The Journal and Writings of Miss Fanny Woodbury: Including Some Interesting Correspondence Between Her and the Late Mrs. Newell ; to which are Added Several Essays on Important Subjects, Hitherto Unpublished ; with a MemoirJ. Taylor Smith, 1818 - 330 pages |
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... prayer , instead of the scenes of vacant folly , or en- snaring amusement being sought after , and repair- ed to , in order that the impressions of serious god- liness may be kept at a distance , and the thought of eternity excluded as ...
... prayer , instead of the scenes of vacant folly , or en- snaring amusement being sought after , and repair- ed to , in order that the impressions of serious god- liness may be kept at a distance , and the thought of eternity excluded as ...
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... prayer of the compiler and editor.- Miss FANNY WOODBURY , daughter of Mr Isaac and Mrs Anne Woodbury , persons in respectable and affluent circumstances , at Hamilton , in the State of Massachusets , North America , was born- there on ...
... prayer of the compiler and editor.- Miss FANNY WOODBURY , daughter of Mr Isaac and Mrs Anne Woodbury , persons in respectable and affluent circumstances , at Hamilton , in the State of Massachusets , North America , was born- there on ...
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... ; she not only gave herself to devout meditation and prayer , accom- panied with jealous self - examination , but made a solemn dedication of herself to God in writing . Nor did she retire from the communion service as if 9.
... ; she not only gave herself to devout meditation and prayer , accom- panied with jealous self - examination , but made a solemn dedication of herself to God in writing . Nor did she retire from the communion service as if 9.
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... pray- ers have ascended to the Great Head of the church ; and now thou hast arrived , God shall be glorified with praise . " It was not to public religious duties , however , that her attention was confined . Social intercourse , and ...
... pray- ers have ascended to the Great Head of the church ; and now thou hast arrived , God shall be glorified with praise . " It was not to public religious duties , however , that her attention was confined . Social intercourse , and ...
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... prayer . Of this her journal and correspondence contain the most ample and decided proofs . It was in such exercises that she found a sweet and secure retreat from the bustle of company , and the noise of the world : and from which she ...
... prayer . Of this her journal and correspondence contain the most ample and decided proofs . It was in such exercises that she found a sweet and secure retreat from the bustle of company , and the noise of the world : and from which she ...
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Page 249 - 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.
Page 89 - But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Page 206 - Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord that He might be glorified.
Page 215 - Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
Page 215 - Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
Page 213 - Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Page 142 - Then," in the full sense of the words (Rev. xi. 15), " shall the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of our LORD, and of his CHRIST, and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Page 295 - For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption ; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing : for 'in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Page 58 - Surely, goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life...
Page 97 - Thus, we repeat, He admonishes men to return to God ; to reestablish their original likeness to him ; and He, who is " the brightness of his Father's glory, and the express image of his person...