The Assistant of Education: Religious and Literary, Intended for the Use of Young Persons, Volume 1Baker and Fletcher, 1823 - Education |
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... surely be a gift from heaven , for the use of which we are responsible . Given , as we must suppose it , to our first parents in Paradise , it was there the language of gratitude and joy . The first use of musick upon earth , perhaps ...
... surely be a gift from heaven , for the use of which we are responsible . Given , as we must suppose it , to our first parents in Paradise , it was there the language of gratitude and joy . The first use of musick upon earth , perhaps ...
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... Surely , then , we shall perceive the stupifying effect of habit without feeling - of service without devotion - and petition without a sense of need . Contrast what would be the awe , the reverence , the earnestness , with which we ...
... Surely , then , we shall perceive the stupifying effect of habit without feeling - of service without devotion - and petition without a sense of need . Contrast what would be the awe , the reverence , the earnestness , with which we ...
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... surely we shall own this is not prayer acceptable in heaven , Yet this is what we offer to him who marks every move- ment of our souls while we are praying - who sees what feelings precede the prayer - what feelings after follow it -who ...
... surely we shall own this is not prayer acceptable in heaven , Yet this is what we offer to him who marks every move- ment of our souls while we are praying - who sees what feelings precede the prayer - what feelings after follow it -who ...
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... surely ' tis not less than joy That makes it throb so fast , When he sees , extended on the snow The wanderer found at last . He stops , as if he thought the bliss Too great to be believ'd A༠༠༩༩ ༣༣ boo ** And holds his breath , as one ...
... surely ' tis not less than joy That makes it throb so fast , When he sees , extended on the snow The wanderer found at last . He stops , as if he thought the bliss Too great to be believ'd A༠༠༩༩ ༣༣ boo ** And holds his breath , as one ...
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... surely a pity that blossoms must die . " But at least I'll enjoy them as long as I can , " For go when they will I shall leave them with sorrow ; " They shall bloom on my bosom at least for to - day , 66 Since , whether or no , I must ...
... surely a pity that blossoms must die . " But at least I'll enjoy them as long as I can , " For go when they will I shall leave them with sorrow ; " They shall bloom on my bosom at least for to - day , 66 Since , whether or no , I must ...
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Page 120 - By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Page 83 - And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Page 147 - 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 203 - Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Page 265 - The Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither is his ear heavy, that it cannot hear; but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
Page 318 - O ye that love the Lord, see that ye hate the thing which is evil : the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints; he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly.
Page 184 - TERTULLIAN first shows|| how God promised to Abraham that in his seed should all the families of the earth be blessed; and that he should be the father of two nations, the Jews and the Gentiles.
Page 184 - There always was, and always will be, an enmity between the seed of the serpent and the seed of the woman.
Page 316 - Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
Page 306 - All the time she dwelt in the Tower, if any were sick she made them broths and restoratives with her own hands, visited and took care of them, and provided them all necessaries ; if any were afflicted she comforted them, so that they felt not the inconvenience of a prison who were in that place.