The Life of Col. James Gardiner, with Extracts from His Funeral SermonReligious Tract Society, 1864 - 149 pages |
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... person of the most distant nation or age ; but they will , I doubt not , command your peculiar regard , as they are sacred to the memory of that excellent man from whom you had the honour to derive your birth , and by whose generous and ...
... person of the most distant nation or age ; but they will , I doubt not , command your peculiar regard , as they are sacred to the memory of that excellent man from whom you had the honour to derive your birth , and by whose generous and ...
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... person than I could conveniently insert in my sermon on the sad occasion of his death , I was secure that if Pro- vidence continued my capacity of writing , I should not wholly disappoint the expectation ; for I was furnished with a ...
... person than I could conveniently insert in my sermon on the sad occasion of his death , I was secure that if Pro- vidence continued my capacity of writing , I should not wholly disappoint the expectation ; for I was furnished with a ...
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... persons who have been eminent for wisdom and piety , that I cannot but wish the treasure may be more and more increased : and I would hope the world may gather the like valuable fruits from the Life I am now attempting ; not only as it ...
... persons who have been eminent for wisdom and piety , that I cannot but wish the treasure may be more and more increased : and I would hope the world may gather the like valuable fruits from the Life I am now attempting ; not only as it ...
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... person of whom I am now to give a more particular account , was born at Carriden , in Linlithgowshire , on the 10th of January , A.D. 1687-8 ; the memorable year of that glorious revolution which he justly esteemed among the hap- piest ...
... person of whom I am now to give a more particular account , was born at Carriden , in Linlithgowshire , on the 10th of January , A.D. 1687-8 ; the memorable year of that glorious revolution which he justly esteemed among the hap- piest ...
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... persons of ability in their profession had their hands full of employment . The tent which this artist applied was almost like a peg driven into the wound ; and gentle- men of skill and experience , when they came to hear of the manner ...
... persons of ability in their profession had their hands full of employment . The tent which this artist applied was almost like a peg driven into the wound ; and gentle- men of skill and experience , when they came to hear of the manner ...
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Page 122 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 124 - He comes the broken heart to bind, The bleeding soul to cure : And with the treasures of his grace To enrich the humble poor.
Page 109 - Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him : I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him : I will be with him in trouble ; I will deliver him, and honour him.
Page 56 - O my God, my soul is cast down within me : therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
Page 55 - I also heard the men themselves, that they sang with a loud voice, saying, " Blessing, honour, and glory, and power be to Him that sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb, for ever and ever.
Page 53 - Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, and in the power of the Holy Ghost.
Page 124 - HARK, the glad sound ! the Saviour comes ! The Saviour promised long ! Let every heart prepare a throne, And every voice a song.
Page 25 - ... he was reading, which he at first imagined might happen by some accident in the candle. But lifting up his eyes, he apprehended, to his extreme amazement, that there was before him, as it were suspended in the air, a visible representation of the Lord JESUS CHRIST upon the cross, surrounded on all sides with a glory; and was impressed, as if a voice, or something equivalent to a voice, had come to him, to this ef*fect, (for he was not confident as to the very words;) " Oh sinner, did I suffer...
Page 125 - Thy grace still dwells upon my heart, And sheds its fragrance there ! The noblest balm of all its wounds, The cordial of its care. I'll speak the honours of thy name, With my last labouring breath ; Then speechless clasp thee in my arms, The antidote of death.
Page 52 - Did not our hearts burn within us/ &c. ; or rather like what Paul felt, when he could not tell whether he was in the body, or out of it.