The Christian's sketch bookSimpkin and Marshall, 1829 - 352 pages |
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... of the poetic muse , whilst the anecdotes , maxims , & c . , are more par- ticularly intended to give the juvenile mind a predilection for virtue and true religion . If the humble Christian is thus furnished with comprehen- sive.
... of the poetic muse , whilst the anecdotes , maxims , & c . , are more par- ticularly intended to give the juvenile mind a predilection for virtue and true religion . If the humble Christian is thus furnished with comprehen- sive.
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... minds of the ablest philosophers . The Gospel grounds the doctrine on the only principle that can support the weight , with which it is encum- bered . The principle , which I mean , is the will of the Creator , who having created our ...
... minds of the ablest philosophers . The Gospel grounds the doctrine on the only principle that can support the weight , with which it is encum- bered . The principle , which I mean , is the will of the Creator , who having created our ...
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... mind any great and good affection , as piety , or patriotism . This is one of the noblest effects of the art . The ... mind . Who can fail to perceive that the character of the mind of Isaiah was sublimity . He is always an eagle in his ...
... mind any great and good affection , as piety , or patriotism . This is one of the noblest effects of the art . The ... mind . Who can fail to perceive that the character of the mind of Isaiah was sublimity . He is always an eagle in his ...
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... mind of Jeremiah was cast in the mould of tender- ness . Far less sublime than the prophet who pre- ceded him , he is much more pathetic ; and it is impossible to read the language in which he deplores the ruin of his country , without ...
... mind of Jeremiah was cast in the mould of tender- ness . Far less sublime than the prophet who pre- ceded him , he is much more pathetic ; and it is impossible to read the language in which he deplores the ruin of his country , without ...
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... mind endure his allot- ted portion , to the credit of religion , and honour of its great Author ; whether he be high ... minds , refining our judgments , restraining what is unruly , reforming what is wrong , resolving what is doubtful ...
... mind endure his allot- ted portion , to the credit of religion , and honour of its great Author ; whether he be high ... minds , refining our judgments , restraining what is unruly , reforming what is wrong , resolving what is doubtful ...
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Page 102 - Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead : so the last error shall be worse than the first.
Page 83 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 35 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Page 321 - 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.
Page 159 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 144 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Page 35 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 309 - Works in the secret deep ; shoots steaming thence The fair profusion that o'erspreads the spring ; Flings from the sun direct the flaming day ; Feeds every creature ; hurls the tempest forth, And, as on earth this grateful change revolves, With transport touches all the springs of life. Nature, attend ! join, every living soul Beneath the spacious temple of the sky, In adoration join ; and ardent raise One general song ! To Him, ye vocal gales, Breathe soft, whose spirit in your freshness breathes.
Page 40 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ...
Page 303 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.