Memoirs of mrs. Hawkes, including remarks and extr. from sermons and letters of R. Cecil [ed.] by C. Cecil1838 |
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... , and more of the image of your heavenly Father . I have many cares and fears : but I cast them all on him who careth for me . The souls of my dear children lie heavily on my heart : but B 2 CHAP . I. - FROM A.D. 1759 TO 1785 . 3.
... , and more of the image of your heavenly Father . I have many cares and fears : but I cast them all on him who careth for me . The souls of my dear children lie heavily on my heart : but B 2 CHAP . I. - FROM A.D. 1759 TO 1785 . 3.
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Sarah Hawkes Catharine Cecil. my dear children lie heavily on my heart : but through mercy , I find myself more than ever resigned to the will of God ; and I desire to leave all to him , and live only to his glory . " In this case ...
Sarah Hawkes Catharine Cecil. my dear children lie heavily on my heart : but through mercy , I find myself more than ever resigned to the will of God ; and I desire to leave all to him , and live only to his glory . " In this case ...
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... dear and honoured mother ; for she never would allow me , if she knew it , to sing any thing but Psalms and Hymns . But alas ! this did not satisfy me . I now see my folly . " * The next extracts mark the entire change of character and ...
... dear and honoured mother ; for she never would allow me , if she knew it , to sing any thing but Psalms and Hymns . But alas ! this did not satisfy me . I now see my folly . " * The next extracts mark the entire change of character and ...
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... dear departed mother's chamber , the very walls and furniture of which are sacred . A thousand times have I marked her retiring into it for purposes of devotion . Often have I overheard her strong cries and tears to God , and often ...
... dear departed mother's chamber , the very walls and furniture of which are sacred . A thousand times have I marked her retiring into it for purposes of devotion . Often have I overheard her strong cries and tears to God , and often ...
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... dear Mrs. C. over the sad news she has just received from her invaluable husband who is at Bath . Alas , her loss must be irreparable ; and as to the church ! Tears are literally my meat and drink . " Friday , Oct. 28 , 1791 .- " Set ...
... dear Mrs. C. over the sad news she has just received from her invaluable husband who is at Bath . Alas , her loss must be irreparable ; and as to the church ! Tears are literally my meat and drink . " Friday , Oct. 28 , 1791 .- " Set ...
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Page 23 - And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness : and thou shalt know the Lord.
Page 519 - Then he which had received the one talent came and said. Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
Page 56 - For in the time of trouble he shall • hide me in his pavilion : in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me ; he shall set me up upon a rock.
Page 310 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.
Page 145 - Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry ; Hold not thy peace at my tears : For I am a stranger with thee, And a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Page 171 - And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns : and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
Page 540 - And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
Page 176 - Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Page 225 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Page 651 - The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.