The Englishwoman's magazine and Christian mother's miscellany [formerly The Christian mother's magazine] ed. by mrs. Milner, Volume 3Mary Milner 1848 |
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... course was cultivated by this course of reading ; but her enmity against religious truth continued in all its force ; " when , in any way , " she writes , " a ray of gospel light came across my mind , I turned from it as from a reptile ...
... course was cultivated by this course of reading ; but her enmity against religious truth continued in all its force ; " when , in any way , " she writes , " a ray of gospel light came across my mind , I turned from it as from a reptile ...
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... course of years this duty was resigned in favour of the prison . " She next obtained admission to the workhouse ; which place she con- tinued regularly to visit ; reading the Scriptures and praying with a number of the aged and sick ...
... course of years this duty was resigned in favour of the prison . " She next obtained admission to the workhouse ; which place she con- tinued regularly to visit ; reading the Scriptures and praying with a number of the aged and sick ...
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... course , comparatively un- known and unnoticed , " though supported by the governor of the gaol and his wife , this noble - hearted woman persisted for about three years . The next effort of this practical prison - reformer was to ...
... course , comparatively un- known and unnoticed , " though supported by the governor of the gaol and his wife , this noble - hearted woman persisted for about three years . The next effort of this practical prison - reformer was to ...
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... course of a few years , during which her mind had gradually expanded to the requirements of the subject before her , " provided for all the most important objects of prison - discipline - moral and intellectual tuition , occupation ...
... course of a few years , during which her mind had gradually expanded to the requirements of the subject before her , " provided for all the most important objects of prison - discipline - moral and intellectual tuition , occupation ...
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... course under her direction , during the past week . " The largest number , " she writes , " that ever attended for this purpose , was seventy ; but at a later period , when Sunday - schools were formed in the parish church , and in ...
... course under her direction , during the past week . " The largest number , " she writes , " that ever attended for this purpose , was seventy ; but at a later period , when Sunday - schools were formed in the parish church , and in ...
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Page 33 - O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea...
Page 560 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Page 335 - For as many as have sinned without Law shall also perish without Law: and as many as have sinned in the Law shall be judged by the Law...
Page 335 - There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit ; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
Page 146 - We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life, but above all for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace and for the hope of glory. And we beseech thee give us that due sense of all thy mercies that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful...
Page 285 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair ; thyself how wondrous then 1 Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 199 - With pendent train and rushing wings Aloft the gorgeous peacock springs; And he the bird of hundred dyes, Whose plumes the dames of Ava prize. So rich a shade, so green a sod Our English fairies never trod. Yet who in Indian bowers has stood, But thought on England's
Page 73 - Thou art gone to the grave ! we no longer behold thee, Nor tread the rough paths of the world by thy side; But the wide arms of mercy are spread to enfold thee, And sinners may die, for the SINLESS has died ! 3 Thou art gone to the grave!
Page 334 - Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God hath showed it unto them. For the invisible things of him, from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his Eternal Power and God-head, so that they are without excuse...
Page 195 - O'er Gunga's mimic sea ! I miss thee at the dawning gray, When, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay, And woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga's stream My twilight steps I guide, But most beneath the lamp's pale beam, I miss thee from my side.