The Penscellwood papers: essays by the author of 'Dr. Hookwell'.1846 |
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... feeling of an overburthened and distressed heart . The Communion Service was read from the altar . The observance of a Saint's day during the week duly notified ; and the Pastor , having changed his sacred vestment , solemnly and slowly ...
... feeling of an overburthened and distressed heart . The Communion Service was read from the altar . The observance of a Saint's day during the week duly notified ; and the Pastor , having changed his sacred vestment , solemnly and slowly ...
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... feelings of the nearness of death , you might have heard the head of a pin drop on the ground . And then the duties to be done ; the God to glorify ; the neighbours to edify ; the enemy to be reconciled to ; the sick to THE PASTOR OF ...
... feelings of the nearness of death , you might have heard the head of a pin drop on the ground . And then the duties to be done ; the God to glorify ; the neighbours to edify ; the enemy to be reconciled to ; the sick to THE PASTOR OF ...
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... feels afraid lest the elevation of animals to a spiritual life should be offensive in the eye of God , who has favoured man in so high a degree , even originally making him only a little lower than the angels . Indeed , Father Bougeant ...
... feels afraid lest the elevation of animals to a spiritual life should be offensive in the eye of God , who has favoured man in so high a degree , even originally making him only a little lower than the angels . Indeed , Father Bougeant ...
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... feeling and knowledge any spot by the wayside where any particular incident has happened : and I know that many a sporting dog will remember the spot in a field where , some days before , he has discovered a hare ; and any dog will bury ...
... feeling and knowledge any spot by the wayside where any particular incident has happened : and I know that many a sporting dog will remember the spot in a field where , some days before , he has discovered a hare ; and any dog will bury ...
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... feeling may be in soldiers , even in the midst of war . It was truly delightful , too , to see the re- membrance of a faithful terrier by the late Sir Francis Burdett , and a provision made in his will for his maintenance . Believe me ...
... feeling may be in soldiers , even in the midst of war . It was truly delightful , too , to see the re- membrance of a faithful terrier by the late Sir Francis Burdett , and a provision made in his will for his maintenance . Believe me ...
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Page 186 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 277 - Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses : but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
Page 184 - And harmless serpents lick the pilgrim's feet. The smiling infant in his hand shall take The crested basilisk and speckled snake, Pleased the green lustre of the scales survey, And with their forky tongue shall innocently play.
Page 128 - That we shall sincerely, really, and constantly, through the grace of God, endeavour, in our several places and callings, the preservation of the reformed religion in the church of Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, against our common enemies...
Page 166 - And behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven : and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 2 - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days : which are a shadow of things to come ; but the body is of Christ.
Page 87 - We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
Page 166 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth ; both man and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Page 48 - I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever : nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
Page 68 - The learned, the judicious, the pious Boerhaave relates that he never saw a criminal dragged to execution without asking himself: 'Who knows whether this man is not less culpable than me?' On the days when the prisons of this city are emptied into the grave let every spectator of the dreadful procession put the same question to his own heart.