Memoirs of Maria Fox: Late of TottenhamC. Gilpin, 1846 - 493 pages |
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... endeavour to " walk by the same rule , " and to " mind the same thing . " This season is indeed to us , as well as you , fraught with melancholy recollections , and keenly revives those scenes of deep distress into which we were so ...
... endeavour to " walk by the same rule , " and to " mind the same thing . " This season is indeed to us , as well as you , fraught with melancholy recollections , and keenly revives those scenes of deep distress into which we were so ...
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... endeavour to trust in that power and goodness which can , at any time , open the springs of healing , and in afflicting , will sustain , if there is but a sincere desire after perfect resignation . Oh ! if this blessed state were but ...
... endeavour to trust in that power and goodness which can , at any time , open the springs of healing , and in afflicting , will sustain , if there is but a sincere desire after perfect resignation . Oh ! if this blessed state were but ...
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... endeavour to improve our intercourse , by stimulating each other in the pursuit of what is most important . A tie of close affection binds our hearts to yours , and I trust every revolving year will only add to its strength . . Truly ...
... endeavour to improve our intercourse , by stimulating each other in the pursuit of what is most important . A tie of close affection binds our hearts to yours , and I trust every revolving year will only add to its strength . . Truly ...
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... endeavour , more and more , to trust a gracious Providence in all things ; resigning myself completely to the disposal of a faithful Creator . MY BELOVED M. R. , To M. R. Southampton , Third Month 6th , 1824 . Thy letter , by J. T.'s ...
... endeavour , more and more , to trust a gracious Providence in all things ; resigning myself completely to the disposal of a faithful Creator . MY BELOVED M. R. , To M. R. Southampton , Third Month 6th , 1824 . Thy letter , by J. T.'s ...
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... endeavour to lay fast hold of the hope that is set before us , and commit our- selves to the care of the good Shepherd . Oh ! can anything be lost that is in his keeping ? But the great thing is , to be willing that He shall keep us ...
... endeavour to lay fast hold of the hope that is set before us , and commit our- selves to the care of the good Shepherd . Oh ! can anything be lost that is in his keeping ? But the great thing is , to be willing that He shall keep us ...
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Page 342 - Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Page 63 - All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth : unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Page 300 - But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that He will yet deliver us...
Page 376 - Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
Page 233 - And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
Page 233 - And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Page 335 - And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea ; and it should obey you.
Page 200 - Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Page 188 - Forbearing one another and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Page 477 - Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. 8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.