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Side 24
... little need to be re- pulsed either with offensive boasting or the ruthless hand of force ; rather do they need the sympathy which feels and the kindness which allures . Encourage- ment to them is life . They may be said 24 TIMIDITY .
... little need to be re- pulsed either with offensive boasting or the ruthless hand of force ; rather do they need the sympathy which feels and the kindness which allures . Encourage- ment to them is life . They may be said 24 TIMIDITY .
Side 25
mrs. Parker. ment to them is life . They may be said to live no longer than while upheld by the soothing stimulus ; exist they may , but ' t is only to endure the torture of distress . Distrustful of their own powers , the claims of ...
mrs. Parker. ment to them is life . They may be said to live no longer than while upheld by the soothing stimulus ; exist they may , but ' t is only to endure the torture of distress . Distrustful of their own powers , the claims of ...
Side 82
... ment of character , both intellectual and moral . It is a trite saying , " that a rolling stone gathers no moss . " A mind con- stantly changing its position and pursuits cannot be expected to form those habits , and acquire those ...
... ment of character , both intellectual and moral . It is a trite saying , " that a rolling stone gathers no moss . " A mind con- stantly changing its position and pursuits cannot be expected to form those habits , and acquire those ...
Side 84
... ment in social and private life . There is more piety as well as more sense in trying to improve the talents we have , than in lamenting that we do not possess more ; and nothing will prove of greater efficiency towards our usefulness ...
... ment in social and private life . There is more piety as well as more sense in trying to improve the talents we have , than in lamenting that we do not possess more ; and nothing will prove of greater efficiency towards our usefulness ...
Side 111
... and the spurious be denominated genuine ; but it requires little discrimination of judg- ment to determine whether the fair - form be a descendant from the skies " sent forth to minister unto the heirs of salva- tion , HUMILITY . 111.
... and the spurious be denominated genuine ; but it requires little discrimination of judg- ment to determine whether the fair - form be a descendant from the skies " sent forth to minister unto the heirs of salva- tion , HUMILITY . 111.
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Side 92 - tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; * whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states,3 Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Side 131 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Side 170 - For the love of money is the root of all evil : which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Side 181 - And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there.
Side 66 - What though in lonely grief I sigh For friends beloved, no longer nigh, Submissive still would I reply,
Side 25 - ... to be both impudent and bashful. We have frequent instances of this odd kind of mixture in people of depraved minds and mean education; who, though they are not able to meet a man's eyes, or pronounce a sentence without confusion, can voluntarily commit the greatest villanies, or most indecent actions.
Side 93 - God, the One enthroned from long ago, will hear, and will humiliate them Selah because they do not change and do not «fear God. 20 He3 acts violently against those at peace with him; he violates his covenant. 21 His buttery words are smooth,b but war is in his heart.
Side 193 - WHEN, my Saviour, shall I be Perfectly resigned to thee ? Poor and low in my own eyes, Only in thy wisdom wise ! 2 Only thee content to know, Ignorant of all below; Only guided by thy light ; Only mighty in thy might ! 3 So I may thy Spirit know, Let him as he listeth blow : Let the manner be unknown, So I may with thee be one.
Side 63 - ... may descend, and the floods come, and the winds blow and beat upon it, and it will not fall.
Side 20 - THE bird in his cage pursued me into my room. I sat down close by my table, and, leaning my head upon my hand, I began to figure to myself the miseries of confinement I was in a right frame for it, and so I gave full scope to my imagination. I was going to begin with the millions of my fellow-creatures born to no inheritance but slavery: but finding, however affecting the picture was, that I could not bring it...