Miscellaneous WorksWm. J. M'Cartee, book-seller. Ryer Schermerhorn, printer, 1810 - 280 pages |
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... Father on the poor wis- dom of this world . But we must speak in the language of common remark . We must leave this humbling , unfrequented side of the alternative , and pass over to the wilderness of particular relations , where ...
... Father on the poor wis- dom of this world . But we must speak in the language of common remark . We must leave this humbling , unfrequented side of the alternative , and pass over to the wilderness of particular relations , where ...
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... methinks my audience must have already anticipated me in the choice of my subject , and assembled with minds prepared to review the wonders which GoD hath wrought for our fathers and for us : With a view to this , I have chosen for 12.
... methinks my audience must have already anticipated me in the choice of my subject , and assembled with minds prepared to review the wonders which GoD hath wrought for our fathers and for us : With a view to this , I have chosen for 12.
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... to every American and correspondent to the purposes for which we are assembled . In retracing the history of our fathers , from the first settlement of our country down to the revolu- tion , we find little else but details of hardship 13.
... to every American and correspondent to the purposes for which we are assembled . In retracing the history of our fathers , from the first settlement of our country down to the revolu- tion , we find little else but details of hardship 13.
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... father to his colonies . How different the character of his successor ! May we not say , in the language of scripture , that now , " there arose a new king in Egypt that knew not Jo- seph . " After the accession of George the third to ...
... father to his colonies . How different the character of his successor ! May we not say , in the language of scripture , that now , " there arose a new king in Egypt that knew not Jo- seph . " After the accession of George the third to ...
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... fathers and brethren perished turn your eyes -- to fields of plenty and a land of peace . For the Lord came down and delivered us up to a good land , and a large ; a land similar to that which he gave to his people of old . The Canaan ...
... fathers and brethren perished turn your eyes -- to fields of plenty and a land of peace . For the Lord came down and delivered us up to a good land , and a large ; a land similar to that which he gave to his people of old . The Canaan ...
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Page 137 - Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night : ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Page 108 - I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Page 123 - For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be; yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Page 185 - And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down and worshipped him; and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
Page 127 - And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth ; And the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou remainest; And they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, And they shall be changed: But thou art the same, And thy years shall not fail.
Page 122 - All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the LORD'S : and he is the governor among the nations.
Page 36 - Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, and said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
Page 35 - 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 38 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Page 13 - I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their task-masters; for I know their sorrows; and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey...