Susanna WesleyRoberts Brothers, 1886 - 301 Seiten |
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... time to do everything , by dint of unflagging energy and industry and a methodical habit of mind . It was , of course , impossible to teach her eldest boy till he was able to speak ; but as soon as he began 42 SUSANNA WESLEY .
... time to do everything , by dint of unflagging energy and industry and a methodical habit of mind . It was , of course , impossible to teach her eldest boy till he was able to speak ; but as soon as he began 42 SUSANNA WESLEY .
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Eliza Clarke. able to speak ; but as soon as he began to talk she began to instruct him . It was a rapid and pleasant process , for she wrote that " he had such a prodigious memory that I do not re- member to have told him the same word ...
Eliza Clarke. able to speak ; but as soon as he began to talk she began to instruct him . It was a rapid and pleasant process , for she wrote that " he had such a prodigious memory that I do not re- member to have told him the same word ...
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... able to bear it ; but the subjecting the will is a thing that must be done at once , and the sooner the better ; for by neglecting timely correction they will contract a stubbornness and obstinacy which are hardly ever after conquered ...
... able to bear it ; but the subjecting the will is a thing that must be done at once , and the sooner the better ; for by neglecting timely correction they will contract a stubbornness and obstinacy which are hardly ever after conquered ...
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... able to finish it quickly , and then have you transcribe all your letters ; for they may be more use- ful to you than they are now , because you will be better able to understand them . I shall be employing my thoughts on useful ...
... able to finish it quickly , and then have you transcribe all your letters ; for they may be more use- ful to you than they are now , because you will be better able to understand them . I shall be employing my thoughts on useful ...
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... able to look to my family , if they don't turn them out of doors , as they have often threatened to do . One of my biggest con- cerns was my being forced to the midst of so many wolves . But the great Shepherd is able to provide for ...
... able to look to my family , if they don't turn them out of doors , as they have often threatened to do . One of my biggest con- cerns was my being forced to the midst of so many wolves . But the great Shepherd is able to provide for ...
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Seite 185 - And in our deepest desertion, and in our most peculiar sorrows, we may rest assured, that " there hath no temptation taken " us " but such as is common to man ; but God is faithful, who will not suffer" us " to be tempted above that" we " are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that " we
Seite 184 - Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off the relish of spiritual things; in short, whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your mind; that thing is sin to you, however innocent it may be in itself.
Seite 141 - If you do, after all, think fit to dissolve this assembly, do not tell me that you desire me to do it, for that will not satisfy my conscience: but send me your positive command, in such full and express terms, as may absolve me from all guilt and punishment for neglecting this opportunity of doing good, when you and I shall appear before the great and awful tribunal of our LORD JESUS CHRIST.
Seite 288 - John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do.
Seite 260 - From three to four the silver cord was loosing, and the wheel breaking at the cistern ; and then without any struggle, or sigh, or groan, the soul was set at liberty. We stood round the bed, and fulfilled her last request, uttered a little before she lost her speech : " Children, as soon as I am released, sing a psalm of praise to God.
Seite 289 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Seite 253 - Strong feeling is naturally contagious ; and if, as the wise man observes, as ' iron sharpeneth iron, so doth the countenance of a man his friend...
Seite 135 - ... been used to banish all discourse of God or spiritual concerns out of society, as if religion were never to appear out of the closet, and we were to be ashamed of nothing so much as of professing ourselves to be Christians.
Seite 107 - Come, neighbours, let us kneel down! let us give thanks to God! he has given me all my eight children ; let the house go, I am rich enough...
Seite 167 - O brother ! happy, thrice happy are you ; happy is my sister that buried your children in infancy, secure from temptation, secure from guilt, secure from want or shame, secure from the loss of friends. Believe me, it is better to mourn ten children dead than one living, and I have buried many.