The memoirs of the late miss Emma Humphries, with a series of letters to young ladies ... and to parents1817 |
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... ment . Not always made in proportion to advantages.- The reason . Regret often felt on reviewing the past.- Reasons urged for the cultivation of the intellectual pow- ers . The present time generally favourable . A culti- vated mind ...
... ment . Not always made in proportion to advantages.- The reason . Regret often felt on reviewing the past.- Reasons urged for the cultivation of the intellectual pow- ers . The present time generally favourable . A culti- vated mind ...
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... ments , is so widely diffused over the various tribes and families of Man . But she knew and felt differently . The depravity of her heart , though it seldom displayed its existence , either in her temper or deportment , she would ...
... ments , is so widely diffused over the various tribes and families of Man . But she knew and felt differently . The depravity of her heart , though it seldom displayed its existence , either in her temper or deportment , she would ...
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... ment , and pray that the influence of the service may be felt during the whole of the ensuing week . Even in this early stage of your christian expe rience , perhaps you could not adopt a more de- termined method to give permanency to ...
... ment , and pray that the influence of the service may be felt during the whole of the ensuing week . Even in this early stage of your christian expe rience , perhaps you could not adopt a more de- termined method to give permanency to ...
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... ments of the gay and frivolous - any exaggera . tions of which you have been guilty , in relating facts - any propensities which you have felt to traduce the reputation or injure the feelings of others . This regular plan of self ...
... ments of the gay and frivolous - any exaggera . tions of which you have been guilty , in relating facts - any propensities which you have felt to traduce the reputation or injure the feelings of others . This regular plan of self ...
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... ments , and comply with customs , which con- science imperiously condemns ; you will sacrifice your peace , without accomplishing your object . Be decided . Whilst the modesty which accom- panies genuine religion ; keeps you from making ...
... ments , and comply with customs , which con- science imperiously condemns ; you will sacrifice your peace , without accomplishing your object . Be decided . Whilst the modesty which accom- panies genuine religion ; keeps you from making ...
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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.