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... seen plainly that the Lord would have gathered me ; but I said in my heart , if I receive this , if I give up to this , I must be a Quaker , and I can- not be a Quaker . " Then would I take my heart from attending upon the ministration ...
... seen plainly that the Lord would have gathered me ; but I said in my heart , if I receive this , if I give up to this , I must be a Quaker , and I can- not be a Quaker . " Then would I take my heart from attending upon the ministration ...
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... seen it , yet I bring in my testimony , that is the truth that shall abide forever ; that is pure , and nothing that is defiled shall be sheltered under it . That is the truth which enlighteneth every man coming into the world ; the ...
... seen it , yet I bring in my testimony , that is the truth that shall abide forever ; that is pure , and nothing that is defiled shall be sheltered under it . That is the truth which enlighteneth every man coming into the world ; the ...
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... seen his Almanacs in my father's house , and believe they were the only ones used in the neighborhood at the time . He was a large man , inclined to be fleshy , and was far advanced in years , when I first saw him . I remember being ...
... seen his Almanacs in my father's house , and believe they were the only ones used in the neighborhood at the time . He was a large man , inclined to be fleshy , and was far advanced in years , when I first saw him . I remember being ...
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... be lost with the night's repose ; it may be seen and felt on the morrow , and each succeeding day will furnish evidence of the propriety of this cold looks , by threats , by punishment , without 8 FRIENDS ' INTELLIGENCER .
... be lost with the night's repose ; it may be seen and felt on the morrow , and each succeeding day will furnish evidence of the propriety of this cold looks , by threats , by punishment , without 8 FRIENDS ' INTELLIGENCER .
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... seen any thing so curious in the way of nature's wondrous freaks . Our ride was first a long way through the forest , where there is only now and then a clear- ing , and an Indian cabin . Then we ascended long hills , from the top of ...
... seen any thing so curious in the way of nature's wondrous freaks . Our ride was first a long way through the forest , where there is only now and then a clear- ing , and an Indian cabin . Then we ascended long hills , from the top of ...
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Page 369 - For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Page 385 - Yet a little while is the light with you : walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not whither he goeth. 36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.
Page 406 - Philosophy, baptized In the pure fountain of eternal love, Has eyes indeed ; and viewing all she sees As meant to indicate a God to man, Gives him his praise, and forfeits not her own.
Page 262 - O woman, great is thy faith; be it unto thee even as thou wilt.
Page 24 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 6 - God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth ; but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Page 61 - I ask Thee for the daily strength, To none that ask denied, And a mind to blend with outward life While keeping at Thy side ; Content to fill a little space, If Thou be glorified.
Page 71 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies within me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Page 330 - PUT them in mind to be subject to principalities [and] powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, 2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Page 386 - They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.