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... , the forfeiture of their present happiness . It has seemed to some too hard a punish- ment for so small a fault as the eating once of a fruit for- bidden ; but one act of disobedience is as sinful 4 SKETCH OF GENERAL HISTORY .
... , the forfeiture of their present happiness . It has seemed to some too hard a punish- ment for so small a fault as the eating once of a fruit for- bidden ; but one act of disobedience is as sinful 4 SKETCH OF GENERAL HISTORY .
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... seemed to me some- thing in them almost celestial . My feelings at that moment told me musick was the gift of heaven , and therefore must have been given for our good ; and rapidly my mind ran over the various uses that have been made ...
... seemed to me some- thing in them almost celestial . My feelings at that moment told me musick was the gift of heaven , and therefore must have been given for our good ; and rapidly my mind ran over the various uses that have been made ...
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... a brow amongst them that seemed to bear the weight of twenty years , and some not half that number . The little group were variously occupied . Some were * examining the wild flowers , or turning over the THE LISTENER . 19.
... a brow amongst them that seemed to bear the weight of twenty years , and some not half that number . The little group were variously occupied . Some were * examining the wild flowers , or turning over the THE LISTENER . 19.
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... seemed in unison with my previous feelings . I imagined it some happy birth - day night , which the in- mates of the mansion had assembled their friends to cele- brate . I looked on each countenance separately , and saw not on one a ...
... seemed in unison with my previous feelings . I imagined it some happy birth - day night , which the in- mates of the mansion had assembled their friends to cele- brate . I looked on each countenance separately , and saw not on one a ...
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... seemed something of profanation in the mix- ture ; but , alas ! it was more in accordance than I thought . That sacred name was used but as an expres- sion of earnestness on subjects with which the thought of Him could not possibly ...
... seemed something of profanation in the mix- ture ; but , alas ! it was more in accordance than I thought . That sacred name was used but as an expres- sion of earnestness on subjects with which the thought of Him could not possibly ...
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Page 126 - 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 85 - 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 149 - 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 207 - 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 269 - 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 330 - 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 83 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
Page 85 - Be ye not like to horse and mule, which have no understanding : whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle, lest they fall upon thee. 11 Great plagues remain for the ungodly : but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord, mercy embraceth him on every side.
Page 186 - 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 186 - There always was, and always will be, an enmity between the seed of the serpent and the seed of the woman.