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Page 42
... night , my companion and I commit to memory a portion of Scripture . What may not this amount to in eight years ? " , This little quotation is introduced chiefly for the pur- pose of earnestly recommending such a practice to the ...
... night , my companion and I commit to memory a portion of Scripture . What may not this amount to in eight years ? " , This little quotation is introduced chiefly for the pur- pose of earnestly recommending such a practice to the ...
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... night , before retiring to rest , commit to memory a short por- tion of the Bible , selecting those parts which may make suitable subjects for meditation and devotional exercise the next day , he may , by the time he enters the ministry ...
... night , before retiring to rest , commit to memory a short por- tion of the Bible , selecting those parts which may make suitable subjects for meditation and devotional exercise the next day , he may , by the time he enters the ministry ...
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... found four Christians and some persons well disposed to- wards religion , but the great majority caring only for the perishing things of this world . At the house where I tarried that night , I found a young lady JAMES BRAINERD TAYLOR . 47.
... found four Christians and some persons well disposed to- wards religion , but the great majority caring only for the perishing things of this world . At the house where I tarried that night , I found a young lady JAMES BRAINERD TAYLOR . 47.
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John Holt Rice, Benjamin Holt Rice. I tarried that night , I found a young lady , in circum- stances similar to those of the person first mentioned , bowed down under a sense of sin , and earnestly desi- ring the one thing needful . This ...
John Holt Rice, Benjamin Holt Rice. I tarried that night , I found a young lady , in circum- stances similar to those of the person first mentioned , bowed down under a sense of sin , and earnestly desi- ring the one thing needful . This ...
Page 53
... brighter the crown . Stars shine bright- est in the darkest night - torches are better for beat- ing . Grapes come not to the proof till they come to the press . Spices smell best when bruised . Young JAMES BRAINERD TAYLOR . 53.
... brighter the crown . Stars shine bright- est in the darkest night - torches are better for beat- ing . Grapes come not to the proof till they come to the press . Spices smell best when bruised . Young JAMES BRAINERD TAYLOR . 53.
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Page 212 - Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
Page 132 - Christ ; as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance : but as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation ; because it is written, Be ye holy ; for I am holy.
Page 244 - For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly ; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
Page 99 - And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
Page 281 - I WAITED patiently for the Lord ; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
Page 42 - I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 326 - Thou hast spread thy wing, and sheltered us from the pestilence that walketh in darkness, and the destruction that wasteth at noon-day.
Page 39 - Our souls can neither fly nor go, To reach eternal joys. 3 In vain we tune our formal songs, In vain we strive to rise ; Hosannas languish on our tongues, And our devotion dies. 4...
Page 337 - A man's heart deviseth his way : but the LORD directeth his steps.
Page 280 - Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father : 5 To whom be glory for ever and ever.