Memoirs of mrs. Mary Tatham, late of Nottingham |
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... true Christians alike , so that the portraiture of one is that of a multitude ; still it may be affirmed , with perfect justness , that whilst the heart of one man answereth to another , even as in water face answereth to face , there ...
... true Christians alike , so that the portraiture of one is that of a multitude ; still it may be affirmed , with perfect justness , that whilst the heart of one man answereth to another , even as in water face answereth to face , there ...
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... true and abundant solace amidst humi- liating retrospection . It may be further remarked , that the conduct of holy women is recorded in Scripture as an example to others of their sex . The history of Sarah was written for their ...
... true and abundant solace amidst humi- liating retrospection . It may be further remarked , that the conduct of holy women is recorded in Scripture as an example to others of their sex . The history of Sarah was written for their ...
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... a zealous convert to the true Christian faith . Catherina Alexandrina , under the tyranny of Maxentius , argued with all the best and most cunning sophists of those days , and syllogistically refuting INTRODUCTION . 13.
... a zealous convert to the true Christian faith . Catherina Alexandrina , under the tyranny of Maxentius , argued with all the best and most cunning sophists of those days , and syllogistically refuting INTRODUCTION . 13.
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... true Christian is a little martyr . In times nearer to our own , there have been a goodly number of pious females who were shining lights in their day ; and in the community to which the subject of the following pages was attached ...
... true Christian is a little martyr . In times nearer to our own , there have been a goodly number of pious females who were shining lights in their day ; and in the community to which the subject of the following pages was attached ...
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... true sense of religion , that of playing at cards in particular . One evening , while my aunt and my- self , with two or three others , were engaged in a game at whist , we were dreadfully alarmed with a tremen- dous and most horrifying ...
... true sense of religion , that of playing at cards in particular . One evening , while my aunt and my- self , with two or three others , were engaged in a game at whist , we were dreadfully alarmed with a tremen- dous and most horrifying ...
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Page 396 - If then God so clothe the grass, which is to-day in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith!
Page 398 - 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 62 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God : for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man : but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Page 397 - THOU art, O God ! the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee. Where'er we turn thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine.
Page 61 - And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Page 393 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Page 3 - To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
Page 64 - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations : that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ...
Page 8 - And, when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.
Page 62 - My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations ; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.