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... duties , which , though arduous , are still similar , cannot be supposed to be crowded with events which sparkle in narrative . The calling of Dr. Parish was honourable ; he made it laborious ; and he appears to have experi- enced in ...
... duties , which , though arduous , are still similar , cannot be supposed to be crowded with events which sparkle in narrative . The calling of Dr. Parish was honourable ; he made it laborious ; and he appears to have experi- enced in ...
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... duty , nor was it the threats , or sneers of an opposing world , that would induce him to leave it . This was courage of the noblest kind ; it is the very resolution which a minister's profession requires.- Thousands , who have faced ...
... duty , nor was it the threats , or sneers of an opposing world , that would induce him to leave it . This was courage of the noblest kind ; it is the very resolution which a minister's profession requires.- Thousands , who have faced ...
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... He left no part of duty untouched , no sin uncensured . He endeavoured to occupy the whole ground , displayed in the bible ; and to make his in- structions as extensive as the wants of man . Though BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH . vii.
... He left no part of duty untouched , no sin uncensured . He endeavoured to occupy the whole ground , displayed in the bible ; and to make his in- structions as extensive as the wants of man . Though BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH . vii.
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... , refused to bear arms , or perform any military duty . For about three hundred years , Christians would suffer martyrdom , rather than be seen in a camp with sword or spear . Justin and Tatian in the second century , both de- 8.
... , refused to bear arms , or perform any military duty . For about three hundred years , Christians would suffer martyrdom , rather than be seen in a camp with sword or spear . Justin and Tatian in the second century , both de- 8.
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... duty done , while any thing remains , which can possibly be done . Though the fires of war be again lighted up in Christendom , your faith is un- shaken . The Prince of peace will not forget his own name , nor blast the hopes , which ...
... duty done , while any thing remains , which can possibly be done . Though the fires of war be again lighted up in Christendom , your faith is un- shaken . The Prince of peace will not forget his own name , nor blast the hopes , which ...
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Page 316 - So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions ? if the Lord be God, follow him : but if Baal then follow him.
Page 309 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 95 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me : because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 371 - Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Page 6 - And he -shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off ; and they shall -beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks : nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall -sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree ; and none shall make them afraid : for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
Page 6 - And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Page 67 - Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes...
Page 41 - Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was an hungered and ye gave me no meat ; I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink ; I was a stranger and ye took me not in ; naked and ye clothed me not ; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 69 - And Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire ; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Page 243 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.