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... endeavour to effect any amendment . 1822 . December 31st . - Another year has nearly passed away ! Truly may I say , " Goodness and mercy have followed me . " I cannot sufficiently thank my God for his great mercies ! -I have now read ...
... endeavour to effect any amendment . 1822 . December 31st . - Another year has nearly passed away ! Truly may I say , " Goodness and mercy have followed me . " I cannot sufficiently thank my God for his great mercies ! -I have now read ...
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... endeavour to surrender all I have and am to thee ! May 3rd . - A valued friend once remarked , " The greatest happiness of the enlightened mind is to glo- rify God , and to benefit his fellow - creatures : and God confers no higher ...
... endeavour to surrender all I have and am to thee ! May 3rd . - A valued friend once remarked , " The greatest happiness of the enlightened mind is to glo- rify God , and to benefit his fellow - creatures : and God confers no higher ...
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... endeavour to effect any amendment . 1822 . December 31st . - Another year has nearly passed away ! Truly may I say , " Goodness and mercy have followed me . " I cannot sufficiently thank my God for his great mercies ! -I have now read ...
... endeavour to effect any amendment . 1822 . December 31st . - Another year has nearly passed away ! Truly may I say , " Goodness and mercy have followed me . " I cannot sufficiently thank my God for his great mercies ! -I have now read ...
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... endeavour was to " adorn the doctrine of God her Saviour . ” After she had remained two - and - twenty years at Ashby , the gentleman who owned the estate ex- pressed his intention of residing in the family man- sion ; and my dear ...
... endeavour was to " adorn the doctrine of God her Saviour . ” After she had remained two - and - twenty years at Ashby , the gentleman who owned the estate ex- pressed his intention of residing in the family man- sion ; and my dear ...
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... endeavour to make the best use of it ; but the commotion occasioned by the work - people is a great hindrance . I cannot find a quiet retired place anywhere during the day for prayer , except in my walks . Such disturbances are like ...
... endeavour to make the best use of it ; but the commotion occasioned by the work - people is a great hindrance . I cannot find a quiet retired place anywhere during the day for prayer , except in my walks . Such disturbances are like ...
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Page 53 - I'LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 63 - Asleep in Jesus ! peaceful rest Whose waking is supremely blest ! No fear, no woe, shall dim that hour That manifests the Saviour's power. 4 Asleep in Jesus ! oh, for me May such a blissful refuge be : Securely shall my ashes lie, And wait the summons from on high.
Page 55 - When from the dust of death I rise To claim my mansion in the skies, E'en then shall this be all my plea, " Jesus hath lived, and died for me.
Page 70 - But the Scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
Page 22 - Blest Mother ! who, in wisdom's path By her own parent trod, Thus taught her son to flee the wrath, And know the fear, of God : Ah, youth ! like him enjoy your prime ; Begin Eternity in time, Taught by that Mother's Love. That Mother's Love ! — how sweet the name ! What was that Mother's Love...
Page 63 - Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure : for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall : for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ...
Page 47 - I cannot pray, but I sin ; I cannot hear, or preach a sermon, but I sin ; I cannot give an alms, or receive the sacrament, but I sin ; nay, I cannot so much as confess my sins, but my very confessions are still aggravations of them; my repentance needs to be repented of, my tears want washing, and the very washing of my tears needs still to be washed over again with the blood of my^ Redeemer.
Page 28 - Thy testimonies have I claimed as mine heritage for ever : and why ? they are the very joy of my heart.