Hours of sadness: or, Instruction and comfort for the mourner |
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... pains ; and the fears of death teach the rashness of our minds sobriety ; When the occasions of sin are removed from our way , and every thing about us exhorts to repent- ance ; Adored be thy name , O Lord ! whose mercy sanctifies into ...
... pains ; and the fears of death teach the rashness of our minds sobriety ; When the occasions of sin are removed from our way , and every thing about us exhorts to repent- ance ; Adored be thy name , O Lord ! whose mercy sanctifies into ...
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... , O beloved soul ! turn thine eyes from care , and sin , and pain ; turn them to the bright- ness of the heavens , and contemplate thine inherit- ance ; for thy birthright is in the skies , 10 DEVOTIONAL MEDITATIONS .
... , O beloved soul ! turn thine eyes from care , and sin , and pain ; turn them to the bright- ness of the heavens , and contemplate thine inherit- ance ; for thy birthright is in the skies , 10 DEVOTIONAL MEDITATIONS .
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... painful parting hour , the mournful lesson , that terrestrial hope is but the baseless fabric of a vision . They have passed away suddenly , and va- nished as shadows from our view our eyes were upon them , and they are not . Unwilling ...
... painful parting hour , the mournful lesson , that terrestrial hope is but the baseless fabric of a vision . They have passed away suddenly , and va- nished as shadows from our view our eyes were upon them , and they are not . Unwilling ...
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... painful apprehensions with the purest Christian re- signation , and render a manly and becoming death , not a scene of misplaced exultation , but of calm and dignified composure . It has been remarked indeed by a great writer , that ...
... painful apprehensions with the purest Christian re- signation , and render a manly and becoming death , not a scene of misplaced exultation , but of calm and dignified composure . It has been remarked indeed by a great writer , that ...
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... representation we should employ to the purpose of fortifying our minds against the sicknesses , pains , and sufferings that we meet * Herodotus , 1. ii . c . 78 . 66 with in this life , and the trials that 38 CONSOLATORY REFLECTIONS .
... representation we should employ to the purpose of fortifying our minds against the sicknesses , pains , and sufferings that we meet * Herodotus , 1. ii . c . 78 . 66 with in this life , and the trials that 38 CONSOLATORY REFLECTIONS .
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