Recollections of a Long LifeJoseph Packard, Thomas Jones Packard |
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... last sentences he uttered was : ' If any man sin , we have an Advocate with the Father . ' Religious impress- ions were early made on my mind , and I have a distinct and HARVARD College . 15 vivid recollection of being in doubt.
... last sentences he uttered was : ' If any man sin , we have an Advocate with the Father . ' Religious impress- ions were early made on my mind , and I have a distinct and HARVARD College . 15 vivid recollection of being in doubt.
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... mind and faculties was thorough . We did not have such scientific grammars or such full lexicons , or such a bewildering array of sciences ; but with our Græca Minora and Majora , and the Delphin editions of Greek and Latin Classics ...
... mind and faculties was thorough . We did not have such scientific grammars or such full lexicons , or such a bewildering array of sciences ; but with our Græca Minora and Majora , and the Delphin editions of Greek and Latin Classics ...
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... minds are so well prepared to grasp and preserve the properly scientific character and bearings of what is presented , even in the popular lecture , as those which have been disciplined by a thorough classical and mathematical training ...
... minds are so well prepared to grasp and preserve the properly scientific character and bearings of what is presented , even in the popular lecture , as those which have been disciplined by a thorough classical and mathematical training ...
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... mind and body . All the year the same distance between prayers and break- fast prevailed , and no one seemed to think that it was absolutely evil to work the brains of boys who had had no food for thirteen or fourteen hours . Francis ...
... mind and body . All the year the same distance between prayers and break- fast prevailed , and no one seemed to think that it was absolutely evil to work the brains of boys who had had no food for thirteen or fourteen hours . Francis ...
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... minds . Dr. Daniel R. Goodwin , the late distinguished Professor at the Philadelphia Divinity School , was three years in ... mind disciplined by a college education best fit a man for practical life and business affairs . He came to ...
... minds . Dr. Daniel R. Goodwin , the late distinguished Professor at the Philadelphia Divinity School , was three years in ... mind disciplined by a college education best fit a man for practical life and business affairs . He came to ...
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Page 229 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all : And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 204 - Let not conscience make you linger, Nor of fitness fondly dream ; All the fitness he requireth, Is to feel your need of him ; This he gives you ; 'Tis the Spirit's rising beam.
Page 292 - And I am sure that when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
Page 30 - 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 312 - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an Article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 31 - Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there.
Page 182 - shine as the brightness of the firmament, and as the stars for ever and ever.
Page 7 - My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise,— The son of parents passed into the skies!
Page 123 - John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither : Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson my jo.
Page 208 - Glory be to God on high, on earth peace, good will towards men...