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... morning go to the minister , hoping to find some relief there . As she awaked on Monday morning , a little before day , she wondered within herself at the easiness and calmness she felt in her mind , which was of that kind she never ...
... morning go to the minister , hoping to find some relief there . As she awaked on Monday morning , a little before day , she wondered within herself at the easiness and calmness she felt in her mind , which was of that kind she never ...
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... morning , she asked her , whether she did not cry the last night . The child answered , Yes , I did cry a little , for I was thinking about God and Christ , and they loved me . Her mother asked her , whether to think of God and Christ ...
... morning , she asked her , whether she did not cry the last night . The child answered , Yes , I did cry a little , for I was thinking about God and Christ , and they loved me . Her mother asked her , whether to think of God and Christ ...
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... morning , while I was walking in a soli- tary place , as usual , I at once saw that all my contrivances and projects to effect or procure deliverance and salvation for myself , were utterly in vain ; I was brought quite to a stand as ...
... morning , while I was walking in a soli- tary place , as usual , I at once saw that all my contrivances and projects to effect or procure deliverance and salvation for myself , were utterly in vain ; I was brought quite to a stand as ...
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... morning till the Sabbath - evening following , ( July 12 , 1739 , ) when I was walking again in the same solitary place , where I was brought to see myself lost and helpless , as before- mentioned . Here , in a mournful melancholy state ...
... morning till the Sabbath - evening following , ( July 12 , 1739 , ) when I was walking again in the same solitary place , where I was brought to see myself lost and helpless , as before- mentioned . Here , in a mournful melancholy state ...
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... morning devotions , my soul was exceedingly melted , and bitterly mourned over my exceeding sinfulness and vileness . I never before had felt so pungent and deep a sense of the odious nature of sin , as at this time . My soul was then ...
... morning devotions , my soul was exceedingly melted , and bitterly mourned over my exceeding sinfulness and vileness . I never before had felt so pungent and deep a sense of the odious nature of sin , as at this time . My soul was then ...
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Page 338 - Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ ; what was I, that I could withstand God? 18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
Page 173 - I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
Page 236 - And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. And behold there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem...
Page 104 - Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
Page 512 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 512 - Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
Page 257 - I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
Page 353 - And how evident did it now appear that they received and felt them, "not as the word of man, but as the word of God!
Page 201 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Page 40 - And He said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.