The lady of the manor, conversations on the subject of confirmation, Volume 3 |
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... Christians , and even by such as are accustomed to consider them- selves as the most enlightened and best instructed of the age . " Idolatry , " continued she , " has been the grand engine by which Satan has held the dominion of the ...
... Christians , and even by such as are accustomed to consider them- selves as the most enlightened and best instructed of the age . " Idolatry , " continued she , " has been the grand engine by which Satan has held the dominion of the ...
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... Christian Majesty . I was at that time too young to be introduced into company , and there was no enjoyment which I could con- ceive to be greater than walking with my parents in the gardens of Versailles , and listening to my father's ...
... Christian Majesty . I was at that time too young to be introduced into company , and there was no enjoyment which I could con- ceive to be greater than walking with my parents in the gardens of Versailles , and listening to my father's ...
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... Christ . ( 2 Cor . x . 4 , 5. ) I was not more than twelve years of age when my parents left Versailles , at which time also I quitted my tutor , who had already carried me through the first seven books of Virgil , together with a part ...
... Christ . ( 2 Cor . x . 4 , 5. ) I was not more than twelve years of age when my parents left Versailles , at which time also I quitted my tutor , who had already carried me through the first seven books of Virgil , together with a part ...
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... Christians , in the elegance and appropriateness of their mythological conceits . " There are some things vastly ... Christian religion , that I might have known what he was , and have learned thence- forward to shun him with ...
... Christians , in the elegance and appropriateness of their mythological conceits . " There are some things vastly ... Christian religion , that I might have known what he was , and have learned thence- forward to shun him with ...
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... ancients ; such a one as we may hear every day , and read every hour , from the mouths and pens of many good Christians , who continue to repeat VOL . III . E the cry of , " Great is Diana of the THE LADY OF THE MANOR . 37.
... ancients ; such a one as we may hear every day , and read every hour , from the mouths and pens of many good Christians , who continue to repeat VOL . III . E the cry of , " Great is Diana of the THE LADY OF THE MANOR . 37.
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Page 59 - And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise; God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
Page 175 - These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
Page 223 - Every man's work shall be made manifest. For the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire ; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
Page 149 - Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word? 3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
Page 58 - Samuel, and of the prophets : who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the ai-mies of the aliens.
Page 51 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them...
Page 189 - And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
Page 174 - ... then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 165 - There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
Page 175 - Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.