The Religious Souvenir, a Christmas, New Year's and Birth Day Present for MDCCCXXXIV.Bishop Gregory Thurston Bedell |
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... never anticipates the period of his death . It is placed by him merely among remote probabilities . Reader , is it not so with thyself ? When , then , you take into the account your expectations of life , you may well say , ' How short ...
... never anticipates the period of his death . It is placed by him merely among remote probabilities . Reader , is it not so with thyself ? When , then , you take into the account your expectations of life , you may well say , ' How short ...
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... never before expe- rienced . She blamed herself for these feelings , and repressed their indulgence . The journey was slow and toilsome . The autumnal rains and the state of the roads were against them . The few utensils and comforts ...
... never before expe- rienced . She blamed herself for these feelings , and repressed their indulgence . The journey was slow and toilsome . The autumnal rains and the state of the roads were against them . The few utensils and comforts ...
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... never have any comfort of them . She chooses to carry them herself , and always will have her own way in every thing . " " You have come to a new settled country , friends , " said John Williams ; " but it is a good country to get a ...
... never have any comfort of them . She chooses to carry them herself , and always will have her own way in every thing . " " You have come to a new settled country , friends , " said John Williams ; " but it is a good country to get a ...
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... never saw in New England . Our cattle live in clover , and the cows give us cream instead of milk . There is plenty of game to employ our leisure , and venison and wild turkey do not come amiss now and then on a farmer's table . Here is ...
... never saw in New England . Our cattle live in clover , and the cows give us cream instead of milk . There is plenty of game to employ our leisure , and venison and wild turkey do not come amiss now and then on a farmer's table . Here is ...
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... never to desist from cherishing this tender and deep - rooted piety ; because , like the flower of grass , he must soon fade away . Yet , though it was evident that the seeds of disease were in his system , his health at intervals ...
... never to desist from cherishing this tender and deep - rooted piety ; because , like the flower of grass , he must soon fade away . Yet , though it was evident that the seeds of disease were in his system , his health at intervals ...
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Popular passages
Page 69 - As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God...
Page 84 - He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me : and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Page 220 - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?
Page 80 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God; where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 1 - The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been...
Page 50 - Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: they shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Page 176 - BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me : and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple; even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in; behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 236 - Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church ; and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore, as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Page 75 - And he said unto them, Why do ye such things ? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. Nay, my sons ; for it is no good report that I hear : ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.
Page 79 - The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.