The memoirs of the late miss Emma Humphries, with a series of letters to young ladies ... and to parents1817 |
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... attachment to Jesus Christ . - Candour --Humility . LETTER III . Page 76 . Subject continued .-- Benevolence . - Zeal -Importance of these principles in the female character in reference to Sunday Schools and the Moral state of the ...
... attachment to Jesus Christ . - Candour --Humility . LETTER III . Page 76 . Subject continued .-- Benevolence . - Zeal -Importance of these principles in the female character in reference to Sunday Schools and the Moral state of the ...
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... attachment to religious exercises was not occasional and transient , " as the morning cloud and early dew that passeth away , " or " as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor ; 22 but habitual and permanent . Being ...
... attachment to religious exercises was not occasional and transient , " as the morning cloud and early dew that passeth away , " or " as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor ; 22 but habitual and permanent . Being ...
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... attachment was more pure and ardent . The prospect of returning home at the ensuing recess , afforded her a degree of enjoyment , which no other circumstance could equal , but this gratification was denied her . In October , a fever ...
... attachment was more pure and ardent . The prospect of returning home at the ensuing recess , afforded her a degree of enjoyment , which no other circumstance could equal , but this gratification was denied her . In October , a fever ...
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... attachment , when it is the subject either of contemplation or conversation . But this surprize will decrease as you become acquainted with their characters . Some , you will soon perceive , have had no pious instructions from their ...
... attachment , when it is the subject either of contemplation or conversation . But this surprize will decrease as you become acquainted with their characters . Some , you will soon perceive , have had no pious instructions from their ...
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... attachment , ' till you have found one whose taste , whose sentiments , and whose habits are favourable to religion . This will necessarily require much minute obser- vation , on the manners and the dispositions of those around you ...
... attachment , ' till you have found one whose taste , whose sentiments , and whose habits are favourable to religion . This will necessarily require much minute obser- vation , on the manners and the dispositions of those around you ...
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Էջ 190 - Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Էջ 78 - One song employs all nations; and all cry, ' Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us!' The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Էջ 37 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Էջ 209 - Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh, which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Էջ 26 - My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Էջ 168 - Walk about Zion, and go round about her : Tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, Consider her palaces ; That ye may tell it to the generation following : For this God is our God for ever and ever : He will be our guide even unto death.
Էջ 61 - Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them ; I will increase them with men like a flock.
Էջ 193 - These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
Էջ 71 - And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Էջ 62 - Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.