Susanna WesleyRoberts Brothers, 1886 - 301 Seiten |
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... perhaps as near perfection as any mortal can be . There was also a Sarah and three others , of whom all we know is that they grew up to womanhood and married . Susanna was slim and very pretty , and retained her good looks and sym ...
... perhaps as near perfection as any mortal can be . There was also a Sarah and three others , of whom all we know is that they grew up to womanhood and married . Susanna was slim and very pretty , and retained her good looks and sym ...
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... Perhaps he sympathized with her ; at all events he neither reproached nor hindered her . To the end of his life she remained his favorite child , and it was to her care that he committed the family papers , which , unfortunately , were ...
... Perhaps he sympathized with her ; at all events he neither reproached nor hindered her . To the end of his life she remained his favorite child , and it was to her care that he committed the family papers , which , unfortunately , were ...
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... perhaps , afraid that the intoxication of seeing himself in print might lead to neglect of severer studies . He counselled the youth to apply himself to critical learning , and gilded the pill by a bonus of ten pounds a year as a reward ...
... perhaps , afraid that the intoxication of seeing himself in print might lead to neglect of severer studies . He counselled the youth to apply himself to critical learning , and gilded the pill by a bonus of ten pounds a year as a reward ...
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... Perhaps school - books of the ordinary sort were scarce at Epworth , certainly there was no money to spare for the purchase of them , - or perhaps it was on principle that Mrs. Wes- ley's children were taught their very letters and ...
... Perhaps school - books of the ordinary sort were scarce at Epworth , certainly there was no money to spare for the purchase of them , - or perhaps it was on principle that Mrs. Wes- ley's children were taught their very letters and ...
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... perhaps the kitchen chimney wanted sweeping . At all events , some sparks fell upon it , and though the house was not burnt down , a great deal of mischief was done . It must have occurred either when Anne was a very few weeks old or ...
... perhaps the kitchen chimney wanted sweeping . At all events , some sparks fell upon it , and though the house was not burnt down , a great deal of mischief was done . It must have occurred either when Anne was a very few weeks old or ...
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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.