Selections from the Letters and Other Papers of William Grover: Preceded by a Biographical Notice of His LifeT. Kite, 1831 - 99 pages |
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... Thou wilt , without Thee we are poor , And with Thee , rich , take what Thou wilt away . 1823 .-- 10 mo . 12. How earnestly to be desired is a complete redemption from all selfishness : then would envy , pride , and wrath , no more ...
... Thou wilt , without Thee we are poor , And with Thee , rich , take what Thou wilt away . 1823 .-- 10 mo . 12. How earnestly to be desired is a complete redemption from all selfishness : then would envy , pride , and wrath , no more ...
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... thou mayst avoid some of the dan- gers to which I think thou art likely to be exposed . Thy time of life , and the time of a young man's engag- ing in the world for himself , is ... thou wilt be likely to come 44 LETTERS AND OTHER PAPERS.
... thou mayst avoid some of the dan- gers to which I think thou art likely to be exposed . Thy time of life , and the time of a young man's engag- ing in the world for himself , is ... thou wilt be likely to come 44 LETTERS AND OTHER PAPERS.
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... thou wilt , I trust , come to be less and less susceptible of the allurements of the trifling things of the world , and thou wilt be more and more enabled to set a right value upon things . Unlawful things , and trifling things , will ...
... thou wilt , I trust , come to be less and less susceptible of the allurements of the trifling things of the world , and thou wilt be more and more enabled to set a right value upon things . Unlawful things , and trifling things , will ...
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... thou wilt be blest . When things present , bring them to the Light : if they will bear the test , we may conclude they make for lasting peace ; if they will not , they make for per- plexity , and , sooner or later , for distress . Dear ...
... thou wilt be blest . When things present , bring them to the Light : if they will bear the test , we may conclude they make for lasting peace ; if they will not , they make for per- plexity , and , sooner or later , for distress . Dear ...
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... thou art properly watchful , thou wilt be blest with an in- crease of spiritual knowledge and spiritual strength , and of capacity to overcome those propensities to which by nature we are prone . In order to this , I beseech thee in an ...
... thou art properly watchful , thou wilt be blest with an in- crease of spiritual knowledge and spiritual strength , and of capacity to overcome those propensities to which by nature we are prone . In order to this , I beseech thee in an ...
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Page 66 - Indeed, we cannot think ourselves worse than we really are ; yet some things which abate the comfort and alacrity of our Christian profession are rather impediments than properly sinful, and will not be imputed to us by him who knows our frame, and remembers that we are but dust. Thus, to have an infirm memory, to be subject to disordered, irregular, or low spirits, are faults of the constitution, in which the will has no share, though they are all burdensome and oppressive, and sometimes needlessly...
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