The Clergyman's Orphan; Or, The Child of Providence: A Tale Founded Upon FactsJ. & J. Harper, 1833 - 210 pages |
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... wonder you loved my mother . She must have been an excellent Christian . " " She was , indeed . I never saw her equal , " said Miss O'Brien ; " and I account it one of the greatest privileges of my life to have been honoured with her ...
... wonder you loved my mother . She must have been an excellent Christian . " " She was , indeed . I never saw her equal , " said Miss O'Brien ; " and I account it one of the greatest privileges of my life to have been honoured with her ...
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... wonder they depicted it a ravenous vulture , gorging himself upon the liver of the sufferer , which ever as it was torn by the beak of the destroyer was still reviv- ing . No wonder that it drove Nero to shel- ter himself from the ...
... wonder they depicted it a ravenous vulture , gorging himself upon the liver of the sufferer , which ever as it was torn by the beak of the destroyer was still reviv- ing . No wonder that it drove Nero to shel- ter himself from the ...
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... " our times are in his hands . " We wonder and are delighted with the overruling power of Divine Providence , as recorded in the histories of Joseph and Moses , and the other patriarchs ; but Jehovah is 128 THE CLERGYMAN'S ORPHAN .
... " our times are in his hands . " We wonder and are delighted with the overruling power of Divine Providence , as recorded in the histories of Joseph and Moses , and the other patriarchs ; but Jehovah is 128 THE CLERGYMAN'S ORPHAN .
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... the control and guidance of him , who is " wonder- ful in counsel and excellent in working . " In the mode of his procedure it pleases God to employ means the most unlikely for producing the 172 THE INFIDEL RECLAIMED .
... the control and guidance of him , who is " wonder- ful in counsel and excellent in working . " In the mode of his procedure it pleases God to employ means the most unlikely for producing the 172 THE INFIDEL RECLAIMED .
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... wonder to every generation since it was written . " - Baptist Repository . " This work is interesting and truly valuable . " - U . S. Gazette . " Well calculated to claim the attention of the interesting part of the community to which ...
... wonder to every generation since it was written . " - Baptist Repository . " This work is interesting and truly valuable . " - U . S. Gazette . " Well calculated to claim the attention of the interesting part of the community to which ...
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