The Power of Religion on the Mind: In Retirement, Affliction, and at the Approach of Death: Exemplified in the Testimonies and Experience of Persons Distinguished by Their Greatness, Learning, Or Virtue ...order of the trustees of the residuary estate of Lindley Murray, M. Day's Press, 1888 - 378 páginas |
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Página 62
... look into his affairs ; well knowing that frugality is the support of charity . He was the most candid interpreter of the words and actions of others : where he plainly saw fail- ings , he would make every possible allowance for them ...
... look into his affairs ; well knowing that frugality is the support of charity . He was the most candid interpreter of the words and actions of others : where he plainly saw fail- ings , he would make every possible allowance for them ...
Página 68
... look for salvation from no other . O my God ! in thy good time , deliver me from the troubles of this present life , that I may attain to the felicity which thou hast promised to bestow upon me . " SIR FRANCIS WALSINGHAM . SIR FRANCIS ...
... look for salvation from no other . O my God ! in thy good time , deliver me from the troubles of this present life , that I may attain to the felicity which thou hast promised to bestow upon me . " SIR FRANCIS WALSINGHAM . SIR FRANCIS ...
Página 88
... looks round for support and consolation , perceived that the greatest worldly honours are only splendid vani- ties , and have but a momentary duration . At this period , he was so dissatisfied with his " Arcadia , " a romantic work ...
... looks round for support and consolation , perceived that the greatest worldly honours are only splendid vani- ties , and have but a momentary duration . At this period , he was so dissatisfied with his " Arcadia , " a romantic work ...
Página 137
... look further for true repose and happiness . And truly , when I reflect , that it has been the wisdom of Almighty God , to exercise , with this kind of discipline , those worthies whom he has exhibited as patterns to the rest of mankind ...
... look further for true repose and happiness . And truly , when I reflect , that it has been the wisdom of Almighty God , to exercise , with this kind of discipline , those worthies whom he has exhibited as patterns to the rest of mankind ...
Página 139
... look after and fit himself for . And yet , if we regard the generality of mankind with due consideration , they will appear to be a company of distempered people . The greater part of them make it their whole business to provide for ...
... look after and fit himself for . And yet , if we regard the generality of mankind with due consideration , they will appear to be a company of distempered people . The greater part of them make it their whole business to provide for ...
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Página 303 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten,...
Página 26 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed...
Página xii - But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil ? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Página 2 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Página v - Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him. For he knoweth our frame ; He remembereth that we are dust.
Página 44 - ... had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs.
Página 157 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its author ; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Página 111 - The Grace of God which bringeth salvation hath appeared unto all men, teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...
Página 74 - First, I send you all the thanks which my heart can conceive, or my words can express, for your many travails and care taken for me ; which, though they have not taken effect as you wished, yet my debt to you is not the less. But pay it I never shall in this world.
Página 28 - And now, behold, I go bound in the Spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there ; save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus; to testify the Gospel of the Grace of God.