A Manual of Prayer: Designed to Assist Christians in Learning the Subjects and Modes of DevotionPerkins and Purves, 1838 - 306 pages |
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... Show me that my cup has been mingled with mercies ; for the days of my comforts have far outnumbered the hours of my sorrows- that my griefs are not peculiar to me ; for they are the lot of humanity - that they are not the accidents of ...
... Show me that my cup has been mingled with mercies ; for the days of my comforts have far outnumbered the hours of my sorrows- that my griefs are not peculiar to me ; for they are the lot of humanity - that they are not the accidents of ...
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... Show them that unless they repent , these are but the beginnings of sorrows , that shall know no relief and no end . Convince them of sin , of righteousness , and of judgment . Lead them to repent and forsake the error of their ways ...
... Show them that unless they repent , these are but the beginnings of sorrows , that shall know no relief and no end . Convince them of sin , of righteousness , and of judgment . Lead them to repent and forsake the error of their ways ...
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... Show me that a soft answer turneth away wrath , but grievous words stir up strife . He that soweth to the wind shall reap the whirlwind ; but the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace . May I consider him who ...
... Show me that a soft answer turneth away wrath , but grievous words stir up strife . He that soweth to the wind shall reap the whirlwind ; but the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace . May I consider him who ...
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... show me that if any man draw back , thy soul has no pleasure in him . Grant , merciful Father , that when my feet fall into snares , and slide in the way of evil , thy grace may be sufficient for that hour of need . Bring me back from ...
... show me that if any man draw back , thy soul has no pleasure in him . Grant , merciful Father , that when my feet fall into snares , and slide in the way of evil , thy grace may be sufficient for that hour of need . Bring me back from ...
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... not in word nor in tongue only , but in deed and in truth . Show them how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity . May they be kind one to another , forgiving one another , even 39 Brotherly Love Daily Bread.
... not in word nor in tongue only , but in deed and in truth . Show them how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity . May they be kind one to another , forgiving one another , even 39 Brotherly Love Daily Bread.
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Page 130 - And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment, that ye may approve things that are excellent, that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 42 - Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned...
Page 275 - His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Page 46 - And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Page 153 - See that ye refuse not him that speaketh ; for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven...
Page 249 - And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Page 69 - ... remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Page 117 - Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister.
Page 145 - This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
Page 201 - If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in hell, behold thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.