Autobiography ... in Two Parts: Part I, from 1800 to 1831; Part II, from 1831 to 1849, Parts 1-2Published for the author, 1865 |
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Popular passages
Page 62 - In the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out and drink them.
Page 44 - They have thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life to take it away.
Page 150 - reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run; His kingdom spread from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
Page 43 - how he exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of them as a father doth his children, that they would walk worthy of God who hath called them to his kingdom and glory.
Page 20 - Fear not ye, for I know that ye seek Jesus which was crucified.
Page 62 - and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out and drink them.
Page 63 - Consider this, ye that forget God, lest he tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Page 165 - Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke, and then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
Page 110 - O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee send me good speed this day.
Page 133 - Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are.