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... affectionate co- labourers in the services of the Church , and in the cause of humanity . The following fragments of correspondence indicate the exercised state of mind which followed this event , - of a youth yet considerably in his ...
... affectionate co- labourers in the services of the Church , and in the cause of humanity . The following fragments of correspondence indicate the exercised state of mind which followed this event , - of a youth yet considerably in his ...
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... affectionate terms of a mother to a son , by which title she addressed him . In the fall of 1798 , the yellow fever prevailed with great fatality in the city of Philadelphia . In their humane efforts to relieve the sick and dying ...
... affectionate terms of a mother to a son , by which title she addressed him . In the fall of 1798 , the yellow fever prevailed with great fatality in the city of Philadelphia . In their humane efforts to relieve the sick and dying ...
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... affectionately , and liberally , and transmitted as an inheritance the like duty and obli- gation to that daughter who had lived with him and most immediately represented him in position , as she also did in disposition , and a kind and ...
... affectionately , and liberally , and transmitted as an inheritance the like duty and obli- gation to that daughter who had lived with him and most immediately represented him in position , as she also did in disposition , and a kind and ...
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... affectionate regard for thee , thy dear Rachel , and beloved children , is not the least abated or worn out ; for I can tell thee that by my fireside , and when in my bed , my mind frequently takes its flight over the great Atlantic ...
... affectionate regard for thee , thy dear Rachel , and beloved children , is not the least abated or worn out ; for I can tell thee that by my fireside , and when in my bed , my mind frequently takes its flight over the great Atlantic ...
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... affectionate and sym- pathizing protectors and friends ; and departing thence , they carried with them into the world an affectionate re- membrance to be retained through life . It thus occurred , from this long superintendence of West ...
... affectionate and sym- pathizing protectors and friends ; and departing thence , they carried with them into the world an affectionate re- membrance to be retained through life . It thus occurred , from this long superintendence of West ...
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Page 127 - Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, 0 Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach...
Page 55 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ; Thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair ; Thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sit'st above these Heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 72 - There is a spirit which I feel, that delights to do no evil nor to revenge any wrong, but delights to endure all things, in hope to enjoy its own in the end. Its hope is to outlive all wrath and contention and to weary out all exaltation and cruelty or whatever is of a nature contrary to itself.
Page 72 - In God alone it can rejoice, though none else regard it, or can own its life.
Page 116 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Page 90 - The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Page 44 - Fear ye not me? Saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Page 89 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! how great is the sum of them. If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Page 159 - Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you; and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly of heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Page 99 - But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.