The Life of William WilberforceProtestant Episcopal Society for the Promotion of Evangelical Knowledge, 1857 - 767 Seiten |
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... look through my curtains to learn if I was better . " At the early age of seven years , he was sent to the grammar - school at Hull ; and Isaac Milner , whose brother Joseph was appointed head - master of this school through the ...
... look through my curtains to learn if I was better . " At the early age of seven years , he was sent to the grammar - school at Hull ; and Isaac Milner , whose brother Joseph was appointed head - master of this school through the ...
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... look only on those who are worse than ourselves , till we flatter our- selves into a favorable opinion of our modes of life , and exalted ideas of our own virtue . But in the country a little reading or reflection presents us with a ...
... look only on those who are worse than ourselves , till we flatter our- selves into a favorable opinion of our modes of life , and exalted ideas of our own virtue . But in the country a little reading or reflection presents us with a ...
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... look for my principles ; it is to the very source to which you refer me , the Scriptures . . . . . All that I contend for is , that we should really make this book the criterion of our opinions and actions , and not read it and then ...
... look for my principles ; it is to the very source to which you refer me , the Scriptures . . . . . All that I contend for is , that we should really make this book the criterion of our opinions and actions , and not read it and then ...
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... know not how I could look for the blessing of God upon my retirement ; and without this heavenly assist- ance , either in the world or in solitude our own endea- vors will be equally ineffectual . When I consider the 80 MEMOIR OF.
... know not how I could look for the blessing of God upon my retirement ; and without this heavenly assist- ance , either in the world or in solitude our own endea- vors will be equally ineffectual . When I consider the 80 MEMOIR OF.
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... look forward to that eternal rest which awaits the people of God ; when the whole will be a never - ending enjoyment of those feelings of love and joy , and admiration and gratitude , which are , even in the limited degree we here ...
... look forward to that eternal rest which awaits the people of God ; when the whole will be a never - ending enjoyment of those feelings of love and joy , and admiration and gratitude , which are , even in the limited degree we here ...
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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...