Extracts from the Letters of Elizabeth, Lucy, & Judy Ussher, Late of the City of WaterfordBenjamin and Thomas Kite, 1812 - 160 pages |
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... hold of the hope set before us ; even a Saviour , who is more ready to answer us than we are to desire it : " Come to him , he bids you come boldly , and do not doubt in the least , but that what he has promised , he is able also 15.
... hold of the hope set before us ; even a Saviour , who is more ready to answer us than we are to desire it : " Come to him , he bids you come boldly , and do not doubt in the least , but that what he has promised , he is able also 15.
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... ready to answer the slightest call , even as the putting forth of the Beloved's finger through the hole of the door , let the way be ever so narrow or contrary to flesh and blood ; and as our bodies are the temples of the Holy Ghost ...
... ready to answer the slightest call , even as the putting forth of the Beloved's finger through the hole of the door , let the way be ever so narrow or contrary to flesh and blood ; and as our bodies are the temples of the Holy Ghost ...
Page 77
... and I , my dearest Judith , devote our lives to Him whose gifts they are , and finish our course with joy , being ready to meet our Lord at any hour that He shall please to call . LETTER VIII . To her sister Judith . Nov. 21 77.
... and I , my dearest Judith , devote our lives to Him whose gifts they are , and finish our course with joy , being ready to meet our Lord at any hour that He shall please to call . LETTER VIII . To her sister Judith . Nov. 21 77.
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... ready to adopted children , if they will not be deaf to his kind entreaties . may she I feel much for my dear think seriously before her precious soul takes flight into unknown regions : may God in mercy retard it in its aged castle ...
... ready to adopted children , if they will not be deaf to his kind entreaties . may she I feel much for my dear think seriously before her precious soul takes flight into unknown regions : may God in mercy retard it in its aged castle ...
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... ready to do all , the most undone sinner can want or expect ! May my dear also imbibe advantage by her correspondence with our beloved Eliza ; may she be convinced of her state , and of the great peace and happiness which the sons and ...
... ready to do all , the most undone sinner can want or expect ! May my dear also imbibe advantage by her correspondence with our beloved Eliza ; may she be convinced of her state , and of the great peace and happiness which the sons and ...
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Page 51 - Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope : and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
Page 6 - As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. For who is God save the Lord ? or who is a rock save our God? It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
Page 64 - Thou givest us beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garments of praise for the spirit of heaviness.
Page 92 - Let the righteous smite me ; it shall be a kindness : and let him reprove me ; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
Page 96 - I am the LORD'S"; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Page 66 - Lord; we cannot ask too much or more than he is willing to give: let us then come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need...
Page 121 - Remember, my dear sister, that though no affliction may for the present appear to be joyous but grievous, yet at the end it yieldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousness, unto them who are exercised thereby...
Page 62 - Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed this unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
Page 83 - But think not, my Judith, that I mean that our works can save us, for very far be such a thought from me ; for in us, that is in our flesh, dwelleth no good thing. But we must take care to distinguish between those works wrought in our will and those wrought in us by Him who condescends to dwell in us, and makes the hearts of his people his temple. The life of a Christian must be a continual warfare ; there must be a perpetual variance between the old man and the new...
Page 91 - His everlasting arms be her support, is the prayer of all that is feeling within me. There is little in my power to do for her, as I firmly believe all her consolation is, and must be, derived from the Comforter himself. We go to meetings, when our attendance on Eliza will admit of it. Hannah Stephenson, a minister, sat with us, and spoke comfortably to us, though she had a prospect of a fiery trial awaiting us, beside this great one. We look forward to what a comforting consolation it is, that no...