Memoir of the Rev. Elias CorneliusPerkins & Marvin, 1833 - 360 pages |
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Page 27
... desire , through one Mediator and Saviour Jesus Christ . At such a time , a thousand fond reflections on scenes and events which are past , rush into the mind , and afford us the rarest pleasure . And although your distance from me ...
... desire , through one Mediator and Saviour Jesus Christ . At such a time , a thousand fond reflections on scenes and events which are past , rush into the mind , and afford us the rarest pleasure . And although your distance from me ...
Page 29
... desire to see greater exertions made to Christianize the poor Indians at the West , who reside so much nearer us than the inhabitants of Hindoostan . I feel for those poor creatures . But who feels it not to be a most solemn trust ...
... desire to see greater exertions made to Christianize the poor Indians at the West , who reside so much nearer us than the inhabitants of Hindoostan . I feel for those poor creatures . But who feels it not to be a most solemn trust ...
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... desire to give an impartial view of his character , and also from the knowledge that , in subsequent life , he himself regarded the subject in the light in which we have presented it . Very few men judged of their own char- acter and ...
... desire to give an impartial view of his character , and also from the knowledge that , in subsequent life , he himself regarded the subject in the light in which we have presented it . Very few men judged of their own char- acter and ...
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... desire to profit to the utmost by every remark . This was sufficient to win my heart . But this was not all . At the conclusion , he manifestly felt more gratitude than he could express . Such was the basis of our friendship — a friend ...
... desire to profit to the utmost by every remark . This was sufficient to win my heart . But this was not all . At the conclusion , he manifestly felt more gratitude than he could express . Such was the basis of our friendship — a friend ...
Page 79
... his reach . His powers of observation and his curiosity were strikingly developed , and strengthened by his religious feelings , as well as by a desire for intellectual gratification . If we mistake not ELIAS CORNELIUS . 79.
... his reach . His powers of observation and his curiosity were strikingly developed , and strengthened by his religious feelings , as well as by a desire for intellectual gratification . If we mistake not ELIAS CORNELIUS . 79.
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Page 139 - Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
Page 275 - Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that be above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the LORD: For he commanded, and they were created.
Page 263 - Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid thee low: So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that...
Page 331 - Verily I say unto you ; There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.
Page 291 - Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed : 4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; 6 By pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned...
Page 342 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people...
Page 275 - He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
Page 291 - Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions. Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Page 344 - Except a man be born again, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God,
Page 331 - Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. Casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you.