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... natural curiosity and thirst for knowledge , which his friends hailed as the presages of his future eminence . So completely was his mind absorbed by the pursuit of know- ledge , so close and unwearied was his application to his books ...
... natural curiosity and thirst for knowledge , which his friends hailed as the presages of his future eminence . So completely was his mind absorbed by the pursuit of know- ledge , so close and unwearied was his application to his books ...
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... nature of the appointment which he at this time received , and the age when it was conferred upon him , we can have some idea of the estimation in which he was held as a scholar and divine . He was , by one of the most im- portant and ...
... nature of the appointment which he at this time received , and the age when it was conferred upon him , we can have some idea of the estimation in which he was held as a scholar and divine . He was , by one of the most im- portant and ...
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... nature ; his feelings , at the hour of death , too de- sirable , to be slightly passed over . The death - bed of the Christian , presents a scene always af- fecting , and , at times , highly instructive . " It is good for " us to ...
... nature ; his feelings , at the hour of death , too de- sirable , to be slightly passed over . The death - bed of the Christian , presents a scene always af- fecting , and , at times , highly instructive . " It is good for " us to ...
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... nature which merely gratifies the ear by the harmony of periods , or the elegance of language ; it was that which goes directly to the conscience , agitating , alarming , melting the heart . He had the faculty , not only of pre- senting ...
... nature which merely gratifies the ear by the harmony of periods , or the elegance of language ; it was that which goes directly to the conscience , agitating , alarming , melting the heart . He had the faculty , not only of pre- senting ...
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... nature of his style , the purity of his doctrine , the tendency of his discourses ; but the tones of the voice , the expression of the countenance , the eloquence of the eye , and the force of gesture , are all lost . During the latter ...
... nature of his style , the purity of his doctrine , the tendency of his discourses ; but the tones of the voice , the expression of the countenance , the eloquence of the eye , and the force of gesture , are all lost . During the latter ...
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Page 275 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Page 292 - And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty...
Page 370 - Entreat me not to leave thee or to return from following after thee, for. whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people and thy God my God. Where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 189 - If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof...
Page 197 - My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; '" which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid. " What time they wax warm, they vanish; when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
Page 26 - And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.
Page 190 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 363 - But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Page 177 - And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation. I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
Page 71 - Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot ; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded ; but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.