Short Sketches of Some Notable LivesSeeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1855 - 420 pages |
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... says , when asked how he kept him- self free from infection , " temperance and cleanliness are my preservatives . Trusting in Divine Providence , and believing myself in the way of my duty , I visit the most noxious cells ; and while ...
... says , when asked how he kept him- self free from infection , " temperance and cleanliness are my preservatives . Trusting in Divine Providence , and believing myself in the way of my duty , I visit the most noxious cells ; and while ...
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... says , " by fatigue of body and mind . " Still , his faith and his patience did not forsake him . " I have great reason to bless God that my steadi- ness of resolution does not forsake me in so many soli- tary hours . What I suffered in ...
... says , " by fatigue of body and mind . " Still , his faith and his patience did not forsake him . " I have great reason to bless God that my steadi- ness of resolution does not forsake me in so many soli- tary hours . What I suffered in ...
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... supplicibus , excitare afflictos , dare salutem , liberare periculis homines . " * His diary refers to the secret springs of his fearless * Brown's Life , p . 519 . energies ; " Courage and humanity , " he says. 40 JOHN HOWARD .
... supplicibus , excitare afflictos , dare salutem , liberare periculis homines . " * His diary refers to the secret springs of his fearless * Brown's Life , p . 519 . energies ; " Courage and humanity , " he says. 40 JOHN HOWARD .
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John Campbell Colquhoun. energies ; " Courage and humanity , " he says , " are inseparable friends . " " The truest pleasures arise from extensive benevolence . " " Christ has made poverty and meanness , joined with holiness , to be a ...
John Campbell Colquhoun. energies ; " Courage and humanity , " he says , " are inseparable friends . " " The truest pleasures arise from extensive benevolence . " " Christ has made poverty and meanness , joined with holiness , to be a ...
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... condescended to raise in me a firm persuasion that I am employed in what is consonant to his Divine will . The way to Heaven from Grand Cairo is as near as from London . " Or as he says in the confidence of his journal. THE CLOSE.
... condescended to raise in me a firm persuasion that I am employed in what is consonant to his Divine will . The way to Heaven from Grand Cairo is as near as from London . " Or as he says in the confidence of his journal. THE CLOSE.
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Page 341 - In vain thou strugglest to get free, I never will unloose my hold; Art thou the Man that died for me? The secret of thy love unfold: Wrestling, I will not let thee go Till I thy name, thy nature know.
Page 367 - Here then I am, far from the busy ways of men. I sit down alone : only God is here. In His presence I open, I read His book; for this end, to find the way to heaven.
Page 374 - I firmly believe I am a scriptural ETTICTXOTCO? as much as any man in England or in Europe; for the uninterrupted succession I know to be a fable, which no man ever did or can prove.
Page 91 - Serene will be our days and bright, And happy will our nature be, When love is an unerring light, And joy its own security. And they a blissful course may hold Even now, who, not unwisely bold, Live in the spirit of this creed ; Yet seek thy firm support, according to their need.
Page 341 - What though my shrinking flesh complain, And murmur to contend so long ? I rise superior to my pain : When I am weak, then I am strong ! And when my all of strength shall fail, I shall with the God-Man prevail...
Page 406 - John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do.
Page 110 - Him; therefore your letter and your friends visit have been both very welcome to me. I shall follow their and your counsel as far as God will afford me light and unction; remaining still your loving friend, ELIZABETH.
Page 46 - Priestman, you style this a dull conversation, and endeavour to divert my mind from dwelling upon death, but I entertain very different sentiments. Death has no terrors for me : it is an event I always look to with cheerfulness, if not with pleasure ; and be assured, the subject is more grateful to me than any other.
Page 204 - doing so much, and living so good a life," I doubted not but I was a good Christian.
Page 162 - My love and my life is to you, and with you, and no water can quench it, nor distance wear it out, or bring it to an end. I have been with you, cared over you, and served you with unfeigned love ; and you are beloved of me, and near to me beyond utterance. I bless you in the name and power of the Lord, and may God bless you with his righteousness, peace, and plenty, all the land over...