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... called them , we doubt not , to a higher , purer sphere of service and en- joyment . Mr. Parsons fell an early victim to a disorder , to which severe hardship and an unfavorable climate contribut- ed . " Few men in any employment , even ...
... called them , we doubt not , to a higher , purer sphere of service and en- joyment . Mr. Parsons fell an early victim to a disorder , to which severe hardship and an unfavorable climate contribut- ed . " Few men in any employment , even ...
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... called on a family he would often tell how much time he had allotted for the visit , and propose religion as the first subject , on which to converse . Usually this subject would oc- cupy all the moments appropriated for the visit , and ...
... called on a family he would often tell how much time he had allotted for the visit , and propose religion as the first subject , on which to converse . Usually this subject would oc- cupy all the moments appropriated for the visit , and ...
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... called . I begin to in- quire respecting the support you have realized , and the effect which the afflictive event has produced on your surviving friends ; —and I enjoy the momen- tary pleasure of thinking , that you and they have been ...
... called . I begin to in- quire respecting the support you have realized , and the effect which the afflictive event has produced on your surviving friends ; —and I enjoy the momen- tary pleasure of thinking , that you and they have been ...
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... called to him by name , he replied , " What do you want ? " I said , " The sun will go down by and by . " He answered , " Very well . " In about fifteen minutes he came into my room with an honest and affectionate smile , took me by the ...
... called to him by name , he replied , " What do you want ? " I said , " The sun will go down by and by . " He answered , " Very well . " In about fifteen minutes he came into my room with an honest and affectionate smile , took me by the ...
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... called no man Rabbi , yet he used to express much confidence in their judgment , and profited by their advice in cases , where he was not fully satisfied respecting the expediency of any measure , or the path of duty . He greatly ...
... called no man Rabbi , yet he used to express much confidence in their judgment , and profited by their advice in cases , where he was not fully satisfied respecting the expediency of any measure , or the path of duty . He greatly ...
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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.