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... impressions and occa- ` sions of the hour , may conduct such into a course of spontaneous thought , far more interesting and beneficial to them than printed pages can offer . Some of these papers are on subjects so ele- mentary in ...
... impressions and occa- ` sions of the hour , may conduct such into a course of spontaneous thought , far more interesting and beneficial to them than printed pages can offer . Some of these papers are on subjects so ele- mentary in ...
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... impression of his greatness . If , there- fore , I " come to God , believing that he is , " I must come with a sentiment of deep veneration , with a solemn sense of his attributes . If this be wanting , my belief in his being must for ...
... impression of his greatness . If , there- fore , I " come to God , believing that he is , " I must come with a sentiment of deep veneration , with a solemn sense of his attributes . If this be wanting , my belief in his being must for ...
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... impression which it frequently makes , one would infer that it cannot be so . For what thought can be calculated to strike the mind more deeply and powerfully , than that of an ever- present God ? —And without a lively conviction of ...
... impression which it frequently makes , one would infer that it cannot be so . For what thought can be calculated to strike the mind more deeply and powerfully , than that of an ever- present God ? —And without a lively conviction of ...
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... impression of their sta- bility and greatness . For we know , on reflection , that the grandeur , even of the Himalayan moun- tains , is merely relative ; and that all the different inequalities of our earth's surface are , propor- 4 ...
... impression of their sta- bility and greatness . For we know , on reflection , that the grandeur , even of the Himalayan moun- tains , is merely relative ; and that all the different inequalities of our earth's surface are , propor- 4 ...
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... impressions . " This is the bud of being , " says Dr. Young . -If a very young florist were taken , at early spring , into a nursery of rose - plants , and saw but a few , of which the large buds began to show their crimson , seeming ...
... impressions . " This is the bud of being , " says Dr. Young . -If a very young florist were taken , at early spring , into a nursery of rose - plants , and saw but a few , of which the large buds began to show their crimson , seeming ...
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Page 255 - The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye : return, come.
Page 268 - And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh ; go ye out to meet him.
Page 19 - The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. 11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
Page 166 - Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me...
Page 166 - Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
Page 13 - ... the earth, and the works that are therein, shall be burnt up...
Page 314 - I have received your letter. I need not say, that the extract which it contains has affected me, because it would imply a want of all feeling to have read it with indifference. Though I am not quite sure that it was intended by the writer for me, yet the date, the place where it was written, with some other circumstances which you mention, render the allusion probable.
Page 30 - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Page 148 - And is it in the flight of threescore years To push eternity from human thought, And smother souls immortal in the dust ? A soul immortal, spending all her fires, Wasting her strength in strenuous idleness, Thrown into tumult, raptur'd or alarm'd, At aught this scene can threaten or indulge, Resembles ocean into tempest wrought, To waft a feather, or to drown a fly.
Page 17 - Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them ; I will increase them with men like a flock.