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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... object , yet you feel that by relin- quishing it , you would give up also all your hopes of earthly happiness . If this is the case ; if you also feel this pursuit your duty , if you indeed desire to know nothing but Jesus Christ and ...
... object , yet you feel that by relin- quishing it , you would give up also all your hopes of earthly happiness . If this is the case ; if you also feel this pursuit your duty , if you indeed desire to know nothing but Jesus Christ and ...
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... object to which all its energies would be direct- ed . These , however , Foster himself acknowledges , are rarely united ; and he regrets that almost all the examples of decision which he mentions , are among the cruel and tyrannical ...
... object to which all its energies would be direct- ed . These , however , Foster himself acknowledges , are rarely united ; and he regrets that almost all the examples of decision which he mentions , are among the cruel and tyrannical ...
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... object in view , to employ his time and attention ; or , most of all , if his schemes should , in the end , disappoint his expectations . TO MISS L. , OF N. H. Killingworth , Jannary 20 , 1309 . The subject of your letter , my dear ...
... object in view , to employ his time and attention ; or , most of all , if his schemes should , in the end , disappoint his expectations . TO MISS L. , OF N. H. Killingworth , Jannary 20 , 1309 . The subject of your letter , my dear ...
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... objects in their proper light , many of those things which now over- whelm us with sorrow would appear desirable . How happy it is for us that our lot is not at our own disposal . Were it so , I am certain we should be wretch- ed ; for ...
... objects in their proper light , many of those things which now over- whelm us with sorrow would appear desirable . How happy it is for us that our lot is not at our own disposal . Were it so , I am certain we should be wretch- ed ; for ...
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... objects which have excited them since I have arrived at maturity . My earthly attachments , however , have always been more ardent than they should be . I was ashamed that I should feel so much regret at leaving my eastern friends only ...
... objects which have excited them since I have arrived at maturity . My earthly attachments , however , have always been more ardent than they should be . I was ashamed that I should feel so much regret at leaving my eastern friends only ...
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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.