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... peace and safety , without any particular or uncommon evils to afflict our condition ; what more can we reasonably look for in this vain and uncertain world ? How little can the greatest prosperity add to such a state ? Will any future ...
... peace and safety , without any particular or uncommon evils to afflict our condition ; what more can we reasonably look for in this vain and uncertain world ? How little can the greatest prosperity add to such a state ? Will any future ...
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... peace . How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell togeth- er in unity ! It is like precious ointment : Like the dew of Her- mon , and the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion . The sluggard will not plough by reason ...
... peace . How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell togeth- er in unity ! It is like precious ointment : Like the dew of Her- mon , and the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion . The sluggard will not plough by reason ...
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... peace will be impaired . But if any , which has the taint of guilt , take early possession of our mind , we may date , from that moment , the ruin of our tranquillity . Every man has sme darling passion , which generally affords the ...
... peace will be impaired . But if any , which has the taint of guilt , take early possession of our mind , we may date , from that moment , the ruin of our tranquillity . Every man has sme darling passion , which generally affords the ...
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... peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune and the elements . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seat . Our disordered hearts , our guilty passions , our violent prejudices , and misplaced de- sires , are the ...
... peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune and the elements . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seat . Our disordered hearts , our guilty passions , our violent prejudices , and misplaced de- sires , are the ...
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... peace and repose , would be strangers to human life . 2 Injuries retaliated according to the exorbitant measure which passion prescribes , would excite resentment in return . The injured person , would become the injurer ; and thus ...
... peace and repose , would be strangers to human life . 2 Injuries retaliated according to the exorbitant measure which passion prescribes , would excite resentment in return . The injured person , would become the injurer ; and thus ...
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Page 91 - And now behold I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befal me there, save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me.