Selections from Theological LecturesLincoln and Edmands, 1833 - 204 pages |
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... beauty , and drawn on it the strong lines of misery ? Behold this king who lately dreamed that he was more than mortal , trembling on his throne ! " The joints of his loins are loosed , and his knees smite one against another ! " What ...
... beauty , and drawn on it the strong lines of misery ? Behold this king who lately dreamed that he was more than mortal , trembling on his throne ! " The joints of his loins are loosed , and his knees smite one against another ! " What ...
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... oracle for wisdom . There stands his neighbour , gazing with unconscious eyes upon the page , which he is devouring . He sees no beauty in that ora- 66 tion - no force in that train of reasoning 46 BEAUTIES OF COLLYER .
... oracle for wisdom . There stands his neighbour , gazing with unconscious eyes upon the page , which he is devouring . He sees no beauty in that ora- 66 tion - no force in that train of reasoning 46 BEAUTIES OF COLLYER .
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... beauty of sacred history to make us acquainted with men , and to disclose to us human feelings . No artificial strokes are used in the delineation of character in this volume . No romantic , unnatural circumstances , are recorded as ...
... beauty of sacred history to make us acquainted with men , and to disclose to us human feelings . No artificial strokes are used in the delineation of character in this volume . No romantic , unnatural circumstances , are recorded as ...
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... beauty and variety : to the sun and stars , in lustre , and in present duration ; but these are all his inferiors . The animal returns to the dust to perish , buries his powers and existence in the earth , and ceases to be . The flower ...
... beauty and variety : to the sun and stars , in lustre , and in present duration ; but these are all his inferiors . The animal returns to the dust to perish , buries his powers and existence in the earth , and ceases to be . The flower ...
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... beauty and consistence ; but , alas ! a very few strokes are added during our continuance here - so soon do we die out of the world ! Such also is our situation in respect of the great and benevolent scheme of human redemp- tion . We ...
... beauty and consistence ; but , alas ! a very few strokes are added during our continuance here - so soon do we die out of the world ! Such also is our situation in respect of the great and benevolent scheme of human redemp- tion . We ...
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Page 177 - Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes; it disappears!
Page 23 - ... the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Page 12 - Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work...
Page 28 - And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life ; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Page 18 - There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen : The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
Page 30 - I die : behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one : Oh, let me escape thither (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
Page 37 - And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Page 57 - And Paul said; I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Page 144 - CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.