The Gates Wide Open; Or, Scenes in Another WorldLee and Shepard, 1870 - 340 pages |
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Page xiv
... once Chaplain to Oliver Cromwell - Mrs . Jay and Peter meet Mr. Howe in the Gardens - Their Colloquy - The Necessity of a Creed - Mr . Howe on Conversion - Mrs . Jay's Account of the State of the Churches of Christ in the United States ...
... once Chaplain to Oliver Cromwell - Mrs . Jay and Peter meet Mr. Howe in the Gardens - Their Colloquy - The Necessity of a Creed - Mr . Howe on Conversion - Mrs . Jay's Account of the State of the Churches of Christ in the United States ...
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... of sin , which , like our earth's atmosphere , once weighed me down , was now no more . And then , such was my joy in the exercise of my new - found faculties of knowing and loving . Gladly did I task my angel SCENES IN ANOTHER WORLD . 21.
... of sin , which , like our earth's atmosphere , once weighed me down , was now no more . And then , such was my joy in the exercise of my new - found faculties of knowing and loving . Gladly did I task my angel SCENES IN ANOTHER WORLD . 21.
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... once , and I find I am , as you have just now suggested , still the subject of time and space . " And while they thus sat conversing the sun of that world was making a golden set , and distant songs of praise from a multitude of voices ...
... once , and I find I am , as you have just now suggested , still the subject of time and space . " And while they thus sat conversing the sun of that world was making a golden set , and distant songs of praise from a multitude of voices ...
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... once more , and to hear the wise sayings of the good deacon , and to enjoy his grave , genial and becoming mirth , illustrated and heightened by the silvery laugh of Mrs. Jay . At this point of their discussion , supper was an nounced ...
... once more , and to hear the wise sayings of the good deacon , and to enjoy his grave , genial and becoming mirth , illustrated and heightened by the silvery laugh of Mrs. Jay . At this point of their discussion , supper was an nounced ...
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... once more over the bushes and ran up to her to receive her caresses . Encouraged by her voice , the animals stood while Mrs. Jay stroked their smooth skins , spotted with white . " How beautiful ! " said Mrs. Jay , and turning to the ...
... once more over the bushes and ran up to her to receive her caresses . Encouraged by her voice , the animals stood while Mrs. Jay stroked their smooth skins , spotted with white . " How beautiful ! " said Mrs. Jay , and turning to the ...
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Page 302 - Lo, these are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him?
Page 106 - If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Page 66 - Nay, but O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus...
Page 265 - HEAR, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: For the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against me.
Page 42 - Christians here, and of these we have a great multitude which no man can number. of all nations, and kindreds, and peoples, and tongues.
Page 352 - To him that hath loved me, and washed me from my sins in his own blood, to him be glory both now and forever.
Page 215 - British, to signify that power of the mind which perceives truth, or commands belief, not by progressive argumentation, but by an instantaneous, instinctive, and irresistible impulse ; derived neither from education nor from habit, but from nature...
Page 106 - And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child; and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Page 97 - Commander : he above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a Tow'r ; his form had yet not lost All her Original brightness, nor appear'd Less than Arch Angel ruin'd, and th...
Page 96 - And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, But now begins ; for, from this happy day, The Old Dragon, under ground In straiter limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway ; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail.