Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Baronet: With Selections from His CorrespondenceCharles Buxton |
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Page 500 - Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
Page 108 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...
Page 436 - SLOW sinks, more lovely ere his race be run, ^ Along Morea's hills the setting sun ; Not, as in Northern climes, obscurely bright, But one unclouded blaze of living light ! O'er the hushed deep the yellow beam he throws, Gilds the green wave, that trembles as it glows.
Page 49 - Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all men : we bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life ; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the means of grace and for the hope of glory.
Page 506 - Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.
Page 49 - He will not only pardon, but pardon abundantly: for his thoughts are not as our thoughts, nor his ways as our ways.
Page 161 - Mark but my fall and that that ruin'd me. Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition: By that sin fell the angels; how can man then, The image of his Maker, hope to win by it? Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty.
Page 213 - Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom.
Page 61 - We are told that the heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.
Page 171 - Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.