Letters to the YoungPerkins, Marvin, 1834 - 264 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 39–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... Christ , or of his prophets and apostles ? " Do not , my dear - , suppose , from what I have said and quoted , that I would hazard the unguarded assertion , that no beautiful composition exists out of the Bible ; or that its pages ...
... Christ , or of his prophets and apostles ? " Do not , my dear - , suppose , from what I have said and quoted , that I would hazard the unguarded assertion , that no beautiful composition exists out of the Bible ; or that its pages ...
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... Christ , ( leaving religious faith quite out of the ques- tion , ) of more sweetness and majesty , and more likely to work a change in the mind of man , by the contemplation of an idea alone , than in any to be found in history , actual ...
... Christ , ( leaving religious faith quite out of the ques- tion , ) of more sweetness and majesty , and more likely to work a change in the mind of man , by the contemplation of an idea alone , than in any to be found in history , actual ...
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... Christ , will gradually lose their lustre , and cease to attract admiration or ex- cite sympathy . You will learn that no plant of intellectual renown can long flourish in the soil of moral depravity ; -your mind's vision will be ...
... Christ , will gradually lose their lustre , and cease to attract admiration or ex- cite sympathy . You will learn that no plant of intellectual renown can long flourish in the soil of moral depravity ; -your mind's vision will be ...
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... Christ's day , but he saw it through the dimness and the distance of two thousand years . Moses knew by the law , that the Lord was merciful , gracious , and long - suffering , but he knew not the plenitude of " grace and truth ...
... Christ's day , but he saw it through the dimness and the distance of two thousand years . Moses knew by the law , that the Lord was merciful , gracious , and long - suffering , but he knew not the plenitude of " grace and truth ...
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... Christ . The gospel they had , but not like ourselves , " without spot or wrinkle ; " a sun shining in its strength - a chain complete in every link -a whole perfect in every part ! It was not casting its to them that steady light ...
... Christ . The gospel they had , but not like ourselves , " without spot or wrinkle ; " a sun shining in its strength - a chain complete in every link -a whole perfect in every part ! It was not casting its to them that steady light ...
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Absalom affections Ahab allegory beauty behold Bible blessings character character of Christ Christ Christian creature David dear dearest death declension delight desire despise divine divine grace duty earth earthly enjoyment eternity evil faith fancies Father fear feel fruit give glorious glory grace Habakkuk habits happiness hath heart heaven holy Holy Spirit honor hope human idolatry imagination influence intellectual Isaiah Israel Jesus Jews king less LETTER light live look Lord ment mind moral motive mournful Naboth nature ness never Old Testament ourselves peace perfect person pleasure pray prayer precept present principle promised prophet Psalm regard religion religious remember render salvation satisfied Saviour Scriptures seek Sir John Moore sorrow soul spirit strength strive taste thee thine things thou thought thousand tion true truth uncon unim unto vanity walk Washington Irving Weep whilst words young
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Էջ 236 - And 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.
Էջ 59 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish.
Էջ 24 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort ? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Էջ 44 - And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains...
Էջ 188 - Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Էջ 38 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; That opened not the house of his prisoners?
Էջ 105 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament ; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Էջ 42 - I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being, My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord.
Էջ 37 - How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Էջ 38 - She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: Among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: All her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.