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... nature , are often compared to the in- sane ; they see the beauty of creation in all its forms , but they see not the God of nature ; they behold the ever - changing scene of life , but they feel not the powers of the world to come ...
... nature , are often compared to the in- sane ; they see the beauty of creation in all its forms , but they see not the God of nature ; they behold the ever - changing scene of life , but they feel not the powers of the world to come ...
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... natural bias of the mind . Here I stand where thousands have stood before me , and no trace of their foot- steps is left behind ; and when I am gone , none can tell that here I stood musing on the evanes- cence of the affairs of men ...
... natural bias of the mind . Here I stand where thousands have stood before me , and no trace of their foot- steps is left behind ; and when I am gone , none can tell that here I stood musing on the evanes- cence of the affairs of men ...
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... natural bias of our minds is to acquire wealth , honour , and power , though , we are assured , the attainment of these hath been the death of thousands . Still the world is set in the hearts of men , and they are lulled to sleep with ...
... natural bias of our minds is to acquire wealth , honour , and power , though , we are assured , the attainment of these hath been the death of thousands . Still the world is set in the hearts of men , and they are lulled to sleep with ...
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... nature sink in years . " Vain is it then to expect , that the church incorporated with civil government can remain pure . The ministers of the church , in the days of Constantine , no doubt thought that the establishment of the ...
... nature sink in years . " Vain is it then to expect , that the church incorporated with civil government can remain pure . The ministers of the church , in the days of Constantine , no doubt thought that the establishment of the ...
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... nature , and destroy that philanthropic grandeur thrown around the Christian , which is the brightest ornament of humanity ; they dry the sympathetic tear , and harden those bowels of compassion that otherwise would flow to fellow ...
... nature , and destroy that philanthropic grandeur thrown around the Christian , which is the brightest ornament of humanity ; they dry the sympathetic tear , and harden those bowels of compassion that otherwise would flow to fellow ...
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True Happiness Found Only in the Christian Life: Letters Andrew Reid (of London ) Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2016 |
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Էջ 243 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Էջ 179 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of Ev'n or Morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Էջ 92 - And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Էջ 93 - Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Էջ 88 - And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him ; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
Էջ 42 - The sons also- of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee ; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet ; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Էջ 174 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength...
Էջ 109 - From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression. But I lose Myself in Him, in light ineffable ! Come, then, expressive Silence, muse His praise.
Էջ 133 - Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see : the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Էջ 56 - But wandering oft, with brute unconscious gaze, Man marks not Thee, marks not the mighty Hand That, ever busy, wheels the silent spheres ; Works in the secret deep ; shoots, steaming, thence The fair profusion that o'erspreads the Spring...