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... present in his favorite object . A greater calamity succeeded . He had not been long at home , before his father was seized with a vio- lent fit of asthma , which carried him off in a few days , in the month of February , 1748 ; and ...
... present in his favorite object . A greater calamity succeeded . He had not been long at home , before his father was seized with a vio- lent fit of asthma , which carried him off in a few days , in the month of February , 1748 ; and ...
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... present , be- ing found amongst his papers . This melancholy period of extreme poverty , disap- pointment , and anxious suspense , continued with lit- tle variation during the whole of the ensuing year . Providence deprived the family ...
... present , be- ing found amongst his papers . This melancholy period of extreme poverty , disap- pointment , and anxious suspense , continued with lit- tle variation during the whole of the ensuing year . Providence deprived the family ...
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... present views . O grant thy blessing , while I give the glory of all to thee ! " from which it is conjectured , that he had be- gun business as a surgeon , while his views were still directed to the ministry as his great aim in life ...
... present views . O grant thy blessing , while I give the glory of all to thee ! " from which it is conjectured , that he had be- gun business as a surgeon , while his views were still directed to the ministry as his great aim in life ...
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... present the idea of going abroad ; and when he reflected on his duty to his friends who had abandoned him in his dis- tress , " I could not , " he says , " but forgive them , and even cease in mine own mind to be angry at them . " It ...
... present the idea of going abroad ; and when he reflected on his duty to his friends who had abandoned him in his dis- tress , " I could not , " he says , " but forgive them , and even cease in mine own mind to be angry at them . " It ...
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... present , O most High ! I cast myself upon thy care ; I on thy word rely . " After the rain ceased , he drew nearer the city , and , reclining on a bank , wrote a few verses ; but the wind still blowing high , the evening growing chill ...
... present , O most High ! I cast myself upon thy care ; I on thy word rely . " After the rain ceased , he drew nearer the city , and , reclining on a bank , wrote a few verses ; but the wind still blowing high , the evening growing chill ...
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Page 128 - No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life ; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
Page 269 - Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Page 18 - Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud; and he shall hear my voice.
Page 155 - The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Page 105 - The hour is coming when all that are in their graves shall hear (he voice of the Son of Man, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, to the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, to the resurrection of damnation.
Page 140 - Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
Page 108 - For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant ; even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters : I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
Page 269 - Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Page 109 - But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. Be not afraid of their faces : for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
Page 229 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth...