A Wreath from Jessamine Lawn; Or, Free Grace, the Flower that Never Fades, Volume 2Authoress, 1831 |
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... tender . Well , well , dear , I understand now all about it - and will manage accordingly - but Charles knows all about the postcript ; for I had broke my glasses before he came the other day , and ( not thinking my old friend could ...
... tender . Well , well , dear , I understand now all about it - and will manage accordingly - but Charles knows all about the postcript ; for I had broke my glasses before he came the other day , and ( not thinking my old friend could ...
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... tender his care , Of my life , my health and my peace ; How ready to hear Mary's evening prayer , When she bends at his altar of grace , To worship the Holy , the holiest one .-- A rap at the street door interrupted Mary's sing- ing ...
... tender his care , Of my life , my health and my peace ; How ready to hear Mary's evening prayer , When she bends at his altar of grace , To worship the Holy , the holiest one .-- A rap at the street door interrupted Mary's sing- ing ...
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... tender bosom , her health would be benefited ; and then said she , the dear little creature's strength may be renewed , to prepare her for the last con- flict . This revival was viewed by Mrs. Worthy as a distinguished blessing ; for it ...
... tender bosom , her health would be benefited ; and then said she , the dear little creature's strength may be renewed , to prepare her for the last con- flict . This revival was viewed by Mrs. Worthy as a distinguished blessing ; for it ...
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... tender spirits , is but a recess from pain and weak- ness , that resembles the sun emerging from one cloud to pass under another , upon an April sky . The soft breezes of a new born autumn , are per- mitted to refresh my decaying vitals ...
... tender spirits , is but a recess from pain and weak- ness , that resembles the sun emerging from one cloud to pass under another , upon an April sky . The soft breezes of a new born autumn , are per- mitted to refresh my decaying vitals ...
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... tender hand . Indeed , the last three months seem to me , like an insula- ted space in my existence ; while my feelings at pre- sent denote , that disconnected and lethargic as they have been , the . disease has not ceased its operative ...
... tender hand . Indeed , the last three months seem to me , like an insula- ted space in my existence ; while my feelings at pre- sent denote , that disconnected and lethargic as they have been , the . disease has not ceased its operative ...
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Page 54 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at ; but now commandeth all men every where to repent : because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained ; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Page 208 - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him ; let him know that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Page 244 - Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes ; for thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left ; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
Page 1 - Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost ; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour ; That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Page 31 - But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
Page 243 - Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Page 232 - When Jesus heard that, he said, this sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
Page 240 - My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him : For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Page 236 - I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
Page 95 - The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord.