Memoir of the Rev. Pliny Fisk, A.M.: Late Missionary to PalestineAccount of P. Fisk's journeys in Middle East 1819-1825, visiting Smyrna, Chios, Asia Minor, Malta, Egypt, Jerusalem, Beirut. |
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... mean are all the pleasures , which honor , wealth , power , and sen- sual gratification can afford ! ' Could I command the spacious earth , And the more boundless sea ; For one blest hour at thy right hand I'd give them both away ...
... mean are all the pleasures , which honor , wealth , power , and sen- sual gratification can afford ! ' Could I command the spacious earth , And the more boundless sea ; For one blest hour at thy right hand I'd give them both away ...
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... means to be attributed to want of intellectual power : but partly to embarrassments under which he labored , and partly to the mistaken notion that vigorous and persevering application to the sciences was necessarily unfavorable to the ...
... means to be attributed to want of intellectual power : but partly to embarrassments under which he labored , and partly to the mistaken notion that vigorous and persevering application to the sciences was necessarily unfavorable to the ...
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... means , however , could not enable him to meet all the expenses ne- cessarily incurred . But though perplexed he was not in despair . Under embarrassing circumstances he used , to the best advantage in his power , the means he had to ...
... means , however , could not enable him to meet all the expenses ne- cessarily incurred . But though perplexed he was not in despair . Under embarrassing circumstances he used , to the best advantage in his power , the means he had to ...
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... means to defray some arrearage expenses which his educa- tion incurred . In doing this he sought a situation where he might be useful to others , while helping himself . As he had already devoted considerable attention to theological ...
... means to defray some arrearage expenses which his educa- tion incurred . In doing this he sought a situation where he might be useful to others , while helping himself . As he had already devoted considerable attention to theological ...
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... means by which , if we are faithful to ourselves , our heavenly Father is purifying our souls from sin , and fitting us for seats at his right hand . So may you , and your mourning parents , view your present trials , and share all the ...
... means by which , if we are faithful to ourselves , our heavenly Father is purifying our souls from sin , and fitting us for seats at his right hand . So may you , and your mourning parents , view your present trials , and share all the ...
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