The convert. By the author of 'The two rectors'. |
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... never considered a dull one ; indeed , I took delight in acquiring a mental superiority over those , who , in other respects appeared to be more happy than myself , and I had the satisfaction of frequently hearing my talents envied ...
... never considered a dull one ; indeed , I took delight in acquiring a mental superiority over those , who , in other respects appeared to be more happy than myself , and I had the satisfaction of frequently hearing my talents envied ...
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... never con- descend to pay -- the little credit I had gained , was not known , or , if known , was disregarded- my income was curtailed : I saw others not more than my equals , honoured and rewarded , and with a mind soured by ...
... never con- descend to pay -- the little credit I had gained , was not known , or , if known , was disregarded- my income was curtailed : I saw others not more than my equals , honoured and rewarded , and with a mind soured by ...
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... never before experienced , in yielding to them , and acknowledging a Power which in honest truth I must confess , I had ever felt , though I had exerted every nerve and faculty of mind to counteract the inward impression : and , while I ...
... never before experienced , in yielding to them , and acknowledging a Power which in honest truth I must confess , I had ever felt , though I had exerted every nerve and faculty of mind to counteract the inward impression : and , while I ...
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... never read , nor had I ever from childhood received any religious im- pressions ; and this , I conceived , far from being a matter of regret , or a disadvantage to me , gave me a liberty of thought possessed by few , un- shackled as I ...
... never read , nor had I ever from childhood received any religious im- pressions ; and this , I conceived , far from being a matter of regret , or a disadvantage to me , gave me a liberty of thought possessed by few , un- shackled as I ...
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... never fathom . The works of creation , therefore , though afford- ing incontestible evidence of a gracious Supreme Being , can give no further aid in developing his divine nature . I , therefore , gave up the point , and proceeded to ...
... never fathom . The works of creation , therefore , though afford- ing incontestible evidence of a gracious Supreme Being , can give no further aid in developing his divine nature . I , therefore , gave up the point , and proceeded to ...
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Page 130 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Page 387 - I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air : but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection : lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Page 146 - But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood...
Page 228 - A thing of dark imaginings, that shaped By choice the perils he by chance escaped ; But 'scaped in vain, for in their memory yet His mind would half exult and half regret : With more capacity for love than earth Bestows on most of mortal mould and birth...
Page 139 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Page 128 - LET THE WICKED FORSAKE HIS WAYS, AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS MAN HIS THOUGHTS: AND LET HIM RETURN UNTO THE LORD, AND HE WILL HAVE MERCY UPON HIM; AND TO OUR GOD, FOR HE WILL ABUNDANTLY PARDON.
Page 136 - God made thee perfect, not immutable; And good he made thee, but to persevere He left it in thy power; ordain'd thy will By nature free, not overruled by fate Inextricable, or strict necessity...
Page 387 - Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
Page 139 - Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Page 233 - Symmetrical, but deck'd with carvings quaint — Strange faces, like to men in masquerade, And here perhaps a monster, there a saint : The spring gush'd through grim mouths of granite made, And sparkled into basins, where it spent Its little torrent in a thousand bubbles, Like man's vain glory, and his vainer troubles.