Mary Milton; Or, The Conquests of Grace: A Brief Account of the Life, Experience and Labors of a Humble Servant of ChristClaremont manufacturing Company, 1876 - 236 pages |
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... then replacing it upon the page , in a moment exclaimed with delight , here it is , Father . Mr. Milton fairly wept for joy . A new light now dawned upon Mary's mind . She would sit for CHAPTER IV INCIDENTS OF SCHOOL DAYS.
... then replacing it upon the page , in a moment exclaimed with delight , here it is , Father . Mr. Milton fairly wept for joy . A new light now dawned upon Mary's mind . She would sit for CHAPTER IV INCIDENTS OF SCHOOL DAYS.
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... light of them . This seemed to her blasphemous and very wicked , and she shrank from them in terror . The idea of punish- ment was very dreadful to her , even though administered in its mildest forms . One day she became very angry with ...
... light of them . This seemed to her blasphemous and very wicked , and she shrank from them in terror . The idea of punish- ment was very dreadful to her , even though administered in its mildest forms . One day she became very angry with ...
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... light , as some express it ; but in a " still , small voice ; " a qui- et , precious assurance that she was reconciled to GOD . She was satisfied . Dear reader , are you desirous and determined to be a Christian ? Do not rest without ...
... light , as some express it ; but in a " still , small voice ; " a qui- et , precious assurance that she was reconciled to GOD . She was satisfied . Dear reader , are you desirous and determined to be a Christian ? Do not rest without ...
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... light she had received . There was one thing , however , that sometimes troubled her , namely an undue indulgence of mirthfulness , when in company of young people ; in foolish talking , jesting , & c . and when , after such indulgence ...
... light she had received . There was one thing , however , that sometimes troubled her , namely an undue indulgence of mirthfulness , when in company of young people ; in foolish talking , jesting , & c . and when , after such indulgence ...
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... light , as a Christian , to become almost totally eclipsed by the false illumination of earthly love , and had allowed him to drag her steadily downward , instead of ex- erting an elevating influence upon him . She did not 48 MARY MILTON .
... light , as a Christian , to become almost totally eclipsed by the false illumination of earthly love , and had allowed him to drag her steadily downward , instead of ex- erting an elevating influence upon him . She did not 48 MARY MILTON .
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Popular passages
Page 108 - He that rejecteth Me, and receiveth not My words, hath One that judgeth him : the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Page 107 - So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Page 36 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.
Page 54 - Though the day of my destiny's over, And the star of my fate hath declined, Thy soft heart refused to discover The faults which so many could find; Though thy soul with my grief was acquainted, It shrunk not to share it with me, And the love which my spirit hath painted It never hath found but in thee.
Page 112 - He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
Page 23 - Tis a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought ; Do I love the Lord, or no ? Am I his, or am I not ? 2 If I love, why am I thus?
Page 116 - ... If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered," &c. Observe, a sinner is not compared to a green tree, but a dry; this could not wither except it were green and a branch once withered, it is hard to make it green again, &c., but they are gathered and burned; verse 7, 8. "If ye abide in me, and my words in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you...
Page 83 - Jesus was led by the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted, and after his long fast and conquest of evil, Behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
Page 167 - Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world ; for if any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.