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... amidst old scenes and objects , unconscious of any past and personal connection with them ; until at last something occurs to touch the spring of associa- tion , when instantly , with a rush of recollection , old sights , impressions ...
... amidst old scenes and objects , unconscious of any past and personal connection with them ; until at last something occurs to touch the spring of associa- tion , when instantly , with a rush of recollection , old sights , impressions ...
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... amidst ingratitude , waxed stronger and deeper amidst insults and wrongs received at the very hands of its objects ; -in one word , as inspiration summons up to the awakened mind the spectacle of a perfectly holy human life , the ...
... amidst ingratitude , waxed stronger and deeper amidst insults and wrongs received at the very hands of its objects ; -in one word , as inspiration summons up to the awakened mind the spectacle of a perfectly holy human life , the ...
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... amidst all your conscious moral weakness , some bright and loving spirit from the heavens should assume the task of watching over you . Think what aid it would afford you in your re- ligious life weak , wavering , perplexed as you often ...
... amidst all your conscious moral weakness , some bright and loving spirit from the heavens should assume the task of watching over you . Think what aid it would afford you in your re- ligious life weak , wavering , perplexed as you often ...
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... amidst the ice - bound regions of the North , an altogether unbroken , continuous winter prevailed , comparatively unnoticed would be its stern dominion ; but it is the coming round of a more genial season , when the counteracting ...
... amidst the ice - bound regions of the North , an altogether unbroken , continuous winter prevailed , comparatively unnoticed would be its stern dominion ; but it is the coming round of a more genial season , when the counteracting ...
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... Amidst the superficial cares and pleasures of a worldly existence a man's deeper nature may slumber ; the surface - ripple of the stream of common life may fill the sense and lull the soul to sleep , but to almost every one there come ...
... Amidst the superficial cares and pleasures of a worldly existence a man's deeper nature may slumber ; the surface - ripple of the stream of common life may fill the sense and lull the soul to sleep , but to almost every one there come ...
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Page 229 - Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Page 143 - Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death...
Page 102 - And he said, Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live.
Page 251 - Thou art, of what sort the eternal life of the saints was to be, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 265 - And though it is said, this corruptible shall put on incorruption, and this mortal shall put on immortality...