Memoir of the Rev. Pliny Fisk, A.M.: Late Missionary to PalestineAccount of P. Fisk's journeys in Middle East 1819-1825, visiting Smyrna, Chios, Asia Minor, Malta, Egypt, Jerusalem, Beirut. |
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Page 15
... never was I willing that God should reign a Sovereign on his throne . I have even wished there were no God , or that he would annul the penalties of guilt , and proclaim impunity to offenders . As I was educated in a religious family ...
... never was I willing that God should reign a Sovereign on his throne . I have even wished there were no God , or that he would annul the penalties of guilt , and proclaim impunity to offenders . As I was educated in a religious family ...
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... never be unfaithful in his cause . I devote myself , O Lord , to thee . Wilt thou accept the offering ? Cleanse me from my sins - save me from stupidity - keep me humble- prepare me for thy service , and make me an instru- ment of good ...
... never be unfaithful in his cause . I devote myself , O Lord , to thee . Wilt thou accept the offering ? Cleanse me from my sins - save me from stupidity - keep me humble- prepare me for thy service , and make me an instru- ment of good ...
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... never greatly distinguished himself . He had an aversion to the study of the ancient languages . Owing to his reluctance to apply himself closely to the inves- tigation of difficult passages , the knowledge he ac- quired of these ...
... never greatly distinguished himself . He had an aversion to the study of the ancient languages . Owing to his reluctance to apply himself closely to the inves- tigation of difficult passages , the knowledge he ac- quired of these ...
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... never slumbered nor slept . It was not a flame that dazzled for a moment , and then flickered and died away . Like the vestal fire , it was always alive , always bright . In forwarding his Master's work he was ever active and energetic ...
... never slumbered nor slept . It was not a flame that dazzled for a moment , and then flickered and died away . Like the vestal fire , it was always alive , always bright . In forwarding his Master's work he was ever active and energetic ...
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... Never shall I forget the readiness and the so- lemnity with which , when unexpectedly requested at the time , he addressed our class , as we were as- sembled around the grave of one of our number , who had died in a neighboring town ...
... Never shall I forget the readiness and the so- lemnity with which , when unexpectedly requested at the time , he addressed our class , as we were as- sembled around the grave of one of our number , who had died in a neighboring town ...
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Page 50 - Clouds and darkness are round about him : Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Page 330 - Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks ; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
Page 432 - I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Page 402 - If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us : Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us...
Page ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 404 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 309 - For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah : then' grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter : 33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Page 260 - My beloved is like a roe, or a young hart : Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh forth at the windows, Shewing himself through the lattice.
Page 179 - THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign, Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never-withering flowers : Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours.
Page 231 - BROTHER, thou art gone before us ; and thy saintly soul is flown Where tears are wiped from every eye, and sorrow is unknown ; From the burden of the flesh, and from care and fear released, Where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest.