A Memoir of the Rev. Edward Payson, D.D.: Late Pastor of the Second Church in Portland |
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... natural aver- sion to self - examination , and the paramount difficulty of the duty , may bring on a deplorable inattention to the heart ; they certainly will , if relative duties be regarded as a sub- stitute for private devotion . The ...
... natural aver- sion to self - examination , and the paramount difficulty of the duty , may bring on a deplorable inattention to the heart ; they certainly will , if relative duties be regarded as a sub- stitute for private devotion . The ...
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... nature of the relation , and the calls of official duty , his opportunities must have been less frequent , and his instructions have partaken of a more set and formal character . With the mother , however , op- portunities were always ...
... nature of the relation , and the calls of official duty , his opportunities must have been less frequent , and his instructions have partaken of a more set and formal character . With the mother , however , op- portunities were always ...
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... nature , and highly susceptible of emotions from the grand and beautiful in the handy works of God , must be obvious to all who have lis- tened to his conversation or his preaching . His taste for the sublime very early discovered ...
... nature , and highly susceptible of emotions from the grand and beautiful in the handy works of God , must be obvious to all who have lis- tened to his conversation or his preaching . His taste for the sublime very early discovered ...
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... natural to inquire , whether there was any thing in the circumstances of his early youth , which will account for his mental habits , and especially the rapidity of his intellectual operations . A partial answer may be found in the fact ...
... natural to inquire , whether there was any thing in the circumstances of his early youth , which will account for his mental habits , and especially the rapidity of his intellectual operations . A partial answer may be found in the fact ...
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... natural philos- ophy and astronomy , at that time so unpopular , and so little understood by a large proportion of the students . " It is not remembered , however , that there was any public recognition of distinguished merit in him ...
... natural philos- ophy and astronomy , at that time so unpopular , and so little understood by a large proportion of the students . " It is not remembered , however , that there was any public recognition of distinguished merit in him ...
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Page 329 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Page 299 - One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Page 275 - Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 218 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all: And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 93 - Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou liv'st Live well; how long or short, permit to Heaven: And now prepare thee for another sight.
Page 281 - Howbeit, in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
Page 358 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ...
Page 354 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee : but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down ; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Page 159 - If in this life only we have hope, we are of all men most miserable.
Page 322 - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,* And a twoedged sword in their hand...