Friends' Miscellany, Volume 12John Comly, Isaac Comly editors, 1839 - Quakers |
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... felt willing to go and leave us ; she re- plied , " O ! yes , entirely willing , —I see nothing in my way ; I have long been weary of this world of trouble . " She quietly departed this life on the 1st of the 6th month , 1822 , in the ...
... felt willing to go and leave us ; she re- plied , " O ! yes , entirely willing , —I see nothing in my way ; I have long been weary of this world of trouble . " She quietly departed this life on the 1st of the 6th month , 1822 , in the ...
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... felt concern for thee ; for I know that he who created the earth and the sea , rules over all . Trust in God , therefore , in all thy ways , and he will direct thy paths . Thus prays thy affectionate mother , INCREASE WOODWARD . The ...
... felt concern for thee ; for I know that he who created the earth and the sea , rules over all . Trust in God , therefore , in all thy ways , and he will direct thy paths . Thus prays thy affectionate mother , INCREASE WOODWARD . The ...
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... felt , my son , neither words nor pen can paint or describe . All the consolation that calm- ed my mind on thy behalf , was , that I knew there was an almighty , overruling Father in heaven , who supporteth and upholdeth all things . My ...
... felt , my son , neither words nor pen can paint or describe . All the consolation that calm- ed my mind on thy behalf , was , that I knew there was an almighty , overruling Father in heaven , who supporteth and upholdeth all things . My ...
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... felt that it contained a part of my earthly treasure and comfort . But I resign , I know I need not look for unmixed happiness in this transient state . A wise Providence has made a thorn where the roses are ; and while plucking the ...
... felt that it contained a part of my earthly treasure and comfort . But I resign , I know I need not look for unmixed happiness in this transient state . A wise Providence has made a thorn where the roses are ; and while plucking the ...
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... felt that state of mind , in which “ there was war in heaven . Michael and his angels fought against the dragon ; and the dragon fought and his angels , but prevailed not , neither was their place found any more in heaven . " Oh ! the ...
... felt that state of mind , in which “ there was war in heaven . Michael and his angels fought against the dragon ; and the dragon fought and his angels , but prevailed not , neither was their place found any more in heaven . " Oh ! the ...
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Page 122 - Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone ; if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 136 - Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Page 38 - For the mystery of iniquity doth already work : only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming...
Page 126 - Seeing, then, that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness; looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt away with fervent heat.
Page 126 - I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.
Page 126 - But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night ; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Page 379 - And behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Page 105 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 28 - Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.
Page 165 - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.