Memoirs of the Late Mrs. Susan Huntington, of Boston, Mass: Consisting Principally of Extracts from Her Journal and Letters with the Sermon Occasioned by Her Death |
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... Andover , September 20 , 1821 . My beloved child . I rejoice in your return * . I thank God , who has once more brought us so near each other , and given us the prospect of again meet- ing on this side the grave . Boston must look sad ...
... Andover , September 20 , 1821 . My beloved child . I rejoice in your return * . I thank God , who has once more brought us so near each other , and given us the prospect of again meet- ing on this side the grave . Boston must look sad ...
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... Andover , and am now quite well . Sister Mary's health is exceedingly delicate . Her situation is , in my opinion , very critical . With un- wearied care , she may live some years ; or she may soon be taken from us . Our family , my ...
... Andover , and am now quite well . Sister Mary's health is exceedingly delicate . Her situation is , in my opinion , very critical . With un- wearied care , she may live some years ; or she may soon be taken from us . Our family , my ...
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... common lot of the youthful widow ? Help me , Lord , to avoid even the appearance of evil , and mourn over what is wrong , and quietly leave the rest to thee . TO A FRIEND AT ANDOVER . Bridgewater , August 26 344 MEMOIRS OF.
... common lot of the youthful widow ? Help me , Lord , to avoid even the appearance of evil , and mourn over what is wrong , and quietly leave the rest to thee . TO A FRIEND AT ANDOVER . Bridgewater , August 26 344 MEMOIRS OF.
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... ANDOVER . Bridgewater , August 26 , 1822 . I have concluded to send my son to your academy . Maternal attachment pleaded hard in favour of re- taining him in Boston , but judgment prevailed . I feel many new anxieties for him ; and ...
... ANDOVER . Bridgewater , August 26 , 1822 . I have concluded to send my son to your academy . Maternal attachment pleaded hard in favour of re- taining him in Boston , but judgment prevailed . I feel many new anxieties for him ; and ...
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... ANDOVER . Boston , October 8 , 1822 . In the wicked world , with which you are now compelled to mingle to some extent , you will often hear wrong opinions advanced , and wrong actions vindicated . There are those who call evil good ...
... ANDOVER . Boston , October 8 , 1822 . In the wicked world , with which you are now compelled to mingle to some extent , you will often hear wrong opinions advanced , and wrong actions vindicated . There are those who call evil good ...
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Page 241 - Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry ; and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword ; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Page 86 - Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, — Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore.
Page 160 - He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Page 270 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 84 - All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Page 89 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering ; for he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind, and tossed.
Page 223 - By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin...
Page 223 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord ; that the Lord Is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Page 282 - Wilt thou not from this time cry unto Me : — " My father, Thou art the guide of my youth?
Page 383 - For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities ; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.