The Life, Character, and Literary Labours of Samuel Drew, A. M.Harper, 1835 - 363 pages |
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... occasion mental inquie- tude . To dispel those doubts -- to remove such difficulties — to show the coincidence between Reason and Revelation - to examine the evidences on which our expectations of eternal happiness rest - to place them ...
... occasion mental inquie- tude . To dispel those doubts -- to remove such difficulties — to show the coincidence between Reason and Revelation - to examine the evidences on which our expectations of eternal happiness rest - to place them ...
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... occasion , I well recollect , we were returning from the chapel , at St. Austell , on a bright and beautiful starlight night , when my mother pointed out the stars as the work of an Almighty Parent , to whom we were indebted for every ...
... occasion , I well recollect , we were returning from the chapel , at St. Austell , on a bright and beautiful starlight night , when my mother pointed out the stars as the work of an Almighty Parent , to whom we were indebted for every ...
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Jacob Halls Drew. beings , real or imaginary , with what I on this occasion wit- nessed . " How such a being , if immaterial , could become an object of sight , or how it could affect my organs of hearing , I do not know ; and it is ...
Jacob Halls Drew. beings , real or imaginary , with what I on this occasion wit- nessed . " How such a being , if immaterial , could become an object of sight , or how it could affect my organs of hearing , I do not know ; and it is ...
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... occasions which future destiny quivered in the beam , and apparently trivial circum- stances were the means of rescuing him from destruction , and opening before him a more honourable career . He would thus lead them to reflect on the ...
... occasions which future destiny quivered in the beam , and apparently trivial circum- stances were the means of rescuing him from destruction , and opening before him a more honourable career . He would thus lead them to reflect on the ...
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... occasion , he thus related to a friend . " At one time , in the depth of winter , I was borrowed to supply my brother's place in carrying the mail ; and I had to travel in the darkness of night , through frost and snow , a dreary ...
... occasion , he thus related to a friend . " At one time , in the depth of winter , I was borrowed to supply my brother's place in carrying the mail ; and I had to travel in the darkness of night , through frost and snow , a dreary ...
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Page 47 - Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly, and said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me: out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
Page 21 - Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the LORD, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters saith the LORD Almighty...
Page 66 - It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.
Page 47 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 264 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancied life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.