Sketches of Life and Character, from Scripture and from ObservationW. Oliphant, 1822 - 228 sider |
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Side 16
... temper , the erring might be gained . serve is ascribed to haughtiness , on the one side , and in others , to a dread of offending those on whom they are dependent . Such motives are mean and senseless . The intercourse I have referred ...
... temper , the erring might be gained . serve is ascribed to haughtiness , on the one side , and in others , to a dread of offending those on whom they are dependent . Such motives are mean and senseless . The intercourse I have referred ...
Side 24
... was his activity that time never hung heavy on him , nor was there an hour in which he knew not what to do . He had a very cheerful temper , and always felt disposed to look at the bright side of things 24 SKETCHES OF.
... was his activity that time never hung heavy on him , nor was there an hour in which he knew not what to do . He had a very cheerful temper , and always felt disposed to look at the bright side of things 24 SKETCHES OF.
Side 34
... temper with the strictest regard to principle and duty . May his people , as they were exhorted after his de- parture , " remember him who presided over them , and spoke to them the word of God , and may they follow his faith ...
... temper with the strictest regard to principle and duty . May his people , as they were exhorted after his de- parture , " remember him who presided over them , and spoke to them the word of God , and may they follow his faith ...
Side 37
... temper , and a devout spirit . Under their culture , their daughter , whose faculties were quick and vigour- ous , made considerable progress in religious knowledge . It appears , from a statement which , she made in her last illness ...
... temper , and a devout spirit . Under their culture , their daughter , whose faculties were quick and vigour- ous , made considerable progress in religious knowledge . It appears , from a statement which , she made in her last illness ...
Side 45
... 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 exertion is usually associated with hilarity of spirits ; and thus ...
... 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 exertion is usually associated with hilarity of spirits ; and thus ...
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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!