Hours of sadness: or, Instruction and comfort for the mourner |
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... taken which perfect wisdom can dictate , and infinite goodness require ; that all its consequences are foreseen and considered ; that its time , its place , its measure , its duration , are all appointed by him who first set in motion ...
... taken which perfect wisdom can dictate , and infinite goodness require ; that all its consequences are foreseen and considered ; that its time , its place , its measure , its duration , are all appointed by him who first set in motion ...
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... taken , and held back from him , probably , almost all whom he has . Little should we have expected to find , amongst the marks of more than one of his victims , vigorous youth , in- creasing knowledge , expanding virtue , growing use ...
... taken , and held back from him , probably , almost all whom he has . Little should we have expected to find , amongst the marks of more than one of his victims , vigorous youth , in- creasing knowledge , expanding virtue , growing use ...
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... taken from WH us , we are made to feel the instability of life , and the insecurity of the tenure by which we hold its dearest blessings . But this feeling will be of little value , if it do not lead us to look beyond this world , and ...
... taken from WH us , we are made to feel the instability of life , and the insecurity of the tenure by which we hold its dearest blessings . But this feeling will be of little value , if it do not lead us to look beyond this world , and ...
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... taken away . We return to the world , and there is bitterness in all it presents to us ; for every thing bears impressed upon it a remembrance of what we have lost . It has one , and but one , miserable consolation to offer : " That ...
... taken away . We return to the world , and there is bitterness in all it presents to us ; for every thing bears impressed upon it a remembrance of what we have lost . It has one , and but one , miserable consolation to offer : " That ...
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... taken from among us , found it good to grow old in Britain — in a land where the gospel of truth and love is pro- claimed , and where its holy influence is felt : for , blessed be God ! her feeble tottering steps were sup- ported by ...
... taken from among us , found it good to grow old in Britain — in a land where the gospel of truth and love is pro- claimed , and where its holy influence is felt : for , blessed be God ! her feeble tottering steps were sup- ported by ...
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