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The immortal Newton spoke the words of truth and soberness when he said , that
he was only a child picking up pebbles from the shore , while the vast ocean of
truth lay unexplored before him . Throughout the countless ages of eternity , man
...
The immortal Newton spoke the words of truth and soberness when he said , that
he was only a child picking up pebbles from the shore , while the vast ocean of
truth lay unexplored before him . Throughout the countless ages of eternity , man
...
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The recognition of this truth , though for the most part empirically rather than
philosophically , may be regarded as the main point of superiority in the political
theories of the present above those of the past age ; in which it was customary to
...
The recognition of this truth , though for the most part empirically rather than
philosophically , may be regarded as the main point of superiority in the political
theories of the present above those of the past age ; in which it was customary to
...
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Those who have not been intimately acquainted with Mr . Wesley will be
surprised at our declaring , what we are persuaded is the truth , that it would be
difficult to fix upon a single year in the fifty - three which followed , that was not
divided ...
Those who have not been intimately acquainted with Mr . Wesley will be
surprised at our declaring , what we are persuaded is the truth , that it would be
difficult to fix upon a single year in the fifty - three which followed , that was not
divided ...
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The experience of a century has confirmed the truth of the observation that , “ If a
Missionary does not get over the main difficulties of the language within a year ,
there is little likelihood of his getting over them at all . ” Hough says :" A venerable
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The experience of a century has confirmed the truth of the observation that , “ If a
Missionary does not get over the main difficulties of the language within a year ,
there is little likelihood of his getting over them at all . ” Hough says :" A venerable
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Nay , this indifference and apathy are in the Bengalis , at times , carried to the
extent of levity ; as is seen by their endeavouring to turn even the most solemn
truths into ridicule , and to make them a inatter of jest and laughter ; thus
rendering it ...
Nay , this indifference and apathy are in the Bengalis , at times , carried to the
extent of levity ; as is seen by their endeavouring to turn even the most solemn
truths into ridicule , and to make them a inatter of jest and laughter ; thus
rendering it ...
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Page 10 - And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
Page 5 - Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
Page 17 - Be ye angry, and sin not : let not the sun go down upon your wrath : neither give place to the devil.
Page 275 - ... they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword : they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented ; (of whom the world was not worthy :) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Page 435 - Go, labor on; spend and be spent, Thy joy to do the Father's will: It is the way the Master went; Should not the servant tread it still?
Page 18 - The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men, between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy — invincible determination ; a purpose once fixed and then death or victory. That quality will do anything that can be done in this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man without it.
Page 429 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts : for the Coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Page 435 - Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb ; Take up the torch and wave it wide, The torch that lights time's thickest gloom.