The faithful friend; or, Two conversations on worldly intercourse and family duties, with a short memoir of the writer, by a brotherJames Nisbet, Berners Street, 1834 - 83 pages |
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... circumstances , through which she had been called to pass , and on account of which , it seems that it had , in some measure , been charged upon her religion , that it made her sorrowful , the subject of these pages thus writes ...
... circumstances , through which she had been called to pass , and on account of which , it seems that it had , in some measure , been charged upon her religion , that it made her sorrowful , the subject of these pages thus writes ...
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... fondly cherished , that my dear sister might , under God's bles sing , receive real and lasting benefit to her health , from the circumstances and situation into which , by his providence , she appeared now MEMOIR . xxiii.
... fondly cherished , that my dear sister might , under God's bles sing , receive real and lasting benefit to her health , from the circumstances and situation into which , by his providence , she appeared now MEMOIR . xxiii.
Page xxviii
... circumstances , was her sharpest trial ? Blessed be God , as to her spiritual and eternal interests , she was kept " in perfect peace . " She was not one of the number of them , who , utterly uncon- cerned and unawakened as to " the ...
... circumstances , was her sharpest trial ? Blessed be God , as to her spiritual and eternal interests , she was kept " in perfect peace . " She was not one of the number of them , who , utterly uncon- cerned and unawakened as to " the ...
Page xli
... circumstances , or wounded thee to the quick by some domestic bereavement ; may not the little history I have brought before thee be , through his grace , for thy profit and for thy comfort ? By another example , as well as by his ...
... circumstances , or wounded thee to the quick by some domestic bereavement ; may not the little history I have brought before thee be , through his grace , for thy profit and for thy comfort ? By another example , as well as by his ...
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... circumstances , let me ear- nestly and affectionately entreat thee to seek , for thine own possession , and for thine own enjoyment , the blessedness of that religion , which this brief memoir brings before thee . Doubt not but that ...
... circumstances , let me ear- nestly and affectionately entreat thee to seek , for thine own possession , and for thine own enjoyment , the blessedness of that religion , which this brief memoir brings before thee . Doubt not but that ...
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Page 83 - This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
Page 25 - REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...
Page 70 - But as then he that was born after the flesh, persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
Page 29 - But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God : for he hath prepared for them a city.
Page 50 - God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
Page 74 - Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe : come, get you down ; for the press is full, the fats overflow ; for their wickedness is great.
Page 7 - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us: and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are...
Page 67 - When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Page xiii - Then will I tell to sinners round, What a dear Saviour I have found; I'll point to thy redeeming blood, And say, "Behold the way to God.
Page 71 - Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.