William CowperJ. Cape, 1928 - 319 pages |
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Page 66
... true , such conduct must inevitably end in his destruction . But did he believe that the Gospel was true ? Certainly in the company of Deists he had never failed to assert the truth of it with much vehemence of disputation . Yet in his ...
... true , such conduct must inevitably end in his destruction . But did he believe that the Gospel was true ? Certainly in the company of Deists he had never failed to assert the truth of it with much vehemence of disputation . Yet in his ...
Page 75
... true poetry and true science , which are disinterested activities . And of this Cowper's future history was a melancholy proof . The attainment of faith in which he now read a final conversion , and which lifted as by magic the weight ...
... true poetry and true science , which are disinterested activities . And of this Cowper's future history was a melancholy proof . The attainment of faith in which he now read a final conversion , and which lifted as by magic the weight ...
Page 117
... true that such a hymn - writer as Watts can , by his intense force of con- viction , pour new reality into Biblical ... true poetic impulse . He was a partner , too , with Newton in a Salvationist mission , and no true poetry is written ...
... true that such a hymn - writer as Watts can , by his intense force of con- viction , pour new reality into Biblical ... true poetic impulse . He was a partner , too , with Newton in a Salvationist mission , and no true poetry is written ...
Contents
THE SEEDS OF MISFORTUNE Page | 15 |
THE HARVEST OF PROVIDENCE | 65 |
THE REV JOHN NEWTON | 99 |
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