The Visitor: Or Monthly InstructorReligious Tract Society., 1846 |
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... desire for power and place . Selfish considerations prevailed . The contest was rather who should rule , than what should be the proceedings of the rulers . The cele- brated Charles James Fox first attracted notice in the debates of ...
... desire for power and place . Selfish considerations prevailed . The contest was rather who should rule , than what should be the proceedings of the rulers . The cele- brated Charles James Fox first attracted notice in the debates of ...
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... desire to have my conversation in the world ; and I hope it is my daily study to keep a conscience void of offence towards God , and towards man . Whilst this is the case , we need not fear what men or devils can say or do unto us ...
... desire to have my conversation in the world ; and I hope it is my daily study to keep a conscience void of offence towards God , and towards man . Whilst this is the case , we need not fear what men or devils can say or do unto us ...
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... desire , ad- mitted into the wards , unaccompanied by any turnkey . She then proposed to them a school for the children and younger prisoners . This was accepted , even by the most hardened , with grati- tude and tears of joy . A ...
... desire , ad- mitted into the wards , unaccompanied by any turnkey . She then proposed to them a school for the children and younger prisoners . This was accepted , even by the most hardened , with grati- tude and tears of joy . A ...
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... desire enter and say , Oh , when shall I come and appear before God ? and let joy enter and drink of its rivers of pleasure ! Soon shall the period of your actual admission arrive . The Fore- runner has entered for you ; and as you ...
... desire enter and say , Oh , when shall I come and appear before God ? and let joy enter and drink of its rivers of pleasure ! Soon shall the period of your actual admission arrive . The Fore- runner has entered for you ; and as you ...
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... desire to reform the manners of the clergy , but he laboured therein with rash eagerness , and after three months of his pontificate those who had elected him protested against his appointment . The eleven French cardinals and the ...
... desire to reform the manners of the clergy , but he laboured therein with rash eagerness , and after three months of his pontificate those who had elected him protested against his appointment . The eleven French cardinals and the ...
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Page 394 - For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Page 334 - And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow ; they toil not, neither do they spin ; and yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 155 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Page 47 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee : nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary...
Page 208 - Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
Page 42 - And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
Page 285 - Having, then gifts, differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith ; or ministry, let us wait on our ministering; or he that teacheth, on teaching; or he that exhorteth, on exhortation : he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Page 312 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up: It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: An image was before mine eyes, There was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God?
Page 242 - No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear. And tears by bards or heroes shed Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme, A more enduring date. But misery still delights to trace Its 'semblance in another's case.
Page 31 - For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled, 2 Cor.