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Page 14
... soon as I have done what it is my purpose to do , then thou shalt be made acquainted with the cause . Not satisfied to submit , or not aware of our Lord's meaning , Peter still more vehemently replied , " Thou shalt never wash my feet ...
... soon as I have done what it is my purpose to do , then thou shalt be made acquainted with the cause . Not satisfied to submit , or not aware of our Lord's meaning , Peter still more vehemently replied , " Thou shalt never wash my feet ...
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... soon come to consider them in the light of mere business or social connexions . Now , this disposition to overlook the spiritual condition and prospects of our fellow - men , is one which we can avoid only by continued meditation and ...
... soon come to consider them in the light of mere business or social connexions . Now , this disposition to overlook the spiritual condition and prospects of our fellow - men , is one which we can avoid only by continued meditation and ...
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... soon made to perceive that the spirit which animated her calm and vivid eye was as unaffected by the state of the body , as if it had no relation to it . Her mind was of an order and character difficult to reconcile with the humble ...
... soon made to perceive that the spirit which animated her calm and vivid eye was as unaffected by the state of the body , as if it had no relation to it . Her mind was of an order and character difficult to reconcile with the humble ...
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... soon after the intimation she gave as possible , to her old residence , then occupied by another , who became her nurse , and Susan the lodger , where she remained till her very peaceful death . To the last she evinced the same ...
... soon after the intimation she gave as possible , to her old residence , then occupied by another , who became her nurse , and Susan the lodger , where she remained till her very peaceful death . To the last she evinced the same ...
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... soon as her strength permitted , an inside place in a coach was provided ; the kind lady alluded to went with her , and seeing her in the coach , concluded all was safe , and retired into the inn , when immediately the poor creature was ...
... soon as her strength permitted , an inside place in a coach was provided ; the kind lady alluded to went with her , and seeing her in the coach , concluded all was safe , and retired into the inn , when immediately the poor creature was ...
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Page 13 - So after He had washed their feet, and had taken His garments, and was set down again, He said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you ? Ye call Me, Master, and Lord ; and ye say well, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet ; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 344 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page 45 - For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
Page 132 - hath * no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it : for the glory of God " doth * lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Page 234 - Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death.
Page 14 - Peter saith unto Him, Lord, dost Thou wash my feet ? Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do, thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter.
Page 94 - Christ, who, though he was rich, yet for our " sakes became poor, that we, through his poverty,
Page 46 - just live by faith;" and the loss of this life can only be by unbelief: so the " life which we now live in the flesh we live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved us, and gave himself for us,
Page 94 - The LORD liveth ; and blessed be my Rock ; And let the God of my salvation be exalted.
Page 189 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.