The Western Messenger: Devoted to Religion, Life, and Literature, 1. köideT.H. Shreve & Company, 1836 |
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... happiness of hundreds of her fellow crea- tures , as through them , we trust , will be promoted the same of thousands more . The long life of " this great lady , " as Mr. Roberts styles her , took too wide a range , her connexions were ...
... happiness of hundreds of her fellow crea- tures , as through them , we trust , will be promoted the same of thousands more . The long life of " this great lady , " as Mr. Roberts styles her , took too wide a range , her connexions were ...
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... happiness drawn , than is given in the sketch of Dr. Kennicott , " ) and the letter from Rous- seau , which in a burlesque form , contains as valuable a criti- cism on the man and his writings , as we have ever seen . These and many ...
... happiness drawn , than is given in the sketch of Dr. Kennicott , " ) and the letter from Rous- seau , which in a burlesque form , contains as valuable a criti- cism on the man and his writings , as we have ever seen . These and many ...
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... happier or more precious feature is there of our faith , than that reliance on the great , essential , commonly acknowledged truths , of the christian faith , which allows us to take every man who re- ceives Christ as his master , by ...
... happier or more precious feature is there of our faith , than that reliance on the great , essential , commonly acknowledged truths , of the christian faith , which allows us to take every man who re- ceives Christ as his master , by ...
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... HAPPINESS - A PICTURE . A green vale , and a humble cot Embowered in vines and spreading trees ; Before the door a verdant plat , And flowers whose perfume loads the breeze : Upon the grass , those flowers among , Glad as the winds that ...
... HAPPINESS - A PICTURE . A green vale , and a humble cot Embowered in vines and spreading trees ; Before the door a verdant plat , And flowers whose perfume loads the breeze : Upon the grass , those flowers among , Glad as the winds that ...
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... happiness , and he that can attain to this by the most pleasant and delightful way , is a wise man . Equally plain is it , that the Creator designed these for our proper study and admiration , affording constant , living , unanswerable ...
... happiness , and he that can attain to this by the most pleasant and delightful way , is a wise man . Equally plain is it , that the Creator designed these for our proper study and admiration , affording constant , living , unanswerable ...
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Page 111 - These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come ; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee...
Page 40 - Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. 25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Page 2 - Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?
Page 305 - Heaven lies about us in our infancy. Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy; But he beholds the light and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy. The youth who daily farther from the East Must travel, still is Nature's priest, And, by the vision splendid, Is on his way attended. At length the man perceives it die away And fade into the light of common day.
Page 38 - But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
Page 152 - And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life...
Page 338 - In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Page 357 - But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Page 225 - But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. 39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
Page 178 - And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them : then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.