Memoirs of Maria Fox: Late of TottenhamC. Gilpin, 1846 - 493 pages |
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... instruction . The young will find in it encouraging evidence of the truth , that wisdom's ways are ways of pleasantness , -that instead of interfering with the true enjoyment of life , or cramping the energies of the mind , religion ...
... instruction . The young will find in it encouraging evidence of the truth , that wisdom's ways are ways of pleasantness , -that instead of interfering with the true enjoyment of life , or cramping the energies of the mind , religion ...
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... instruction , and in the delineation here presented to our view of the characters of this estimable couple , is fnr- nished a beautiful illustration of the reality , the power and efficacy of true religion . This sweet tribute to the ...
... instruction , and in the delineation here presented to our view of the characters of this estimable couple , is fnr- nished a beautiful illustration of the reality , the power and efficacy of true religion . This sweet tribute to the ...
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... instruction to our minds . My dear father would often engage our attention in this way . In the winter evenings , when we formed a happy circle round the fire , I sat in a little chair beside his knees , and used to listen with avidity ...
... instruction to our minds . My dear father would often engage our attention in this way . In the winter evenings , when we formed a happy circle round the fire , I sat in a little chair beside his knees , and used to listen with avidity ...
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... instructions of E. M. at this period , when she was deprived of a mother's care . It appears , from some of her letters , that her mind was early visited by the tendering influences of the Holy Spirit , and that , at this period of her ...
... instructions of E. M. at this period , when she was deprived of a mother's care . It appears , from some of her letters , that her mind was early visited by the tendering influences of the Holy Spirit , and that , at this period of her ...
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... of my dear mother , did not pass over , without impressing on her awakened and reflecting mind , many lessons of deep and lasting instruction . She was already a disciple in the school of that 14 MEMOIRS OF MARIA FOX .
... of my dear mother , did not pass over , without impressing on her awakened and reflecting mind , many lessons of deep and lasting instruction . She was already a disciple in the school of that 14 MEMOIRS OF MARIA FOX .
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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.