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... appearances that would lower me in the estimation of the sober part of society . But God in mercy did not suffer me to proceed to such lengths in wickedness , as my de- praved heart would , unrestrained , have led me . " While many ...
... appearances that would lower me in the estimation of the sober part of society . But God in mercy did not suffer me to proceed to such lengths in wickedness , as my de- praved heart would , unrestrained , have led me . " While many ...
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... appearance than we have before seen in Asia . We put up at a khan . Toward even- ing went out to see the priests and the school . Found several priests together , and gave them Tracts . " Magnisia lies at the foot of Mount Sypilus , on ...
... appearance than we have before seen in Asia . We put up at a khan . Toward even- ing went out to see the priests and the school . Found several priests together , and gave them Tracts . " Magnisia lies at the foot of Mount Sypilus , on ...
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... appearance , and a few persons have suddenly died of it in the part of the town where the Franks live . The dis- ease , it is supposed , has been imported in a ves- sel from Alexandria . The different families imme- diately adopted ...
... appearance , and a few persons have suddenly died of it in the part of the town where the Franks live . The dis- ease , it is supposed , has been imported in a ves- sel from Alexandria . The different families imme- diately adopted ...
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... appearance of instability and transito- riness . It is all a dream - vanity of vanities and vexation of spirit . These changing scenes will soon be passed . Scarcely has the green grass time to grow over the grave of a departed friend ...
... appearance of instability and transito- riness . It is all a dream - vanity of vanities and vexation of spirit . These changing scenes will soon be passed . Scarcely has the green grass time to grow over the grave of a departed friend ...
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... of your Church , and find that your influence is not good ; and you must stand before God , and give an account . At this , which we uttered , as mildly as we could , he assumed the appearance of 20 * REV . PLINY FISK . 233.
... of your Church , and find that your influence is not good ; and you must stand before God , and give an account . At this , which we uttered , as mildly as we could , he assumed the appearance of 20 * REV . PLINY FISK . 233.
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Page 50 - Clouds and darkness are round about him : Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Page 330 - Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks ; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
Page 432 - I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Page 402 - If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us : Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us...
Page ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 404 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 309 - For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah : then' grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter : 33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Page 260 - My beloved is like a roe, or a young hart : Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh forth at the windows, Shewing himself through the lattice.
Page 179 - THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign, Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never-withering flowers : Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours.
Page 231 - BROTHER, thou art gone before us ; and thy saintly soul is flown Where tears are wiped from every eye, and sorrow is unknown ; From the burden of the flesh, and from care and fear released, Where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest.