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... give her a fall , or turn her back from her purpose . As the wind freshens , and the waves mount higher , I think ... gives us the use of a little of his power , which , at any moment , he lets loose to our own destruction . The first ...
... give her a fall , or turn her back from her purpose . As the wind freshens , and the waves mount higher , I think ... gives us the use of a little of his power , which , at any moment , he lets loose to our own destruction . The first ...
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... grace , as higher natures give when they seek the mind as well as the body's purity- " every man in his own order . " To - day had an opportunity of preaching the gospel . The SABBATH AT SEA . passengers and crew . 13 Be-
... grace , as higher natures give when they seek the mind as well as the body's purity- " every man in his own order . " To - day had an opportunity of preaching the gospel . The SABBATH AT SEA . passengers and crew . 13 Be-
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... give the impression of more of effort and labour and struggle - nothing of that gigantic yet un- conscious power , which demands nothing but the engineer's hand and the pilot's eye fixed on the illuminated compass on the deck . All ...
... give the impression of more of effort and labour and struggle - nothing of that gigantic yet un- conscious power , which demands nothing but the engineer's hand and the pilot's eye fixed on the illuminated compass on the deck . All ...
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... give the lengthened vista of Broadway that character of rus in urbe , which forms one of the attractions of ... gives it a livelier beauty . But it wants the air of grave and solid antiquity which the Trongate presents , and which brick ...
... give the lengthened vista of Broadway that character of rus in urbe , which forms one of the attractions of ... gives it a livelier beauty . But it wants the air of grave and solid antiquity which the Trongate presents , and which brick ...
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... gives the fol- lowing account of the four distinct parties at present in their church , which , as in England , are rapidly becoming two : - " 1st , Those who maintain that all forms of ecclesiastical government are equally good ; and ...
... gives the fol- lowing account of the four distinct parties at present in their church , which , as in England , are rapidly becoming two : - " 1st , Those who maintain that all forms of ecclesiastical government are equally good ; and ...
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Page 191 - Jerusalem, my happy home, When shall I come to thee ? When shall my sorrows have an end, Thy joys when shall I see...
Page 276 - With whom he came across the eastern deep, Fills the savannas with his murmurings, And hides his sweets, as in the golden age, Within the hollow oak. I listen long To his domestic hum, and think I hear The sound of that advancing multitude Which soon shall fill these deserts.
Page 262 - We need not bid, for cloistered cell, Our neighbour and our work farewell, Nor strive to wind ourselves too high For sinful man beneath the sky : The trivial round, the common task, Would furnish all we ought to ask ; Eoom to deny ourselves ; a road To bring us daily nearer God.
Page 54 - It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
Page 10 - Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Page 91 - ... idleness ; and I have no objection to your giving my money in charity to the amount of forty or fifty pounds a year, when you think it well bestowed.
Page 118 - I emancipate and set free my servant, David Rice, and direct my executors to give him one hundred dollars. I recommend him in the strongest manner to the respect, esteem and confidence, of any community in which he may happen to live. He has been my slave for twenty-four years, during all which time he has been trusted to every extent, and in every respect; my confidence in him has been unbounded; his relation to myself and family has always been such as to afford him daily opportunities to deceive...
Page 212 - I do not know what to make of them ; was there a white man over them with a whip in his hand, all day, why then I should see and understand the cause of their running, and incessant labour; but I cannot comprehend it, Sir; there is something in it, Sir — there is something in it. Great man, Sir, that Jim — great man, Sir, should like to own him, Sir, should like to own him.
Page 302 - What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
Page 91 - You are to consider, that neither myself nor wife is now in the way to do these good offices. In all other respects, I recommend it to you, and have no doubt of your observing the greatest economy and frugality ; as I suppose you know, that I do not get a farthing for my services here, more than my expenses. It becomes necessary, therefore, for me to be saving at home.