Peace in Believing: A Memoir of Isabella Campbell, of Rosneath, Dumbartonshire, Scotland |
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... cause and the reason abundantly stated , without the least advance in the knowledge of religion as a life . And yet it is only as a life , that God has condescended to speak of it to us ; and he that would be godlike must contemplate it ...
... cause and the reason abundantly stated , without the least advance in the knowledge of religion as a life . And yet it is only as a life , that God has condescended to speak of it to us ; and he that would be godlike must contemplate it ...
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... cause , we unquestionably cannot see or feel the power of truth in the abstract , in the same way as we do , when it comes home to our convictions and bosoms , in the form of example . This weakness must have been obvious to the very ...
... cause , we unquestionably cannot see or feel the power of truth in the abstract , in the same way as we do , when it comes home to our convictions and bosoms , in the form of example . This weakness must have been obvious to the very ...
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... cause so lovely , and worthy of love . About thirteen years ago I first saw her , and although a very young girl , only about eight years old , I was struck with her appearance . Her countenance had a gravity very unusual at so early an ...
... cause so lovely , and worthy of love . About thirteen years ago I first saw her , and although a very young girl , only about eight years old , I was struck with her appearance . Her countenance had a gravity very unusual at so early an ...
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... cause she could not pray for resignation : the fact of his death seeming decisive of God's indifference to her desires and necessities ; and therefore precluding the privilege and freedom of entreating from him any comfort or conso ...
... cause she could not pray for resignation : the fact of his death seeming decisive of God's indifference to her desires and necessities ; and therefore precluding the privilege and freedom of entreating from him any comfort or conso ...
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... I believe , for the most part , ill health , rather than mental suffering , was assigned as the cause . Often she used to go about , wringing her hands , and uttering the following words : - How can thine heart endure , 75.
... I believe , for the most part , ill health , rather than mental suffering , was assigned as the cause . Often she used to go about , wringing her hands , and uttering the following words : - How can thine heart endure , 75.
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Page 80 - For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Page 287 - The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Page 224 - Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
Page 121 - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,* And a twoedged sword in their hand...
Page 52 - What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction...
Page 162 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...
Page 287 - For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed ; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
Page 95 - He that cometh from above is above all ; he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth ; he that cometh from heaven is above all. And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth ; and no man receiveth his testimony. He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
Page 96 - Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
Page 151 - And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: 7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.