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 Newell ; to which are Added Several Essays on Important Subjects, Hitherto Unpublished ; with a MemoirJ.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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... trial , deeply as she sometimes felt it , was made a bless- ing both to herself and to others . Having compa- ratively few external resources , her time and atten- tion were more intensely devoted to the cultivation and improvement of ...
... trial , deeply as she sometimes felt it , was made a bless- ing both to herself and to others . Having compa- ratively few external resources , her time and atten- tion were more intensely devoted to the cultivation and improvement of ...
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... trials and afflictions which she had still to endure . Prayer , above all , was her peculiar delight ; -the life of her religion , the spring of her fidelity in every relation , " the joy and re- oicing of her heart . " She regularly ...
... trials and afflictions which she had still to endure . Prayer , above all , was her peculiar delight ; -the life of her religion , the spring of her fidelity in every relation , " the joy and re- oicing of her heart . " She regularly ...
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... trial and of sorrow was , so her strength should be and seldom has such an unaffected pie- ture of agonizing feeling , chastened by devout sub- mission and elevated hope , been exhibited , as is to be found in her Journal , and her ...
... trial and of sorrow was , so her strength should be and seldom has such an unaffected pie- ture of agonizing feeling , chastened by devout sub- mission and elevated hope , been exhibited , as is to be found in her Journal , and her ...
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... trials , a vale of tears , it is not our home . But an eternity of happiness or woe hangs on this inch of time . Soon will our state be unalterably fixed . Oh , let this solemn con- sideration have its proper weight on our minds , and ...
... trials , a vale of tears , it is not our home . But an eternity of happiness or woe hangs on this inch of time . Soon will our state be unalterably fixed . Oh , let this solemn con- sideration have its proper weight on our minds , and ...
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... trials ! [ Letter from Miss ATWOOD to Miss WOODBURY , wrote imme- diately after the death of Miss ATWOOD's Father . ] FROM MISS HARRIET ATWOOD . Haverhill , May 24 , 1808 . In the late trying and afflictive scenes of God's provi dence ...
... trials ! [ Letter from Miss ATWOOD to Miss WOODBURY , wrote imme- diately after the death of Miss ATWOOD's Father . ] FROM MISS HARRIET ATWOOD . Haverhill , May 24 , 1808 . In the late trying and afflictive scenes of God's provi dence ...
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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...