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... dear E- now that we are settled in our lodgings , and most of us are engaged in writing to friends , I gladly fulfil my promise of writing to you . . . . We have a delightful selection of books with us , which , with the best of books ...
... dear E- now that we are settled in our lodgings , and most of us are engaged in writing to friends , I gladly fulfil my promise of writing to you . . . . We have a delightful selection of books with us , which , with the best of books ...
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... dear E- Your very welcome note reached me on Thursday last . Its subject is surely inexhaustible . I find that the more I know , and the deeper I search , the more unsearchable the love of Christ appears . Truly it ' passeth knowledge ...
... dear E- Your very welcome note reached me on Thursday last . Its subject is surely inexhaustible . I find that the more I know , and the deeper I search , the more unsearchable the love of Christ appears . Truly it ' passeth knowledge ...
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... dear E- Perhaps you have already heard that beautiful sermon , the poor scanty notes of which I now send you . How I wished I could remember it all . I hope , however , I carried away , and still retain , the full impression of all I ...
... dear E- Perhaps you have already heard that beautiful sermon , the poor scanty notes of which I now send you . How I wished I could remember it all . I hope , however , I carried away , and still retain , the full impression of all I ...
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... dear friend , I must have my meditation chair , that I may digest all I read ; and may both of us have our sweet quiet spot for communion with God ; and may His blessing ever rest upon us . " In the next letter we find her exercising a ...
... dear friend , I must have my meditation chair , that I may digest all I read ; and may both of us have our sweet quiet spot for communion with God ; and may His blessing ever rest upon us . " In the next letter we find her exercising a ...
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... dear friend , tell me , in the midst of all this , did you feel your own soul living as near to , and as constantly on , Jesus ? Were you leaning as steadily on His arm , resting as quietly on His bosom , and rejoicing as fully in His ...
... dear friend , tell me , in the midst of all this , did you feel your own soul living as near to , and as constantly on , Jesus ? Were you leaning as steadily on His arm , resting as quietly on His bosom , and rejoicing as fully in His ...
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Page 118 - And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, "It is my people:" and they shall say, "The Lord is my God.
Page 111 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 176 - When the soft dews of kindly sleep My wearied eyelids gently steep, Be my last thought, how sweet to rest For ever on my Saviour's breast.
Page 8 - I HEARD the voice of Jesus say, Come unto me and rest ; Lay down, thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon my breast. I came to Jesus as I was, Weary, and worn, and sad, I found in Him a resting-place, And He has made me glad. I heard the voice of Jesus say, Behold, I freely give The living water, — thirsty one, Stoop down, and drink, and live.
Page 171 - The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Page 87 - Thy words were found, and I did eat them ; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of Hosts.
Page 198 - God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust ; in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ ; who shall change our vile body, that it may be like unto his glorious body, according to the mighty working, •whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself.
Page 44 - A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof (Jer.5:22-31).
Page 112 - The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
Page 9 - For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.