Peace in Believing: A Memoir of Isabella Campbell, of Rosneath, Dumbartonshire, Scotland |
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... feeling , was the preliminary to a belief that God had spoken the truth , and that the truth was to be obeyed . And because this analysis , or exami . nation , usually leads to no definite conclusion , the mind comes short of those ...
... feeling , was the preliminary to a belief that God had spoken the truth , and that the truth was to be obeyed . And because this analysis , or exami . nation , usually leads to no definite conclusion , the mind comes short of those ...
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... feeling , when to an attentive observer , their mind looks only in upon itself , and expects to find peace , and joy , and ardency of affection , while the object , in view of which alone these can exist , is excluded from the ...
... feeling , when to an attentive observer , their mind looks only in upon itself , and expects to find peace , and joy , and ardency of affection , while the object , in view of which alone these can exist , is excluded from the ...
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... 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 earliest teachers of our race , obtruding ...
... 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 earliest teachers of our race , obtruding ...
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... feeling and experience ; and indicating a mind already devoted to the employment of a religious life . Her prayers were regular and frequent . Besides , when any event occurred that excited her anxie- ty , she would engage in ... feel- 36.
... feeling and experience ; and indicating a mind already devoted to the employment of a religious life . Her prayers were regular and frequent . Besides , when any event occurred that excited her anxie- ty , she would engage in ... feel- 36.
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... feel- ings , the anecdote here inserted , is sufficiently presump . tive of her having deep and serious anxieties about her own safety , as well as that of others . The very fact of her thus imploring God's favourable interposition , in ...
... feel- ings , the anecdote here inserted , is sufficiently presump . tive of her having deep and serious anxieties about her own safety , as well as that of others . The very fact of her thus imploring God's favourable interposition , in ...
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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.