A sketch of the the life of the rev. John Brown, sometime minister ... in Wamphray; with notes and a historical appendix1839 |
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... whole book of God a greater note of the child of God , than to fall down and kiss the feet of an angry God ; and when he seems to put you away from him , and loose your hands that grip him , to look up in faith and say , I shall not , I ...
... whole book of God a greater note of the child of God , than to fall down and kiss the feet of an angry God ; and when he seems to put you away from him , and loose your hands that grip him , to look up in faith and say , I shall not , I ...
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... whole world out before the sun and daylight , in their blacks and whites . Happy are they who are found watching ; our sand - glass is not so long as we need to weary ; time will eat away , and root out our woes and sorrows ; our heaven ...
... whole world out before the sun and daylight , in their blacks and whites . Happy are they who are found watching ; our sand - glass is not so long as we need to weary ; time will eat away , and root out our woes and sorrows ; our heaven ...
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... whole of the letters in which Mr Brown's mother's name and his own are mentioned , and those which were actually written to his mother . These properly form subsidiary parts of the early life of Mr Brown . Mr Rutherford was the helper ...
... whole of the letters in which Mr Brown's mother's name and his own are mentioned , and those which were actually written to his mother . These properly form subsidiary parts of the early life of Mr Brown . Mr Rutherford was the helper ...
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... whole Church , a minister of his judg- ments , make thee a dispenser of his favours , an administrator of his mercy . " Little sleep would seal his eyes , or slumber close his eyelids , till nature , exhausted , sunk to repose . He had ...
... whole Church , a minister of his judg- ments , make thee a dispenser of his favours , an administrator of his mercy . " Little sleep would seal his eyes , or slumber close his eyelids , till nature , exhausted , sunk to repose . He had ...
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... whole lump ; we are backslidden in zeal and love - the glory of a begun reformation in manners is eclipsed , and an ... whole land . The whole head is sick , the whole heart is faint , and many of his dis- ciples are like to go back ...
... whole lump ; we are backslidden in zeal and love - the glory of a begun reformation in manners is eclipsed , and an ... whole land . The whole head is sick , the whole heart is faint , and many of his dis- ciples are like to go back ...
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Page 77 - When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me ; Until I went into the sanctuary of God , then understood I their end.
Page 63 - Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Page 269 - In vain for him th' officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing and the vestment warm; In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home.
Page 430 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Page 303 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate — Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute — And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page 27 - But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled...
Page 405 - Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.
Page 44 - You only have I known of all the families of the earth : therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
Page 2 - Will the Lord cast off for ever ? And will he be favourable no more ? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? Doth his promise fail for evermore ? Hath God forgotten to be gracious t Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies...
Page 37 - So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. 16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.