Memoir of the Rev. Pliny Fisk, etc. [With a portrait.]Crocker & Brewster, 1828 - 437 pages |
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Page 14
... thought advis- able for him to defer attention to it , till he had made competent proficiency in the other elementary branches . He obtained permission , however , to de- vote his evenings during a winter quarter to the study of ...
... thought advis- able for him to defer attention to it , till he had made competent proficiency in the other elementary branches . He obtained permission , however , to de- vote his evenings during a winter quarter to the study of ...
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... thoughts , or convictions of sin . I now realized , in some measure , the power of the doctrines of grace . I found myself to be ' dead in trespasses and sins'- I had no heart to love God - I was vexed that a just God possessed all ...
... thoughts , or convictions of sin . I now realized , in some measure , the power of the doctrines of grace . I found myself to be ' dead in trespasses and sins'- I had no heart to love God - I was vexed that a just God possessed all ...
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... thought proper not to conceal , that Mr. Fisk's classical education was im- perfect . His deficiences , however , were by no means to be attributed to want of intellectual power : but partly to embarrassments under which he labored ...
... thought proper not to conceal , that Mr. Fisk's classical education was im- perfect . His deficiences , however , were by no means to be attributed to want of intellectual power : but partly to embarrassments under which he labored ...
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... pleasant seasons we have enjoyed together , and then dire cting my thoughts to your present situa- tion . Sometimes I imagine you have returned , and we are conversing together on the mournful scenes into which 34 MEMOIR OF.
... pleasant seasons we have enjoyed together , and then dire cting my thoughts to your present situa- tion . Sometimes I imagine you have returned , and we are conversing together on the mournful scenes into which 34 MEMOIR OF.
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... thought came home to my soul . At another time in view of the rapid and mighty operations of the present day he said ; " We must hasten forward , or we shall not be able to do any thing . It seems to me much as it did , when I went to ...
... thought came home to my soul . At another time in view of the rapid and mighty operations of the present day he said ; " We must hasten forward , or we shall not be able to do any thing . It seems to me much as it did , when I went to ...
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