The Life, Character, and Literary Labours of Samuel Drew, A. M.Harper, 1835 - 363 pages |
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... a fear of giving offence ; and if , in endea- vouring to exhibit a faithful portrait , he has unwittingly provoked hostility , he must expect retaliation : In the perusal of the following pages , those persons VI PREFACE .
... a fear of giving offence ; and if , in endea- vouring to exhibit a faithful portrait , he has unwittingly provoked hostility , he must expect retaliation : In the perusal of the following pages , those persons VI PREFACE .
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... persons who profess to admit the historic truth of Christianity , and yet pour contempt upon the humbling doctrines of the cross . " Evangelical Religion " is a phrase at which they take offence ; and that change of the will and ...
... persons who profess to admit the historic truth of Christianity , and yet pour contempt upon the humbling doctrines of the cross . " Evangelical Religion " is a phrase at which they take offence ; and that change of the will and ...
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... person of considerable property ; but assuming the rank of an independent gentleman , and plunging into dissipation and extravagance , he squandered his substance , and brought himself and family into difficulties . Nine of his children ...
... person of considerable property ; but assuming the rank of an independent gentleman , and plunging into dissipation and extravagance , he squandered his substance , and brought himself and family into difficulties . Nine of his children ...
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... person who , had she outlived her parents , would have been entitled to property of the value of twenty pounds . An incident connected with his first wife's death proves how relentless were his persecutors and slanderers . Before he be ...
... person who , had she outlived her parents , would have been entitled to property of the value of twenty pounds . An incident connected with his first wife's death proves how relentless were his persecutors and slanderers . Before he be ...
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... person is the " class - leader . " The individuals under his charge are expected to meet together once a week , at a fixed time and place ; and it becomes his duty , after a short introductory prayer , to ask each such questions , and ...
... person is the " class - leader . " The individuals under his charge are expected to meet together once a week , at a fixed time and place ; and it becomes his duty , after a short introductory prayer , to ask each such questions , and ...
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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.