Friends' Miscellany, Volume 5

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John Comly, Isaac Comly
editors, 1834

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Page 247 - Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Page 294 - Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Page 76 - ... the sea and the waves roaring ; and men's hearts failing them for fear...
Page 208 - We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
Page 131 - Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Page 328 - I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith : henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me at that day : and not only to me, but also to all them that have loved his appearing.
Page 244 - The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, Thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high ; That saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground ? Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle. And though thou set thy nest among the stars, Thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.
Page 213 - See that ye refuse not him that speaketh : for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven...
Page 313 - My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, neither be weary of His correction: for whom the Lord loveth He correcteth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Page 1 - ... to say, It is good for me that I have been afflicted.

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