Cyclopedia of Moral and Religious Anecdotes: A Collection of Nearly Three Thousand Facts, Incidents, Narratives, Examples and Testimonies, Containing the Best of the Kind in Most Former Collections, and Some Hundreds in Addition, Original and Selected, the Whole Critically Arranged and Classified on a New Plan, with Copious Topical and Scriptural IndexesLeavitt and Allen, 1848 - 891 pages |
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... appeared at the gates of the city , one of them carrying their father , and the other their mother . ( d ) PRISONER RESCUED BY HIS DAUGHTER . - M . Delleglaie being ordered from a dungeon at Lyons , to the Conciergerie , departed ...
... appeared at the gates of the city , one of them carrying their father , and the other their mother . ( d ) PRISONER RESCUED BY HIS DAUGHTER . - M . Delleglaie being ordered from a dungeon at Lyons , to the Conciergerie , departed ...
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... appeared that he had succeeded in saving his brother , though he lost himself : for the younger Forsythe had been gradually reanimated by the warmth of his broth- er's body ; and , when he dropped , was so thoroughly aroused , that he ...
... appeared that he had succeeded in saving his brother , though he lost himself : for the younger Forsythe had been gradually reanimated by the warmth of his broth- er's body ; and , when he dropped , was so thoroughly aroused , that he ...
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... appeared lov- ing and kind , and would promise not to strike and throw stones at each other . One day they were earnestly engaged in a game of ball . Michael had the club , and had just knocked the ball . Alvah caught it - at least , he ...
... appeared lov- ing and kind , and would promise not to strike and throw stones at each other . One day they were earnestly engaged in a game of ball . Michael had the club , and had just knocked the ball . Alvah caught it - at least , he ...
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... appeared in all their fallacy , nor could she derive from it one ray of hope , nor discover one Scriptural evidence ... appearance , he quietly added , “ John , show that man the door , and keep your eye on him until he is beyond the ...
... appeared in all their fallacy , nor could she derive from it one ray of hope , nor discover one Scriptural evidence ... appearance , he quietly added , “ John , show that man the door , and keep your eye on him until he is beyond the ...
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... appeared to conduct himself with propriety ; but old habits prevailed , and he became their victim with more devotedness than Now and then he would express his deep regret for the wicked course he was pursuing , and appear to desire ...
... appeared to conduct himself with propriety ; but old habits prevailed , and he became their victim with more devotedness than Now and then he would express his deep regret for the wicked course he was pursuing , and appear to desire ...
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Page 346 - His death and passion: and grant, that the grace of God, which bringeth salvation, may effectually teach and persuade me to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...
Page 148 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 318 - Ye are the salt of the earth" — " Ye are the light of the world.
Page 638 - I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel...
Page 462 - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers : for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness ? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Page 374 - The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. "The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.
Page 269 - THERE is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Immanuel's veins ; And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains.
Page 151 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day ; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 401 - Socrates, peaceably philosophizing with his friends, appears the most agreeable that could be wished for ; that of Jesus, expiring in the midst of agonizing pains, abused, insulted, and accused by a whole nation, is the most horrible that could be feared.
Page 248 - I have lived to see this world is made up of perturbations ; and I have been long preparing to leave it, and gathering comfort for the dreadful hour of making my account with God, which I now apprehend to be near...