Letters to an Anxious Inquirer: Designed to Relieve the Difficulties of a Friend Under the Serious Impressions |
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... example , which might have led the offspring to serious thought , if not to salvation ? There is another modification of this deli- cacy , which attaches suspicion to it in all its forms ; social intimacy is often seriously in- jurious ...
... example , which might have led the offspring to serious thought , if not to salvation ? There is another modification of this deli- cacy , which attaches suspicion to it in all its forms ; social intimacy is often seriously in- jurious ...
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... examples taken from life . The one to which I now refer , was that of an acquaintance , in whom a disposition naturally volatile , and feel- ings always impetuous , rendered the struggle more visible and marked . His unrepressed anxiety ...
... examples taken from life . The one to which I now refer , was that of an acquaintance , in whom a disposition naturally volatile , and feel- ings always impetuous , rendered the struggle more visible and marked . His unrepressed anxiety ...
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... example of professors of religion . How wide a field ! And he seemed to have left behind him all his personal cares , when- ever he traversed it . But why should I detail ? -A voice arrested the caviller . It was not that which ...
... example of professors of religion . How wide a field ! And he seemed to have left behind him all his personal cares , when- ever he traversed it . But why should I detail ? -A voice arrested the caviller . It was not that which ...
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... for , in less than an hour , the sufferer knew more of Eter- nity than you or I. Now it is not necessary that exactly such an example be adduced , in support of our position . It is still true , whatever the nature of the 22 LETTERS TO AN.
... for , in less than an hour , the sufferer knew more of Eter- nity than you or I. Now it is not necessary that exactly such an example be adduced , in support of our position . It is still true , whatever the nature of the 22 LETTERS TO AN.
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... example of piety , warning while it enlightens the conscience- or by an instance of departure from worldli- ness , forming a gap in the circle of association that may more admonish of danger , than the very instructions of the Sanctuary ...
... example of piety , warning while it enlightens the conscience- or by an instance of departure from worldli- ness , forming a gap in the circle of association that may more admonish of danger , than the very instructions of the Sanctuary ...
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Page 255 - Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul ? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?
Page 283 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Page 200 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 151 - And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD : for he is an holy God ; he is a jealous God ; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
Page 200 - This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all : yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness. is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Page 156 - For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
Page 203 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament ; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Page 272 - So he turned and went away in a rage. And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
Page 206 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed: and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye (Ezek., 18: 27-32).
Page 272 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?