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... Holy Spirit . We must not , however , conclude these remarks without observing , that the principal excellency of the charac- ter here exhibited , seems to have con- sisted , in a habitual earnest desire of rendering every incident ...
... Holy Spirit . We must not , however , conclude these remarks without observing , that the principal excellency of the charac- ter here exhibited , seems to have con- sisted , in a habitual earnest desire of rendering every incident ...
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... Holy Spirit . I have greatly to lament that I was left under the influence of my own perverse and obsti- nate will . I cannot blame my GoD - Far be that from me . - I am undeserving the least of his care . In this particular , he gave ...
... Holy Spirit . I have greatly to lament that I was left under the influence of my own perverse and obsti- nate will . I cannot blame my GoD - Far be that from me . - I am undeserving the least of his care . In this particular , he gave ...
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... Holy Spirit , & c . & c . My soul cleaveth to the dust . Quicken " thou me , " and " restore to me the joys of pray 66 thy salvation ! " July 26 . For these last twelve hours , while my eyes have been kept from sleeping , I have had ...
... Holy Spirit , & c . & c . My soul cleaveth to the dust . Quicken " thou me , " and " restore to me the joys of pray 66 thy salvation ! " July 26 . For these last twelve hours , while my eyes have been kept from sleeping , I have had ...
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... not as I would be : I want to be holy , as I wish to be happy . Oh for a near union to the Blessed JESUS ! that I felt my whole soul indifferent to the world , breathing towards him , and desirous of being made conformable 25.
... not as I would be : I want to be holy , as I wish to be happy . Oh for a near union to the Blessed JESUS ! that I felt my whole soul indifferent to the world , breathing towards him , and desirous of being made conformable 25.
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... a thorny path ? Do I not too often wish for death , only to be relieved from these earthly encumbrances ? Graci- ous GOD ! make me more holy , more happy ! October 20 . The LORD's continued goodness has pre- served 27.
... a thorny path ? Do I not too often wish for death , only to be relieved from these earthly encumbrances ? Graci- ous GOD ! make me more holy , more happy ! October 20 . The LORD's continued goodness has pre- served 27.
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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.