The Friend, Volume 1Robert Smith The Friend., 1829 |
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... charge a forcible entry into the grave yard was of the funeral arrangements , and tendered again made , and the body interred ; but no the order to him - he also refused it . Some opposition of any kind was offered to its mild ...
... charge a forcible entry into the grave yard was of the funeral arrangements , and tendered again made , and the body interred ; but no the order to him - he also refused it . Some opposition of any kind was offered to its mild ...
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... charge of tedious dif- fusiveness , for never was a tribute more justly due , than that which is here paid to the honesty , integrity , and high honour of our benevolent ancestors . Extraordinary Preservation at Sea . B. Wharton then ...
... charge of tedious dif- fusiveness , for never was a tribute more justly due , than that which is here paid to the honesty , integrity , and high honour of our benevolent ancestors . Extraordinary Preservation at Sea . B. Wharton then ...
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... charged . In consequence of this unchristian treat- key , refused to open it for them - they were ment , Friends were ... charge of the house , not to open it at the usual time . Thus circumstanced , Friends must either submit to their ...
... charged . In consequence of this unchristian treat- key , refused to open it for them - they were ment , Friends were ... charge of the house , not to open it at the usual time . Thus circumstanced , Friends must either submit to their ...
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... charge , and the other under that of Lieutenant Ross . These two boats were hauled over the ice by the crew of the ship , twelve men to each , and after undergoing in- And let their sons maintain an undegen'rate blood . credible fatigue ...
... charge , and the other under that of Lieutenant Ross . These two boats were hauled over the ice by the crew of the ship , twelve men to each , and after undergoing in- And let their sons maintain an undegen'rate blood . credible fatigue ...
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... charges , of these disqualified persons then said , that as , according to the uniform practice of the he denied having ... charge of the house , & c.- those feelings of reverence towards the It was , therefore , agreed to adjourn to Ger ...
... charges , of these disqualified persons then said , that as , according to the uniform practice of the he denied having ... charge of the house , & c.- those feelings of reverence towards the It was , therefore , agreed to adjourn to Ger ...
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Page 83 - These abilities, wheresoever they be found, are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed, but yet to some (though most abuse) in every nation : and are of power, beside the office of a pulpit, to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility, to allay the perturbations of the mind, and set the affections in right tune...
Page 174 - For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance ; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
Page 248 - For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Page 247 - Awake, awake ; put on thy strength, O Zion ; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city : for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. Shake thyself from the dust ; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem : loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
Page 244 - In darkness, and amid the many shapes Of joyless day-light ; when the fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of the world, Have hung upon the beatings of my heart, How oft, in spirit, have I turned to thee, O sylvan Wye ! Thou wanderer thro...
Page 94 - And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Page 53 - But when God commands to take the trumpet, and blow a dolorous or a jarring blast, it lies not in man's will what «he shall say, or what he shall conceal.
Page 4 - The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee. 3 There if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God. 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays, Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise.
Page 244 - On that best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered, acts Of kindness and of love.
Page 141 - For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh : how much more shall the blood of Christ, Who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God...