The Power of Faith: Exemplified in the Life and Writings of the Late Mrs. Isabella Graham, of New York ...Repr. for J. Duncan, 1828 - 301 pages |
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... trust that God who alone can be the guide of our youth ? Her father , John Marshall , farmed a paternal estate , called the Heads , near Hamilton . This estate he sold , and rented the estate of Eldersley , once the habitation of Sir ...
... trust that God who alone can be the guide of our youth ? Her father , John Marshall , farmed a paternal estate , called the Heads , near Hamilton . This estate he sold , and rented the estate of Eldersley , once the habitation of Sir ...
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... trust . Another friend had suggested to Mrs. Graham the pro- priety of opening a boarding - house in Edinburgh , which he thought could , through his influence , be easily filled by students . She saw obstacles to both ; a boarding ...
... trust . Another friend had suggested to Mrs. Graham the pro- priety of opening a boarding - house in Edinburgh , which he thought could , through his influence , be easily filled by students . She saw obstacles to both ; a boarding ...
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... trust in me . " Three months afterwards , she learned that a press- gang had boarded the ship in which her son had been ; and , although he was saved from their grasp by a stratagem of the passengers , yet all his clothes were taken ...
... trust in me . " Three months afterwards , she learned that a press- gang had boarded the ship in which her son had been ; and , although he was saved from their grasp by a stratagem of the passengers , yet all his clothes were taken ...
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... trust , as to acquire the respect and confidence of the ladies who acted with her , as well as the affections of the poor . Her whole time was now at her command , and she devoted it very faithfully to promote the benevolent object of ...
... trust , as to acquire the respect and confidence of the ladies who acted with her , as well as the affections of the poor . Her whole time was now at her command , and she devoted it very faithfully to promote the benevolent object of ...
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... trust , your Honourable Body will deem worthy of public patronage ; we are willing and desirous to support it by our personal exertions , according to a plan which we now respectfully submit to your exa- mination . A House of Industry ...
... trust , your Honourable Body will deem worthy of public patronage ; we are willing and desirous to support it by our personal exertions , according to a plan which we now respectfully submit to your exa- mination . A House of Industry ...
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Page 170 - Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
Page 357 - This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them ; and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
Page 119 - The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The Lord is good to all; and his tender mercies are over all his works. All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee.
Page 119 - Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities ; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Page 81 - Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
Page 65 - A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Page 211 - Neither pray I for these alone but for them also which shall believe on me through their word, that they all may be one,— as thou Father art in me and I in thee that they also may be one in us : that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them, that they may be one even as we are one.
Page 128 - But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
Page 223 - For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts ; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people. And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord ; for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
Page 220 - Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will. To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.