Remains of the Rev. Richard Cecil ...: To which is Prefixed a View of His CharacterM. Newman, 1824 - 323 pages |
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... souls in the space of a few minutes , than by the labor of many hours and days in the usual course of preaching in the pulpit . " On my first intercourse with Mr. Cecil , now upwards of fifteen years since when in the full vigor of his ...
... souls in the space of a few minutes , than by the labor of many hours and days in the usual course of preaching in the pulpit . " On my first intercourse with Mr. Cecil , now upwards of fifteen years since when in the full vigor of his ...
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... soul . Here his foot stood immoveable , as on a rock . His hold on the truths of the Scriptures was so firm , that he acted on them boldly and unreservedly . He went all lengths , and risked all consequences , on the word and promise of ...
... soul . Here his foot stood immoveable , as on a rock . His hold on the truths of the Scriptures was so firm , that he acted on them boldly and unreservedly . He went all lengths , and risked all consequences , on the word and promise of ...
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... soul . At such moments I should feel the presence of any person to be instrusion and impertinence , and common affairs nauseous . The stillness of an empty house is paradise to me . The man who has never felt thus cannot be made to ...
... soul . At such moments I should feel the presence of any person to be instrusion and impertinence , and common affairs nauseous . The stillness of an empty house is paradise to me . The man who has never felt thus cannot be made to ...
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... soul , that it was no sacrifice to him to turn away from the shows and pursuits of life , and to shut out all the splendor and seductions of the world . Yet this retired spirit was not unsocial , mo- rose , or repulsive . No one called ...
... soul , that it was no sacrifice to him to turn away from the shows and pursuits of life , and to shut out all the splendor and seductions of the world . Yet this retired spirit was not unsocial , mo- rose , or repulsive . No one called ...
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... soul of public music . " He often lamented the introduction of any other style of architecture in places of worship , beside that which was so peculiarly appropriate , and which , because it was so , called up associations best suited ...
... soul of public music . " He often lamented the introduction of any other style of architecture in places of worship , beside that which was so peculiarly appropriate , and which , because it was so , called up associations best suited ...
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