The Records of a Good Man's Life, Volume 1W. Van Norden, 1832 - 247 pages |
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... replied . " I learned from him what Christian forgiveness really is . I was at one time his most insulting and bitter enemy . I wish I could have told him before he died how very sorry I have long felt for my wickedness , but I put it ...
... replied . " I learned from him what Christian forgiveness really is . I was at one time his most insulting and bitter enemy . I wish I could have told him before he died how very sorry I have long felt for my wickedness , but I put it ...
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... replied my father ; " for if I tell you what you are curious to hear , I think my little thoughtless boy is more likely to remember what I say than if I speak of something you are not curious about . Though you love me , my dear child ...
... replied my father ; " for if I tell you what you are curious to hear , I think my little thoughtless boy is more likely to remember what I say than if I speak of something you are not curious about . Though you love me , my dear child ...
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... replied ; " for I have tasted the fruit of both the trees , and the other apples are too sour to be eaten . You could not eat them , father . " He took the basket of apples in one hand , and led me by the other to the garden . We were ...
... replied ; " for I have tasted the fruit of both the trees , and the other apples are too sour to be eaten . You could not eat them , father . " He took the basket of apples in one hand , and led me by the other to the garden . We were ...
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... replied , " for if you were obliged to go away , may I not go with you , to wait upon you , and read to you , and do your bidding , whatever it may be ? " " My poor boy , " he said , again placing his hand upon my head with the same ...
... replied , " for if you were obliged to go away , may I not go with you , to wait upon you , and read to you , and do your bidding , whatever it may be ? " " My poor boy , " he said , again placing his hand upon my head with the same ...
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... replied , the imaginative powers of my appetite had sickened and died within me . I could not smile . What made me still more wretched , was the consciousness that I ought to be ashamed , or rather that I was ashamed very sorry , and of ...
... replied , the imaginative powers of my appetite had sickened and died within me . I could not smile . What made me still more wretched , was the consciousness that I ought to be ashamed , or rather that I was ashamed very sorry , and of ...
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Page 130 - Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and Who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink ; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
Page 5 - WE receive this child into the congregation of Christ's flock, * and do sign him with the sign of the cross, in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner, against sin, the world, and the Devil, and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end.
Page 69 - For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God ; but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
Page 129 - The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, or whither it goeth, so is every one that is born of the spirit.
Page 145 - Lord, I thank thee that I am not as other men are, or even as this publican.
Page 232 - Was richly ting'd, and a deep radiance lay Full on the ancient ivy, which usurps Those fronting elms, and now, with blackest mass Makes their dark branches gleam a lighter hue Through the late twilight...
Page 21 - Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea , Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way. In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.
Page 214 - If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind...
Page 65 - Grant that whosoever is here dedicated to Thee by our office and ministry may also be endued with heavenly virtues, and everlastingly rewarded, through Thy mercy, O blessed LORD GOD, who dost live, and govern all things, world without end.
Page 130 - Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle...