Remains of the Rev. Richard CecilS. T. Armstring, 1817 - 271 páginas |
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... tion , or passion , or emotion , but simply as they exist . This is very much my character as a Christian . I have great constitutional resistance . Tell me such a thing is my DUTY - I know it is , but there I stop . Talk to me of HELL ...
... tion , or passion , or emotion , but simply as they exist . This is very much my character as a Christian . I have great constitutional resistance . Tell me such a thing is my DUTY - I know it is , but there I stop . Talk to me of HELL ...
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... tion of restricting himself to a quarter of an hour daily , in playing on the violin ; on which instrument he greatly excelled , and of which he was extrava- gantly fond : but he found it impracticable to adhere to his determination ...
... tion of restricting himself to a quarter of an hour daily , in playing on the violin ; on which instrument he greatly excelled , and of which he was extrava- gantly fond : but he found it impracticable to adhere to his determination ...
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... tion of an inquiring or burdened conscience has roused him to an exertion of his great mind - he has risen from his sofa - he has forgot his suffering -and has left us nothing to do but to admire and treasure up most profound and ...
... tion of an inquiring or burdened conscience has roused him to an exertion of his great mind - he has risen from his sofa - he has forgot his suffering -and has left us nothing to do but to admire and treasure up most profound and ...
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... tion from the church . I am united to Christ , and to all his glorified and living members , by an indis- soluble bond . Here my mind can centre and sym- pathize , without suspicion or fear . " " I feel , " he would say , " a ...
... tion from the church . I am united to Christ , and to all his glorified and living members , by an indis- soluble bond . Here my mind can centre and sym- pathize , without suspicion or fear . " " I feel , " he would say , " a ...
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... worship especially , as they sacrificed the real spirit of devo- tion too much to the music . His feelings on this subject were exquisite . " Pure , spiritual , sublime devotion , " he would say , " should be Remains of Mr. Cecil . 33.
... worship especially , as they sacrificed the real spirit of devo- tion too much to the music . His feelings on this subject were exquisite . " Pure , spiritual , sublime devotion , " he would say , " should be Remains of Mr. Cecil . 33.
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Página 227 - Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching...
Página 70 - And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Página 262 - Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your steadfast love; according to Your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin!
Página 137 - And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Página 42 - ... true eloquence I find to be none but the serious and hearty love of truth...
Página 144 - there let them lie ; you shall hear more about them another time, but say no more about them now.' Some days after, I bought her a box full of larger beads, and toys of the same kind. When I returned home, I opened the treasure and set it before her ; she burst into tears^ with ecstasy. 'Those, my child...
Página 159 - ... sees a thousand traits of the divine character, of himself, and of the world — some striking and bold, others cast as it were into the shade, and designed to be searched for and examined — some direct, others by way of intimation or inference.
Página 143 - She looked at me a few moments longer, and then (summoning up all her fortitude, her breast heaving with the effort) she dashed them into the fire.
Página 217 - I have more fully made up my mind on a principle, I put it on the shelf. A hundred subtle objections may be brought against this principle; I may meet with some of them, perhaps; but my principle is on the shelf. Generally, I may be able to recall the reasons which weighed with me to put it there; but, if not, I am not to be sent out to sea again. Time was, when I saw through and detected all the subtleties that could be brought against it; I have past evidence of having been fully convinced : and...
Página 150 - The most common of all human complaints is — Parents groaning under the vices of their children ! This is all the effect of parental influence.