Social evils, and their remedy, Volume 3Smith, Elder and Company, 1835 - Great Britain |
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... is indeed , when compared with them , a poor wretch- ed useless creature ; and though he may bear the name of vine , or Christian here , his end , like that of the unfruitful vine , is to be burned . " 36 SUNDAY EVENING .
... is indeed , when compared with them , a poor wretch- ed useless creature ; and though he may bear the name of vine , or Christian here , his end , like that of the unfruitful vine , is to be burned . " 36 SUNDAY EVENING .
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... wretched chamber , this evening , I saw that a fearful change had taken place in her appearance since I had been last with her , but there was a life and energy in her look and manners such as I had never beheld , even when she was in ...
... wretched chamber , this evening , I saw that a fearful change had taken place in her appearance since I had been last with her , but there was a life and energy in her look and manners such as I had never beheld , even when she was in ...
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... wretched miserable crea- ture I was in myself . I felt that it was no use long- ing and wishing to get better , while I was perhaps just on the edge of the grave . I began to think upon what you had often told me of the love of God to a ...
... wretched miserable crea- ture I was in myself . I felt that it was no use long- ing and wishing to get better , while I was perhaps just on the edge of the grave . I began to think upon what you had often told me of the love of God to a ...
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... wretched man away : I think he would mind you . " - " And while I am gone , " said Mr. Hilton , " you must really go with the children to look at the vine according to our promise : nay , you can walk in the garden till I return and ...
... wretched man away : I think he would mind you . " - " And while I am gone , " said Mr. Hilton , " you must really go with the children to look at the vine according to our promise : nay , you can walk in the garden till I return and ...
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... wretched woman burst into tears , and upbraided him ; and then came the landlady forward , and begged the poor wife not to come and make a brawl in her house , but to take herself off at once . And though she was interrupted by the ...
... wretched woman burst into tears , and upbraided him ; and then came the landlady forward , and begged the poor wife not to come and make a brawl in her house , but to take herself off at once . And though she was interrupted by the ...
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Page 88 - There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! There like the nightingale she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise.
Page 64 - He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
Page 46 - I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Page 66 - This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
Page 65 - But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Page 40 - Know the Lord ; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord : for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Page 67 - For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance ; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
Page 75 - This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God...
Page 66 - But ye have not so learned Christ ; if so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus...
Page 68 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.