Voices of the DeadJohn P. Jewett & Company, 1854 - 302 pages |
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Page 18
... of the Stagyrite is still felt in every academy . Whether these influences are beneficent or the reverse , I do not now pronounce ; but that they are influences fraught with power , is what every one must , 18 THE SPEAKING DEAD .
... of the Stagyrite is still felt in every academy . Whether these influences are beneficent or the reverse , I do not now pronounce ; but that they are influences fraught with power , is what every one must , 18 THE SPEAKING DEAD .
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... felt bitter remorse , while he recalled to memory his first sin , and saw it rebound in Abel . " That dead body is be- cause I sinned . The fathers have eaten sour grapes ; and the children's teeth are set on edge . We fell , and we ...
... felt bitter remorse , while he recalled to memory his first sin , and saw it rebound in Abel . " That dead body is be- cause I sinned . The fathers have eaten sour grapes ; and the children's teeth are set on edge . We fell , and we ...
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... felt by any , it is by us , that you have twenty or thirty years more to spend in the valley of tears below . " Thus it should be joy on your part , that those you have lost have gone and anticipated all , and are now in the presence of ...
... felt by any , it is by us , that you have twenty or thirty years more to spend in the valley of tears below . " Thus it should be joy on your part , that those you have lost have gone and anticipated all , and are now in the presence of ...
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... felt as an unspeakable calamity . Yet there is no sin of which real Christians are more commonly and more flagrantly guilty than that of having a constant suspi- cion of God , as if he were a hard - hearted taskmaster , ever waiting to ...
... felt as an unspeakable calamity . Yet there is no sin of which real Christians are more commonly and more flagrantly guilty than that of having a constant suspi- cion of God , as if he were a hard - hearted taskmaster , ever waiting to ...
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... felt to be actual , " the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin . " Let us , then , walk in perfect confidence with God . When the road seems dark , and the cloud hangs low- ering , and thorns and thistles and sharp ...
... felt to be actual , " the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin . " Let us , then , walk in perfect confidence with God . When the road seems dark , and the cloud hangs low- ering , and thorns and thistles and sharp ...
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Page 243 - I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant, for with my staff I passed over this Jordan and now I am become two bands.
Page 123 - Art is long and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.
Page 68 - I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul ; having your conversation honest among the Gentiles : that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Page 71 - And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river ; * and her maidens walked along by the river's side ; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. And when she had opened it, she saw the child : and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews
Page 12 - When the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight...
Page 110 - By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter ; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season ; esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.
Page 122 - O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name : and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.
Page 233 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Page 220 - Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Page 71 - And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.