The Life and Remains, Letters, Lectures, and Poems of the Rev. Robert Murray McCheyneR. Carter, 1847 - 453 pages |
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... appear . At the age of four , while recovering from some illness , he selected as his recreation the study of the Greek alphabet , and was able to name all the letters , and write them in a rude way upon a slate . A year after he made ...
... appear . At the age of four , while recovering from some illness , he selected as his recreation the study of the Greek alphabet , and was able to name all the letters , and write them in a rude way upon a slate . A year after he made ...
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... appear instead . What though to fashion's garish eye they seem Untutored and ungainly - still to me , Than folly's foppish head - gear , lovelier far Are they , because bespeaking mental toil , Labor assiduous , through the golden days ...
... appear instead . What though to fashion's garish eye they seem Untutored and ungainly - still to me , Than folly's foppish head - gear , lovelier far Are they , because bespeaking mental toil , Labor assiduous , through the golden days ...
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... appears probable that the Lord permitted him thus to try many broken cisterns , and to taste the wormwood of many earthly streams , in order that in after days , by the side of the fountain of living waters , he might point to the world ...
... appears probable that the Lord permitted him thus to try many broken cisterns , and to taste the wormwood of many earthly streams , in order that in after days , by the side of the fountain of living waters , he might point to the world ...
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... appear . From that period and ever onward his dry register of every - day incidents is varied with such passages as the following : - " November 12. - Reading H. Martyn's Memoirs . Would I could imitate him , giving up father , mother ...
... appear . From that period and ever onward his dry register of every - day incidents is varied with such passages as the following : - " November 12. - Reading H. Martyn's Memoirs . Would I could imitate him , giving up father , mother ...
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... appear beside such a sun ! But even his was a borrowed light , and the same source is still open to enlighten me . " 66 April 8. - Have found much rest in him who bore all our burdens for us . " " April 26. - To - night I ventured to ...
... appear beside such a sun ! But even his was a borrowed light , and the same source is still open to enlighten me . " 66 April 8. - Have found much rest in him who bore all our burdens for us . " " April 26. - To - night I ventured to ...
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Page 448 - Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Page 160 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning ! If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy...
Page 418 - And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
Page 409 - He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
Page 403 - But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
Page 177 - As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
Page 431 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes.
Page 420 - And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
Page 378 - Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you : but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage : and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
Page 385 - Wherefore if they shall say unto you. Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.