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... mind . In reading it I seemed to be living over my life . Forgotten names and occurrences , with their pleasing associations , were revived in my memory , and fountains of emotion long since sealed were freshly opened in my heart . But ...
... mind . In reading it I seemed to be living over my life . Forgotten names and occurrences , with their pleasing associations , were revived in my memory , and fountains of emotion long since sealed were freshly opened in my heart . But ...
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... mind to infidelity was the sym- pathy he cherished for republican institutions in opposition to monarchy and national religious establishments . The radical * This paragraph , with some others referring to George Taylor , is sub ...
... mind to infidelity was the sym- pathy he cherished for republican institutions in opposition to monarchy and national religious establishments . The radical * This paragraph , with some others referring to George Taylor , is sub ...
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... minds . Thousands of families , smitten with terror , moved from the infected district to the woods and fields , while a par- alysis was upon every business but that of the undertaker , and even his duties were performed with that haste ...
... minds . Thousands of families , smitten with terror , moved from the infected district to the woods and fields , while a par- alysis was upon every business but that of the undertaker , and even his duties were performed with that haste ...
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... . In this condition of mind he care- fully avoided public worship , being afraid to come in contact with gospel influence . But the time of God's merciful interposition at length ar- 14 LIFE AND TIMES OF JAMES B. TAYLOR .
... . In this condition of mind he care- fully avoided public worship , being afraid to come in contact with gospel influence . But the time of God's merciful interposition at length ar- 14 LIFE AND TIMES OF JAMES B. TAYLOR .
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... mind . It was during these years that the war with England occurred ; the city was also the scene of a great fire ; experiments in lighting the Park with gas were being made , and Fulton was pushing his steam- navigation in the waters ...
... mind . It was during these years that the war with England occurred ; the city was also the scene of a great fire ; experiments in lighting the Park with gas were being made , and Fulton was pushing his steam- navigation in the waters ...
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Page 322 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all: And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 72 - Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest bark Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw near home; Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark Our coming, and look brighter when we come...
Page 42 - Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
Page 289 - Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Page 198 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Page 288 - With patient mind thy course of duty run, God nothing does, or suffers to be done; But thou wouldst do thyself, if thou couldst see The end of all events as well as he.
Page 239 - Behold, God is my salvation ; I will trust, and not be afraid ; for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song ; he also is become my salvation.
Page 287 - I count not myself to have apprehended, but this one thing I do, — forgetting the things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God^ in Christ Jesus.
Page 183 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 342 - O my coevals ! remnants of yourselves ! Poor human ruins, tottering o'er the grave ! Shall we, shall aged men, like aged trees, Strike deeper their vile root, and closer cling, Still more enamour'd of this wretched soil...