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Page 39
... enjoyed , and then compare my subsequent conduct . " As long as I can remember , I daily received re- ligious instructions from my mother . She taught me to read , and daily made me learn the Shorter Cate- chism and portions of ...
... enjoyed , and then compare my subsequent conduct . " As long as I can remember , I daily received re- ligious instructions from my mother . She taught me to read , and daily made me learn the Shorter Cate- chism and portions of ...
Page 43
... enjoy the means of grace abundantly ; but , alas ! how unworthy do I feel myself to be of such favors . How ungrateful , careless , negligent , and forgetful of my best friend and benefactor . I stand astonished at the good- ness of God ...
... enjoy the means of grace abundantly ; but , alas ! how unworthy do I feel myself to be of such favors . How ungrateful , careless , negligent , and forgetful of my best friend and benefactor . I stand astonished at the good- ness of God ...
Page 48
... enjoy- ment . I should be vexed and grieved if any of my children could be so happy absent from me as with me . I even wish them to prefer home to every other situation . " That you are more reconciled to your present situation is ...
... enjoy- ment . I should be vexed and grieved if any of my children could be so happy absent from me as with me . I even wish them to prefer home to every other situation . " That you are more reconciled to your present situation is ...
Page 50
... enjoying a circle of worthy friends and acquaintances . If I am taken away before they be of age to carry on the present school , or should the business fail , though I can not leave them in abundance , I should leave them with such ...
... enjoying a circle of worthy friends and acquaintances . If I am taken away before they be of age to carry on the present school , or should the business fail , though I can not leave them in abundance , I should leave them with such ...
Page 61
... enjoying of God to all eternity . ' While the good old doctor explained and commented , I in- wardly prayed that I might be among that happy number , and felt such a solemnity on my mind that the world and every thing in it seemed like ...
... enjoying of God to all eternity . ' While the good old doctor explained and commented , I in- wardly prayed that I might be among that happy number , and felt such a solemnity on my mind that the world and every thing in it seemed like ...
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Page 171 - He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, And lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, To set them among princes, And to make them inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, And he hath set the world upon them.
Page 136 - But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people...
Page 140 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 191 - Why art thou cast down, 0 my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me ? Hope thou in God ; for I shall yet praise him for the help of his. countenance.
Page 180 - The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down : for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.
Page 166 - Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
Page 180 - Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Page 180 - Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb; 'and even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Page 154 - Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love; Here's my heart, O take and seal it, Seal it for Thy courts above.
Page 184 - Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean ; from all your filthiness, and from all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.