A Memoir of the Rev. Edward Payson: Late Pastor of the Second Church in PortlandCrocker and Brewster, 1830 - 400 pages |
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Page 12
... look for a long time at the words and actions of a character through the same medium by which he was first pre- sented to us , his merit was for a long time unknown . ' This habit of judging from appearances is , perhaps , unavoidable ...
... look for a long time at the words and actions of a character through the same medium by which he was first pre- sented to us , his merit was for a long time unknown . ' This habit of judging from appearances is , perhaps , unavoidable ...
Page 23
... look round me , and view all these comforts as the effects of infinite , unmerited goodness ; of goodness , the operations of which I can trace through all my past life ; of goodness , which I humbly hope and trust will continue to ...
... look round me , and view all these comforts as the effects of infinite , unmerited goodness ; of goodness , the operations of which I can trace through all my past life ; of goodness , which I humbly hope and trust will continue to ...
Page 48
... look at them and reflect how many dangers they are exposed to , what bad examples even the parents of many set them , and how few hear any thing like religious instruction , I cannot express my feelings . Lately I feel a great flow of ...
... look at them and reflect how many dangers they are exposed to , what bad examples even the parents of many set them , and how few hear any thing like religious instruction , I cannot express my feelings . Lately I feel a great flow of ...
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... look down from thy throne of glory on me , the most unworthy of thy creatures , a poor , weak , sinful , vile , and polluted wretch ; to behold me with mercy and compassion , and to permit me , lying prostrate in the dust before thee ...
... look down from thy throne of glory on me , the most unworthy of thy creatures , a poor , weak , sinful , vile , and polluted wretch ; to behold me with mercy and compassion , and to permit me , lying prostrate in the dust before thee ...
Page 110
... look of love , and I felt sweetly humbled and contrite for sin . Although I had carelessly let down my watch , yet in the evening he was pleased to return , and to give me the sweetest humbling season I ever enjoyed . I never felt so ...
... look of love , and I felt sweetly humbled and contrite for sin . Although I had carelessly let down my watch , yet in the evening he was pleased to return , and to give me the sweetest humbling season I ever enjoyed . I never felt so ...
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A Memoir of the Rev. Edward Payson [By A. Cummings. Ed. by A.L. Payson] Asa Cummings No preview available - 2022 |
A Memoir of the REV. Edward Payson [By A. Cummings. Ed. by A.L. Payson] Asa Cummings No preview available - 2017 |
A Memoir of the Rev. Edward Payson [by A. Cummings. Ed. by A.L. Payson] Asa Cummings No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 378 - 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 422 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Page 367 - 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 453 - 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 149 - A man's heart deviseth his way : but the LORD directeth his steps.
Page 444 - Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.
Page 230 - 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 422 - Behold, for peace I had great bitterness : but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption : for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
Page 449 - 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 222 - Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church...