The Life of William WilberforceProtestant Episcopal Society for the Promotion of Evangelical Knowledge, 1857 - 767 Seiten |
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... duty to give wider extent to their usefulness by diffusing the knowledge that such an one has lived , and how . Others , the observed of all observers , placed , by the providence of God , in exalted sta- tions , have occupied the many ...
... duty to give wider extent to their usefulness by diffusing the knowledge that such an one has lived , and how . Others , the observed of all observers , placed , by the providence of God , in exalted sta- tions , have occupied the many ...
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... duty to his friend and his God . There was , however , another feature in his character which , springing from the same source , pervaded equally all his actions . This was his entire independence . Whether in politics or religion , he ...
... duty to his friend and his God . There was , however , another feature in his character which , springing from the same source , pervaded equally all his actions . This was his entire independence . Whether in politics or religion , he ...
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... for a young man in his position a high- er exhibition of virtuous principle than is here exhibit- ed , unless he assume the lofty standard of Christian duty to a redeeming Lord . " WIMBLEDON , June 5 , 1783 . " MY 36 MEMOIR OF.
... for a young man in his position a high- er exhibition of virtuous principle than is here exhibit- ed , unless he assume the lofty standard of Christian duty to a redeeming Lord . " WIMBLEDON , June 5 , 1783 . " MY 36 MEMOIR OF.
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... ly lifeless , while by the control of an unfelt and unre- cognized Providence , he was brought to a position for future action ; it now becomes our duty to turn the attention of the reader to that important change in his 52 MEMOIR OF.
... ly lifeless , while by the control of an unfelt and unre- cognized Providence , he was brought to a position for future action ; it now becomes our duty to turn the attention of the reader to that important change in his 52 MEMOIR OF.
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... duty he ever responded . In a review of his life , he says : " No man , I believe , was ever more punc- tual in his attendance on the House of Commons than inyself . I was always in my place on the WILLIAM WILBERFORCE . 59.
... duty he ever responded . In a review of his life , he says : " No man , I believe , was ever more punc- tual in his attendance on the House of Commons than inyself . I was always in my place on the WILLIAM WILBERFORCE . 59.
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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...