Memoir of the Rev. Pliny Fisk, etc. [With a portrait.]Crocker & Brewster, 1828 - 437 pages |
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... promptly applied himself to it , and persevered , till his work was done . As a child he was faithful , dutiful , and affectionate . Pleasure as well as duty moved him to meet with readiness the wishes of his parents ; and he was one whom ...
... promptly applied himself to it , and persevered , till his work was done . As a child he was faithful , dutiful , and affectionate . Pleasure as well as duty moved him to meet with readiness the wishes of his parents ; and he was one whom ...
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Alvan BOND. wishes of his parents ; and he was one whom they fondly hoped to retain with them , to be the staf and solace of their declining years . Hence it was not without some reluctance that they listened to the expression of a ...
Alvan BOND. wishes of his parents ; and he was one whom they fondly hoped to retain with them , to be the staf and solace of their declining years . Hence it was not without some reluctance that they listened to the expression of a ...
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... wishes , promising him whatever assistance , it was in their power to render . He ac- cordingly commenced his preparatory studies about a year after he had professed religion , and pursued them principally under the direction of Rev ...
... wishes , promising him whatever assistance , it was in their power to render . He ac- cordingly commenced his preparatory studies about a year after he had professed religion , and pursued them principally under the direction of Rev ...
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... wish you to meet me at my room for the purpose of holding a prayer meet- ing on his account . -If any were absent in con- sequence of some afflictive dispensation , his prayers would be frequent and fervent , and the expression of his ...
... wish you to meet me at my room for the purpose of holding a prayer meet- ing on his account . -If any were absent in con- sequence of some afflictive dispensation , his prayers would be frequent and fervent , and the expression of his ...
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... subdued - how many sufferings endured ! God is a kind and faithful Father to his children . He will supply their wants , or leave them destitute ; gratify , or disappoint their wishes ; smile , or frown , REV . PLINY FISK . 35.
... subdued - how many sufferings endured ! God is a kind and faithful Father to his children . He will supply their wants , or leave them destitute ; gratify , or disappoint their wishes ; smile , or frown , REV . PLINY FISK . 35.
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