the deck very pleasantly . It is my watch , for the ship is under sail . These silent night hours , when the weather ...
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... eternal happiness , not for myself only , but for you likewise , whose wel- fare , if I mistake not , is little less dear to me than that of my own soul . I find , as Solomon says , that love is stronger than death : for my regard for ...
... eternal happiness , not for myself only , but for you likewise , whose wel- fare , if I mistake not , is little less dear to me than that of my own soul . I find , as Solomon says , that love is stronger than death : for my regard for ...
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... eternal life . These things , reason , unassisted by revelation , could never have discovered . The Christian religion is a consistent system , including the truth and morality of every sect of philosophy , and avoiding the errors of ...
... eternal life . These things , reason , unassisted by revelation , could never have discovered . The Christian religion is a consistent system , including the truth and morality of every sect of philosophy , and avoiding the errors of ...
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... eternal state , to which a few years , at the furthest , will introduce us . Were these points wholly neglected , however great our satisfaction might be for the present , it would be better never to have seen each other ; since the ...
... eternal state , to which a few years , at the furthest , will introduce us . Were these points wholly neglected , however great our satisfaction might be for the present , it would be better never to have seen each other ; since the ...
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... eternal welfare ; resigning the particulars to the wise and merciful disposal of God . And I can say , to his praise , that things never succeeded more to my mind than since I have been taught to aim at this method . May we be ...
... eternal welfare ; resigning the particulars to the wise and merciful disposal of God . And I can say , to his praise , that things never succeeded more to my mind than since I have been taught to aim at this method . May we be ...
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