The Religious Magazine, Volume 1William Peirce, 1833 |
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... dark and cloudy envelopement that hangs on the very entrance to it . Ere we can realize that distant world of souls , we must pierce our way beyond the curtain of the grave - we must scale the awful barricado which separates the visible ...
... dark and cloudy envelopement that hangs on the very entrance to it . Ere we can realize that distant world of souls , we must pierce our way beyond the curtain of the grave - we must scale the awful barricado which separates the visible ...
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... darkness like this interposed between them and the portion of their futurity , however distant ; and it appears that it is for man only to drive a bridge across that barrier which looks so impenetrable , or so to surmount the power of ...
... darkness like this interposed between them and the portion of their futurity , however distant ; and it appears that it is for man only to drive a bridge across that barrier which looks so impenetrable , or so to surmount the power of ...
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... darkness of insanity to the order and the light of intelli- gence . " The highly excited and susceptible mind must be soothed by mildness and tenderness . The first indications of convalesence should be watched with solicitude , and ...
... darkness of insanity to the order and the light of intelli- gence . " The highly excited and susceptible mind must be soothed by mildness and tenderness . The first indications of convalesence should be watched with solicitude , and ...
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... dark that with difficulty could the wretched inmate be distinguished . When the visitors entered , the fetid odor was so strong as to drive them back almost vomiting . How is it possible that in such a scene of gloom and filth , the ...
... dark that with difficulty could the wretched inmate be distinguished . When the visitors entered , the fetid odor was so strong as to drive them back almost vomiting . How is it possible that in such a scene of gloom and filth , the ...
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... darkness and filth and mis- ery in which they dragged out their wretched existence are now exchanged for light and cleanliness and comfort . The Hospital at Worcester , is one of the noblest of the many insti- tutions , which adorn our ...
... darkness and filth and mis- ery in which they dragged out their wretched existence are now exchanged for light and cleanliness and comfort . The Hospital at Worcester , is one of the noblest of the many insti- tutions , which adorn our ...
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Page 269 - How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! how is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary...
Page 201 - For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities ; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Page 140 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: 14. Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...
Page 269 - Rome ! my country ! city of the soul ! The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Lone mother of dead empires ! and control In their shut breasts their petty misery. What are our woes and sufferance ? Come and see The cypress, hear the owl, and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples, ye Whose agonies are evils of a day ! — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay.
Page 268 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 139 - Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee. Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
Page 54 - But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved ;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus...
Page 482 - Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
Page 269 - How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, And thy tabernacles, O Israel ! As the valleys are they spread forth, As gardens by the river's side, As the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, And as cedar trees beside the waters.
Page 141 - Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut, where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.