Sketches of Life and Character, from Scripture and from ObservationW. Oliphant, 1822 - 228 pages |
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... Holy Pair 81 A Youthful Transgressor 93 The Orphan Girl 116 A Hopeful Child 135 Methuselah 150 Naboth's Vineyard 165 Jonah's Gourd 179 The Candid Inquirer 196 Lydia 211 Sketches OF LIFE AND CHARACTER . A GOOD MINISTER .
... Holy Pair 81 A Youthful Transgressor 93 The Orphan Girl 116 A Hopeful Child 135 Methuselah 150 Naboth's Vineyard 165 Jonah's Gourd 179 The Candid Inquirer 196 Lydia 211 Sketches OF LIFE AND CHARACTER . A GOOD MINISTER .
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... holy and more active for Christ . " He gave no indi- cations of solicitude about life , nor did I ever see any one who discovered so little of the fear of death . In various scenes of intercourse with him I have marked something ...
... holy and more active for Christ . " He gave no indi- cations of solicitude about life , nor did I ever see any one who discovered so little of the fear of death . In various scenes of intercourse with him I have marked something ...
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... holy wisdom , and imita- ting his active goodness , and may they be bless- ed with that heavenly peace which rendered his life so tranquil and his death so happy . wwwwww ~~ - ~ A VIRTUOUS WOMAN . It is a very false way of forming an ...
... holy wisdom , and imita- ting his active goodness , and may they be bless- ed with that heavenly peace which rendered his life so tranquil and his death so happy . wwwwww ~~ - ~ A VIRTUOUS WOMAN . It is a very false way of forming an ...
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... holy imitation . These are the legitimate motives which ought to influence religious biography , and not the mere wish to honour the memory of a departed friend , in which vanity has often as much influence as affection . It is from ...
... holy imitation . These are the legitimate motives which ought to influence religious biography , and not the mere wish to honour the memory of a departed friend , in which vanity has often as much influence as affection . It is from ...
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... holy fellowship she delighted to dwell ; like Jacob , who , in the sea- son of sickness , felt soothed and encouraged by the reflection " God Almighty appeared to me at Luz , in the land of Canaan , and blessed me ; " and like David ...
... holy fellowship she delighted to dwell ; like Jacob , who , in the sea- son of sickness , felt soothed and encouraged by the reflection " God Almighty appeared to me at Luz , in the land of Canaan , and blessed me ; " and like David ...
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Page 213 - And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
Page 172 - Jesus saith unto him. Thou hast said : nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Page 100 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, And go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, Turn from it, and pass away.
Page 111 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. 14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Page 120 - God, my Redeemer, lives, And often from the skies Looks down and watches all my dust, — Till he shall bid it rise. 3 Arrayed in glorious grace, Shall these vile bodies shine ; And every shape, and every face, Look heavenly and divine. 4 These lively hopes we owe To Jesus' dying love ; We would adore his grace below, And sing his power above.
Page 171 - Answerest thou nothing? What is it which these witness against thee? But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him : I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
Page 29 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
Page 136 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
Page 79 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Page 228 - And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!