Thoughts for the ThoughtfulReligious Tract Society, 1779 - 280 pages |
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... never get there . My sins are a heavy burden to me , and I long to be rid of them , if , indeed , there is hope for such an one as I. " Go on , poor doubting Christian ; take fresh courage , and quicken thy step . Canaan is not so far ...
... never get there . My sins are a heavy burden to me , and I long to be rid of them , if , indeed , there is hope for such an one as I. " Go on , poor doubting Christian ; take fresh courage , and quicken thy step . Canaan is not so far ...
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... never attacks the liberties of others . It is ever ready to defend itself , but is never known to be the aggressor . Nations may here learn wisdom from the holly bush . It is grateful in the darkest seasons ; it repines not at the ...
... never attacks the liberties of others . It is ever ready to defend itself , but is never known to be the aggressor . Nations may here learn wisdom from the holly bush . It is grateful in the darkest seasons ; it repines not at the ...
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... never saw . I speak of these things feel- ingly , for I myself have been a diver ; but do not mistake me . Pearls though I have , costly beyond all price , yet they were not brought up from the mighty deep listen , and you shall hear my ...
... never saw . I speak of these things feel- ingly , for I myself have been a diver ; but do not mistake me . Pearls though I have , costly beyond all price , yet they were not brought up from the mighty deep listen , and you shall hear my ...
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... never be moved . ' I began to be less careful , and then was less prayerful , in my heavenly walk . This care- lessness and self - confidence by degrees brought in great backsliding of heart , and barrenness of soul ; and where it would ...
... never be moved . ' I began to be less careful , and then was less prayerful , in my heavenly walk . This care- lessness and self - confidence by degrees brought in great backsliding of heart , and barrenness of soul ; and where it would ...
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Old Humphrey. THE BOG ON THE SCOTTISH BORDER . IF you have never suffered from high - minded- ness , your experience has been very different from that of Old Humphrey . It is but a comical figure that a man cuts in crossing a moor on ...
Old Humphrey. THE BOG ON THE SCOTTISH BORDER . IF you have never suffered from high - minded- ness , your experience has been very different from that of Old Humphrey . It is but a comical figure that a man cuts in crossing a moor on ...
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Popular passages
Page 273 - And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead...
Page 165 - More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them is thy servant warned; and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Page 117 - The LORD, ye know, is GOD indeed ; Without our aid He did us make : We are His flock, He doth us feed, And for His sheep He doth us take.
Page 94 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 237 - ... looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Page 263 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, Yet is their strength labour and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Page 18 - Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion ; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Page 271 - Being, who is infinitely more than an adequate object of all those affections : whom we are commanded to love with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind.
Page 95 - Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.
Page 17 - Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.