No Fiction: A Narrative, Founded on Recent and Interesting Facts, Volum 1Francis Westley, 1820 |
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Side 8
... " Creation seems to say Rest from earthly care ; ' and the lark over our heads , is in- viting us to the threshold of the heavenly world , in acts of cheerful devotion . " " Yes , " said Mr. Lefevre , " if 8 ch . 1 . NO FICTION .
... " Creation seems to say Rest from earthly care ; ' and the lark over our heads , is in- viting us to the threshold of the heavenly world , in acts of cheerful devotion . " " Yes , " said Mr. Lefevre , " if 8 ch . 1 . NO FICTION .
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... devotions ; and passed his spare hours in their society : sometimes entertaining them by the tidings of the day , and some- times freely conversing with them on the serious topics of religion . Our young friends having now the fullest ...
... devotions ; and passed his spare hours in their society : sometimes entertaining them by the tidings of the day , and some- times freely conversing with them on the serious topics of religion . Our young friends having now the fullest ...
Side 103
... shall not easily forget the pleasure I had in first reading their principal writings . " After all , I am convinced that nature is not to be fully enjoyed without religion . Nature is but the handmaid to devotion ; ch . 8 . 103 NO FICTION .
... shall not easily forget the pleasure I had in first reading their principal writings . " After all , I am convinced that nature is not to be fully enjoyed without religion . Nature is but the handmaid to devotion ; ch . 8 . 103 NO FICTION .
Side 104
... devotion ; and , where piety is unknown , her offices are but little understood . Men may pursue nature scientifically , to feed their curiosity ; and pant for splendid dis- coveries , as the path to fame ; but no one , I believe , ever ...
... devotion ; and , where piety is unknown , her offices are but little understood . Men may pursue nature scientifically , to feed their curiosity ; and pant for splendid dis- coveries , as the path to fame ; but no one , I believe , ever ...
Side 106
... devotion , that raises them so far above all other writers , and frequently above themselves . They find God present every where . It is of him , and through him , and to him , are all things . The universe is his temple ; the ...
... devotion , that raises them so far above all other writers , and frequently above themselves . They find God present every where . It is of him , and through him , and to him , are all things . The universe is his temple ; the ...
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No Fiction: A Narrative, Founded on Recent and Interesting Facts, Volum 1 Andrew Reed Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1820 |
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Side 276 - I have been afflicted: before I was afflicted I went astray ; but now I have kept thy word.
Side 44 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Side 38 - D2 my mother—" Beware of the snares of London /" — sunk in my heart. I sighed — I thought I would beware in future — I kneeled down, and prayed to God to be my keeper. « " Must I tell you, my friend, how soon these impressions were removed, and my vows broken ! — that they were often renewed, and as often violated, with more carelessness of the consequences each time! — so that I know not what I might have been at this moment, but for a season of affliction.
Side 275 - light afflictions, which are but for a moment, work out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory !
Side 218 - He looks for him from heaven, " to change his vile body, and fashion it like unto his own glorious body." He hopes that " this corruptible shall put on incorruption, this mortal shall put on immortality...
Side 90 - I will never leave thee nor forsake thee ; thy bread shall be given thee, and thy water shall be sure.
Side iii - For this reason these familiar histories may perhaps be made of greater use than the solemnities of professed morality, and convey the knowledge of vice and virtue with more efficacy than axioms and definitions.
Side 5 - In such access of mind, in such high hour Of visitation from the living God, Thought was not ; in enjoyment it expired. No thanks he breathed, he proffered no request; Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving to the power That made him; it was blessedness and love!
Side 66 - ... have shaped the landscape; it is certainly her cropping that has brought about the hourglass form of so many of the red thorn trees, which give a unique feature to the fields. Her fragrant breath is upon the air, her hoof-prints are upon the highway; she may not yet have attained to wisdom, yet surely all her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are paths of peace.
Side 91 - I will never leave thee, I will never forsake thee," may boldly say, will boldly say, " The Lord is my helper, I will not fear what man can do...