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Page i
... for three years , when very young , she attended the ministry of the Rev. R. Cecil . But , though from a very early period , her mind appears occasionally to have been under the influence of religious impressions : she does.
... for three years , when very young , she attended the ministry of the Rev. R. Cecil . But , though from a very early period , her mind appears occasionally to have been under the influence of religious impressions : she does.
Page v
... mind and the grand outlines of her life , are more clearly discovered from the perusal of her writings , than from any thing that could be offered in the way of narrative ; little more will here be required . The reader , however , will ...
... mind and the grand outlines of her life , are more clearly discovered from the perusal of her writings , than from any thing that could be offered in the way of narrative ; little more will here be required . The reader , however , will ...
Page vi
... mind , without divine consolation , would have been over- whelmed with sorrow ; but she ex- pressed to a friend who visited her at this melancholy period , the blessedness of those who have the Almighty GoD for their support . ' Oh ...
... mind , without divine consolation , would have been over- whelmed with sorrow ; but she ex- pressed to a friend who visited her at this melancholy period , the blessedness of those who have the Almighty GoD for their support . ' Oh ...
Page vii
... mind , that , during her illness , she was in a great measure incapable of noticing any thing around her . She survived but a few days , and died at St. Peter's , September the 4th , 1802 . The following extracts might have been greatly ...
... mind , that , during her illness , she was in a great measure incapable of noticing any thing around her . She survived but a few days , and died at St. Peter's , September the 4th , 1802 . The following extracts might have been greatly ...
Page ix
... mind of so young a person ; her great concern was , how to perform the many and arduous duties of the differ- ent relations in which she was going to be placed ; and lest she should fail of recommending the religion she pro- fessed , to ...
... mind of so young a person ; her great concern was , how to perform the many and arduous duties of the differ- ent relations in which she was going to be placed ; and lest she should fail of recommending the religion she pro- fessed , to ...
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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.