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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... suffering , yet now risen , Saviour , can say , even in their darkest seasons , " Thou hast put gladness into my heart more than in the time that their corn and wine in- creased . " * * Ps . iv . 7 . " Boast not , ye sons of earth , Nor ...
... suffering , yet now risen , Saviour , can say , even in their darkest seasons , " Thou hast put gladness into my heart more than in the time that their corn and wine in- creased . " * * Ps . iv . 7 . " Boast not , ye sons of earth , Nor ...
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... suffering , life , and agonizing death , pass printless over our heart ; and those who mourn the sin which caused these bitter sufferings , or who speak with any feeling beyond coldness , of this , their all - glorious Substitute , we ...
... suffering , life , and agonizing death , pass printless over our heart ; and those who mourn the sin which caused these bitter sufferings , or who speak with any feeling beyond coldness , of this , their all - glorious Substitute , we ...
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... suffered every indignity to save us from the wrath of God . Catharine . But what wrath have you excited in God ? Emily . - Oh , you know , we are all sinners . Ever since the fall of Adam , perfection is not to be found ; so we needed ...
... suffered every indignity to save us from the wrath of God . Catharine . But what wrath have you excited in God ? Emily . - Oh , you know , we are all sinners . Ever since the fall of Adam , perfection is not to be found ; so we needed ...
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... suffering all the trials and temptations of that state , into which rebel- lion against himself had brought his creatures ? Sinless himself , to become the inhabitant of a sinful world - and bearing the curse , which would have sunk ...
... suffering all the trials and temptations of that state , into which rebel- lion against himself had brought his creatures ? Sinless himself , to become the inhabitant of a sinful world - and bearing the curse , which would have sunk ...
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... lest He , who will not be mocked , should suffer that temp- tation to overcome me , which I did not choose to avoid . * Num . x . 29. + Jer . xv . 19 , + Matt . vi . 13 . Emily . We all , upon reflection , must see 24 THE FAITHFUL FRIEND .
... lest He , who will not be mocked , should suffer that temp- tation to overcome me , which I did not choose to avoid . * Num . x . 29. + Jer . xv . 19 , + Matt . vi . 13 . Emily . We all , upon reflection , must see 24 THE FAITHFUL FRIEND .
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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.