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Page 54
... I awake up with thy likeness , then , and never till then , shall I be satisfied . August 2 , 1794 . The dear boy of my truly best friend was yesterday taken from him to go to school , being the first day of August , in the eighth 54.
... I awake up with thy likeness , then , and never till then , shall I be satisfied . August 2 , 1794 . The dear boy of my truly best friend was yesterday taken from him to go to school , being the first day of August , in the eighth 54.
Page 56
... My dear , my tender , affectionate , faithful friend and servant , has been this day taken from me . Under apprehensions of this dif- ficulty for many years , I have been oft times ready to sink . She was the guide of my youth . I mean she ...
... My dear , my tender , affectionate , faithful friend and servant , has been this day taken from me . Under apprehensions of this dif- ficulty for many years , I have been oft times ready to sink . She was the guide of my youth . I mean she ...
Page 111
... my own inability to console you on the death of your dear sister , and assured of your having a far better Comforter than any earthly friend ; I was induced , though not without some re- gret , to leave you in the very abrupt manner ...
... my own inability to console you on the death of your dear sister , and assured of your having a far better Comforter than any earthly friend ; I was induced , though not without some re- gret , to leave you in the very abrupt manner ...
Page 113
... your spiritual concerns are in a flourishing state ? Our united respects to your family , with love to all friends . I remain , my dear friend , Your affectionate M. B. I LETTER II . St. Peter's , 24th Sept. 1789 . 113.
... your spiritual concerns are in a flourishing state ? Our united respects to your family , with love to all friends . I remain , my dear friend , Your affectionate M. B. I LETTER II . St. Peter's , 24th Sept. 1789 . 113.
Page 114
... My very dear Friend , 8 I embrace the first opportunity , after hearing of your safe arrival in London , to present my sincere congratulations to you on the marriage of your , and my best wishes for his and your happiness . How much of ...
... My very dear Friend , 8 I embrace the first opportunity , after hearing of your safe arrival in London , to present my sincere congratulations to you on the marriage of your , and my best wishes for his and your happiness . How much of ...
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Page 236 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Page 302 - I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Page 294 - I know whom I have trusted, and whom I have believed and that he is able to keep that [which] I have committed to his charge.
Page 75 - He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Page 323 - I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Page 163 - With peaceful mind thy race of duty run : God nothing does, or suffers to be done, But what thou wouldst thyself, if thou couldst see Through all events of things as well as he.
Page 222 - I love them that love me ; and they that seek me early shall find me.
Page 321 - Tis Jesus, the first and the last, Whose Spirit shall guide us safe home ; We'll praise him for all that is past, And trust him for all that's to come.
Page 188 - The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord.
Page 119 - May our light afflictions, which are but for a moment, work out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory ; while we look, not at the things seen and temporal, but at the things not seen, but eternal.