A Memoir of the Rev. Edward Payson, D. D.: Late Pastor of the Second Church in Portland |
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... dear father , and believe me your most affectionate son , EDWARD PAYSON . " October 29 , 1805 . " I must , my dear mother , give you some account of my comforts . In the first place , I have a very handsome chamber , which commands a ...
... dear father , and believe me your most affectionate son , EDWARD PAYSON . " October 29 , 1805 . " I must , my dear mother , give you some account of my comforts . In the first place , I have a very handsome chamber , which commands a ...
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... dear mother , that my present mode of living will render the manner of living in the most rustic parish disagreeable . On the contrary , I shall be glad of the exchange , as it respects diet ; for I find it no easy matter to sit down to ...
... dear mother , that my present mode of living will render the manner of living in the most rustic parish disagreeable . On the contrary , I shall be glad of the exchange , as it respects diet ; for I find it no easy matter to sit down to ...
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... dear Mother , can pick out the meaning in the last page , I shall be glad ; for in truth it is but poorly expressed . You must have observed , that my letters are very obscure ; that the transitions from one subject to an- other are ...
... dear Mother , can pick out the meaning in the last page , I shall be glad ; for in truth it is but poorly expressed . You must have observed , that my letters are very obscure ; that the transitions from one subject to an- other are ...
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... DEAR MOther , April 2 , 1806 . " I have just received your last paquet , and am so re- joiced , I can hardly sit still enough to write . They were not half long enough to satiate me , and I am more hungry than before . Yesterday , in ...
... DEAR MOther , April 2 , 1806 . " I have just received your last paquet , and am so re- joiced , I can hardly sit still enough to write . They were not half long enough to satiate me , and I am more hungry than before . Yesterday , in ...
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... dear Mother's fears respecting my attention to religious concerns were , alas ! but too well founded . In- fatuated by the pleasures and amusements , which this place affords , and which took the more powerful hold on my senses from ...
... dear Mother's fears respecting my attention to religious concerns were , alas ! but too well founded . In- fatuated by the pleasures and amusements , which this place affords , and which took the more powerful hold on my senses from ...
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Page 140 - A man's heart deviseth his way : but the LORD directeth his steps.
Page 383 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Page 348 - 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 328 - 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 338 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Page 125 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Page 233 - And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people (for he was above all the people) ; and when he opened it, all the people stood up : and Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen...
Page 210 - For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and be with Christ; which is far better: nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
Page 79 - He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech. Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul ; To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and to address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent with God's commission to the heart ! So did not Paul.
Page 263 - And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.