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... tion , the sentiment in the text was utter- ed ; My soul is weary of my life ; a sen- timent , which surely , if any situation can justify it , was allowable in the case of Job . ( In situations very different from that of Job , under ...
... tion , the sentiment in the text was utter- ed ; My soul is weary of my life ; a sen- timent , which surely , if any situation can justify it , was allowable in the case of Job . ( In situations very different from that of Job , under ...
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... tion in which they are engaged ; by the excesses which they indulge ; by the riot- ous revel , and the midnight , or rather morning , hours to which they prolong their festivity ; they have debilitated their bodies , and worn out their ...
... tion in which they are engaged ; by the excesses which they indulge ; by the riot- ous revel , and the midnight , or rather morning , hours to which they prolong their festivity ; they have debilitated their bodies , and worn out their ...
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... upon their minds . But with them they are only moments of occasional and passing gloom . They soon recal the vigour of their minds ; and return with satisfac- tion to the discharge of the duties , and to tion 18 On the Causes of.
... upon their minds . But with them they are only moments of occasional and passing gloom . They soon recal the vigour of their minds ; and return with satisfac- tion to the discharge of the duties , and to tion 18 On the Causes of.
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Hugh Blair, James Finlayson. tion to the discharge of the duties , and to a SERMON participation of the enjoyments of life . One great cause of men's cause of men's becoming weary of life is grounded on the mis- taken views of it which ...
Hugh Blair, James Finlayson. tion to the discharge of the duties , and to a SERMON participation of the enjoyments of life . One great cause of men's cause of men's becoming weary of life is grounded on the mis- taken views of it which ...
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... tion of that divine Being , from whom love descends , a sacred enthusiasm both prompts and consecrates his charitable dispositions . Regardless of men , or of human recom- pence , he is carried along by a higher im- pulse . He acts with ...
... tion of that divine Being , from whom love descends , a sacred enthusiasm both prompts and consecrates his charitable dispositions . Regardless of men , or of human recom- pence , he is carried along by a higher im- pulse . He acts with ...
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Page 427 - Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Page 310 - I am the Lord, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
Page 95 - But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many.
Page 133 - Oh that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Page 97 - The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice ; the floods lift up their waves. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
Page 138 - And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying. Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Page 226 - LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Page 406 - Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 153 - Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith: or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching: or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Page 15 - For it was not an enemy that reproached me ; then I could have borne it : neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me ; then I would have hid myself from him : 13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.