The Life of William WilberforceProtestant Episcopal Society for the Promotion of Evangelical Knowledge, 1857 - 767 Seiten |
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... received . One incident he recorded , as having been productive of a permanent influence on his character . Travelling with his aunt and Mr. John Thornton , this gentleman , with his characteristic liberality and Christian wisdom ...
... received . One incident he recorded , as having been productive of a permanent influence on his character . Travelling with his aunt and Mr. John Thornton , this gentleman , with his characteristic liberality and Christian wisdom ...
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... received from Mr. Wilber- force a willing and ample return of his present hospi- tality . Nothing could exceed his kindness to them : for a fortnight he was their constant attendant ; he made . them acquainted with the noblesse who ...
... received from Mr. Wilber- force a willing and ample return of his present hospi- tality . Nothing could exceed his kindness to them : for a fortnight he was their constant attendant ; he made . them acquainted with the noblesse who ...
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... received with the loudest acclamations of applause . It was a reply to all that had been urged against the address ; but there was such an excellent choice of expressions , so rapidly pronounced , that we are unable to do it just- ice ...
... received with the loudest acclamations of applause . It was a reply to all that had been urged against the address ; but there was such an excellent choice of expressions , so rapidly pronounced , that we are unable to do it just- ice ...
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... received infinite pardon and mercy , ashamed of the dispenser of it , and that in a country where his name is professed ! Oh ! what should I have done in persecuting times ? ( Forgot to set down that when my servants came in the first ...
... received infinite pardon and mercy , ashamed of the dispenser of it , and that in a country where his name is professed ! Oh ! what should I have done in persecuting times ? ( Forgot to set down that when my servants came in the first ...
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... received in these liberal days , that a person is in a safe state with respect to a future world , if he acts tolerably up to his knowledge and convictions , though he may not have taken much pains about acquiring this knowledge or ...
... received in these liberal days , that a person is in a safe state with respect to a future world , if he acts tolerably up to his knowledge and convictions , though he may not have taken much pains about acquiring this knowledge or ...
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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...