Sarah Martin, the Prison Visitor, of Great Yarmouth: With Extracts from Her Writings & Prison JournalsReligious tract society, 1799 - 144 pages |
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... heaven . The schoolmaster who succeeded Lenny , and the only competent man in many respects , was addicted to drunkenness , from which vice I had not the pleasure to see him reclaimed . In his duties with the children , he was in common ...
... heaven . The schoolmaster who succeeded Lenny , and the only competent man in many respects , was addicted to drunkenness , from which vice I had not the pleasure to see him reclaimed . In his duties with the children , he was in common ...
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... heaven : but what is that to the delight which I have known , when , in my happy course , I could " stand still and see the salvation of God ? " Thus it is when the consciences of sinners are met by the law of God , when their danger is ...
... heaven : but what is that to the delight which I have known , when , in my happy course , I could " stand still and see the salvation of God ? " Thus it is when the consciences of sinners are met by the law of God , when their danger is ...
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... heaven , has been afforded me during the last five years . With all my time devoted to the prisoners , I have found it to be an expanding field , bringing wealth which the mind of an archangel might fail to estimate . To those who may ...
... heaven , has been afforded me during the last five years . With all my time devoted to the prisoners , I have found it to be an expanding field , bringing wealth which the mind of an archangel might fail to estimate . To those who may ...
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... heaven , I had seen death to be disarmed ; for whilst Jesus tasted death , the shadow only re- mained , and it has seemed from the Holy Scrip- tures , that the last moments of a believer were the most joyful of life below ; yet such was ...
... heaven , I had seen death to be disarmed ; for whilst Jesus tasted death , the shadow only re- mained , and it has seemed from the Holy Scrip- tures , that the last moments of a believer were the most joyful of life below ; yet such was ...
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... heaven ; but in spirit as much above earth . I at once found free access to the Father , Son , and Spirit , and had learned from the word of God , that ministering angels surround his children below . In spirit , I seemed in communion ...
... heaven ; but in spirit as much above earth . I at once found free access to the Father , Son , and Spirit , and had learned from the word of God , that ministering angels surround his children below . In spirit , I seemed in communion ...
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Popular passages
Page 106 - Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine ; continue in them : for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
Page 96 - ... .Then said he unto me, prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, Son of man, and say to the wind, thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
Page 98 - And inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me...
Page 78 - For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
Page 43 - God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but have life everlasting.
Page 86 - And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Page 79 - As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women.
Page 96 - His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
Page 77 - ... if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon-day : and the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones : and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Page 78 - Thou shalt also decree a thing, And it shall be established unto thee : And the light shall shine upon thy ways.