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... Eternal Parent , the Author of all the comforts which I now enjoy . Continue to grant me the benign influence of fire ; and may this element never become the instrument of vengeauce to me or my brethren ! JANUARY V. Amusements of Winter ...
... Eternal Parent , the Author of all the comforts which I now enjoy . Continue to grant me the benign influence of fire ; and may this element never become the instrument of vengeauce to me or my brethren ! JANUARY V. Amusements of Winter ...
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... , and in the constant pursuit of active good , he is hast , ening to receive the reward of his good actions in the eternal kingdom of peace , of joy , and of felicity ! 8 VOL . I. D JANUARY XVIII . Of the Laplanders . Ir is my.
... , and in the constant pursuit of active good , he is hast , ening to receive the reward of his good actions in the eternal kingdom of peace , of joy , and of felicity ! 8 VOL . I. D JANUARY XVIII . Of the Laplanders . Ir is my.
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... eternal purity and truth . JANUARY XXIII . The Fear of Apparitions . DURING the long dark nights of winter many peo . ple are troubled with a ridiculous fear af apparitions . At the period when the natural imbecility of man more a prey ...
... eternal purity and truth . JANUARY XXIII . The Fear of Apparitions . DURING the long dark nights of winter many peo . ple are troubled with a ridiculous fear af apparitions . At the period when the natural imbecility of man more a prey ...
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... eternal God , we feel no fear from such a conviction ; yet were an apparition at midnight to interrupt our repose , and announce the decree that we must soon follow it to an unknown country , the boldest amongst us would feel an emotion ...
... eternal God , we feel no fear from such a conviction ; yet were an apparition at midnight to interrupt our repose , and announce the decree that we must soon follow it to an unknown country , the boldest amongst us would feel an emotion ...
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... eternal glory . Let not the supposition of a long life , arising from a present good state of health , make you forget- ful of the duties you owe to God and to one another , under the idea that there will be time enough allowed you to ...
... eternal glory . Let not the supposition of a long life , arising from a present good state of health , make you forget- ful of the duties you owe to God and to one another , under the idea that there will be time enough allowed you to ...
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Page 314 - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
Page 82 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 81 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 227 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Page 38 - And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Page 82 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 81 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Page 82 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night...
Page 256 - The eyes of all wait upon thee ; And thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Page 40 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...