The Whole Works of the Rev. James Hervey: In Six Volumes, Volume 1Thomas Tegg, 1825 - Devotional literature |
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... hand copy within a few pages ; and would have been published in a volume of the same size with Theron and As- pasio , had he lived a few weeks longer . The ma- nuscript was left in the possession of his brother , Mr William Hervey ...
... hand copy within a few pages ; and would have been published in a volume of the same size with Theron and As- pasio , had he lived a few weeks longer . The ma- nuscript was left in the possession of his brother , Mr William Hervey ...
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... hand upon his breast , and saying , " Oh ! you know not how great a conflict I have . " During this time he almost constantly lifted up his eyes towards heaven , with his hands clasped together in a praying form , and said , two or ...
... hand upon his breast , and saying , " Oh ! you know not how great a conflict I have . " During this time he almost constantly lifted up his eyes towards heaven , with his hands clasped together in a praying form , and said , two or ...
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... hands , others sobbing , many were silently weeping , but all were inwardly and sincerely grieved , as their looks sufficiently testified ; and his attendants then bore a visible witness , that he had not been altogether unserviceable ...
... hands , others sobbing , many were silently weeping , but all were inwardly and sincerely grieved , as their looks sufficiently testified ; and his attendants then bore a visible witness , that he had not been altogether unserviceable ...
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... hand ; alleging , that the poor could not pur- chase on such good terms what they wanted , at the little shops , and with small sums of money . " I am , " said he , " God's steward for the poor , and I must husband the little pittance I ...
... hand ; alleging , that the poor could not pur- chase on such good terms what they wanted , at the little shops , and with small sums of money . " I am , " said he , " God's steward for the poor , and I must husband the little pittance I ...
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... hand is cropping the transient beauties of a flower , the attentive mind may be enriching itself with solid and lasting good . And I cannot but entertain some pleasing hopes , that the nicest taste may receive and relish religious ...
... hand is cropping the transient beauties of a flower , the attentive mind may be enriching itself with solid and lasting good . And I cannot but entertain some pleasing hopes , that the nicest taste may receive and relish religious ...
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Page 363 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 134 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, And are counted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 250 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night! O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head.
Page 154 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Page 51 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Page 208 - Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices, to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
Page 44 - For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Page 241 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
Page 62 - JEHOVAH'S kingdom, and conjointly with the soul, made " his jewels ;" made " his peculiar pleasure ;" made to shine as the brightness of the firmament, and as the stars for ever and ever'?
Page 236 - Except a man be born again, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God,