The Life of William WilberforceProtestant Episcopal Society for the Promotion of Evangelical Knowledge, 1857 - 767 Seiten |
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... devote much time or labor to their preparation . His delight in Eng- lish poetry was great , and he stored his memory with rich treasures from that mine of intellectual pleasure . Beattie's Minstrel , of which Southey remarks , " No ...
... devote much time or labor to their preparation . His delight in Eng- lish poetry was great , and he stored his memory with rich treasures from that mine of intellectual pleasure . Beattie's Minstrel , of which Southey remarks , " No ...
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... devoted kinsman , " JOHN , THORNTON . ” " Jan. 11th . To town and Woolnooth - after church , brought Mr. Newton down in chaise - dined and slept at Wimbledon - composure and happiness of a true Christian : he read the account of his ...
... devoted kinsman , " JOHN , THORNTON . ” " Jan. 11th . To town and Woolnooth - after church , brought Mr. Newton down in chaise - dined and slept at Wimbledon - composure and happiness of a true Christian : he read the account of his ...
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... devoted my- self for whatever might be the term of my future life to the service of my God and Saviour ; and with many deficiencies and infirmities I continue to this day . " CHAPTER V. GREAT as had been his earnestness in the 84 MEMOIR OF.
... devoted my- self for whatever might be the term of my future life to the service of my God and Saviour ; and with many deficiencies and infirmities I continue to this day . " CHAPTER V. GREAT as had been his earnestness in the 84 MEMOIR OF.
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... devoted himself also to a regular course of mental training and spiritual discipline , of which the entries in his journal furnish abundant evi- dence . No hermit in his cave , no monk in the seclusion of his cell , ever strove more ...
... devoted himself also to a regular course of mental training and spiritual discipline , of which the entries in his journal furnish abundant evi- dence . No hermit in his cave , no monk in the seclusion of his cell , ever strove more ...
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... devoted to any one specific point , but it is rather a general sort of stupid doubting whether the whole be not a delusion . Perhaps the best way of combating the enemy is to fly from him in speculation , and to fight him practically ...
... devoted to any one specific point , but it is rather a general sort of stupid doubting whether the whole be not a delusion . Perhaps the best way of combating the enemy is to fly from him in speculation , and to fight him practically ...
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Seite 501 - ... meet to be a partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light.
Seite 23 - When in the slippery paths of youth With heedless steps I ran, Thine arm unseen conveyed me safe, And led me up to man.
Seite 395 - FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee.
Seite 80 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength, and thy neighbor as thyself.
Seite 556 - Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Seite 23 - I was introduced, on the very first night of my arrival, to as licentious a set of men as can well be conceived. They drank hard, and their conversation was even worse than their lives.
Seite 98 - Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity we have had our conversation in the world...
Seite 24 - did not act towards me the part of Christians, or even of honest men. Their object seemed to be to make and keep me idle. If ever I appeared studious, they would say to me — ' Why, in the world should a man of your fortune trouble himself with fagging?
Seite 184 - And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
Seite 133 - He then proceeded to a particular account of his day, of the inquiries he had made respecting the poor ; there was no resident minister, no manufactory, nor did there appear any dawn of comfort, either temporal or spiritual. The...