Sketches of Life and Character, from Scripture and from ObservationW. Oliphant, 1822 - 228 sider |
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... hope of impunity in sin is vain , and that its wages are shame , misery , and death . Some of the incidents may appear too unimportant for detail ; but to an uncorrupted taste , nothing is more pleasing than nature and goodness in their ...
... hope of impunity in sin is vain , and that its wages are shame , misery , and death . Some of the incidents may appear too unimportant for detail ; but to an uncorrupted taste , nothing is more pleasing than nature and goodness in their ...
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... hope , and inconsistent with the love he professed for the Saviour . There are ties to life , which many good men have , which he had not ; and it had been long his study to subject every feeling to the control of reason , and to the ...
... hope , and inconsistent with the love he professed for the Saviour . There are ties to life , which many good men have , which he had not ; and it had been long his study to subject every feeling to the control of reason , and to the ...
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... hope has the most powerful influence over the heart , and that the faculties are most ca- .pable of those efforts by which misfortunes may be remedied . The disappointments which cloud their earthly prospects have roused them to ...
... hope has the most powerful influence over the heart , and that the faculties are most ca- .pable of those efforts by which misfortunes may be remedied . The disappointments which cloud their earthly prospects have roused them to ...
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... hope was lively . Her cheerfulness was not the mere result of natural temper , but was maintained by her confidence in God , and by her habitual ac- tivity . It is a fact which beautifully illustrates the benignity of Providence , that ...
... hope was lively . Her cheerfulness was not the mere result of natural temper , but was maintained by her confidence in God , and by her habitual ac- tivity . It is a fact which beautifully illustrates the benignity of Providence , that ...
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... hope in his mercy , saying , " O my God ! my soul is cast down within me , there- fore will I remember thee from the land of Jor- dan and from the Hermonites , and the hill of Me- zar . " If the affectionate heart loves to dwell on the ...
... hope in his mercy , saying , " O my God ! my soul is cast down within me , there- fore will I remember thee from the land of Jor- dan and from the Hermonites , and the hill of Me- zar . " If the affectionate heart loves to dwell on the ...
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Side 213 - And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
Side 172 - Jesus saith unto him. Thou hast said : nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Side 100 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, And go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, Turn from it, and pass away.
Side 111 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. 14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Side 120 - God, my Redeemer, lives, And often from the skies Looks down and watches all my dust, — Till he shall bid it rise. 3 Arrayed in glorious grace, Shall these vile bodies shine ; And every shape, and every face, Look heavenly and divine. 4 These lively hopes we owe To Jesus' dying love ; We would adore his grace below, And sing his power above.
Side 171 - Answerest thou nothing? What is it which these witness against thee? But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him : I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
Side 29 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
Side 136 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
Side 79 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Side 228 - And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!