The memoirs of the late miss Emma Humphries, with a series of letters to young ladies ... and to parents1817 |
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... improvement , yet he sends it forth in its present state under a firm persuasion that it is calculated to do good . Every thing of a controversial nature is cau tiously avoided , that it may prove equally ac- ceptable to Christians of ...
... improvement , yet he sends it forth in its present state under a firm persuasion that it is calculated to do good . Every thing of a controversial nature is cau tiously avoided , that it may prove equally ac- ceptable to Christians of ...
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... her last moments . He improved her decease on his return , and the concourse of people which attended the service , proved the high estimation in which she was held . termine . Nor is this absolutely necessary , to prove 12 MEMOIR OF.
... her last moments . He improved her decease on his return , and the concourse of people which attended the service , proved the high estimation in which she was held . termine . Nor is this absolutely necessary , to prove 12 MEMOIR OF.
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... improved , and not like the fool- ish man's , hid in a napkin . " - " How thank- ful poor children ought to be ... improvement to me . " . " Much entertainment blended with utility is derived from reading Biography . Books of moral ...
... improved , and not like the fool- ish man's , hid in a napkin . " - " How thank- ful poor children ought to be ... improvement to me . " . " Much entertainment blended with utility is derived from reading Biography . Books of moral ...
الصفحة 28
... improved . But you should recollect that it is of more importance to " grow in grace " than it is to acquire the most splendid human accomplishments . In your Father's house you have been taught , that the " fear of the Lord is the ...
... improved . But you should recollect that it is of more importance to " grow in grace " than it is to acquire the most splendid human accomplishments . In your Father's house you have been taught , that the " fear of the Lord is the ...
الصفحة 37
... improvement , and that a future time will be more proper to regard the claims of religion than the days of youth . can you calculate with certainty on years or even months to come ? What is your life ? Is it not even as a vapour that ...
... improvement , and that a future time will be more proper to regard the claims of religion than the days of youth . can you calculate with certainty on years or even months to come ? What is your life ? Is it not even as a vapour that ...
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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.