The Friends' Library, Volume 12William Evans, Thomas Evans J. Rakestraw, 1848 |
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... morning , leaving a distressed husband and mother . Who , that has any consideration , would be so anxious after 26th . St. Mark . A grand feast ! I think the happiness which is so uncertain ! These these people do little else than ...
... morning , leaving a distressed husband and mother . Who , that has any consideration , would be so anxious after 26th . St. Mark . A grand feast ! I think the happiness which is so uncertain ! These these people do little else than ...
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... morning chiefly in my own room ; the extreme gaiety does not suit me . I feel like a stranger indeed ! I have no inclination to familiarize myself with this mode of life ; it may do for others , but give me so- briety , with a mind ...
... morning chiefly in my own room ; the extreme gaiety does not suit me . I feel like a stranger indeed ! I have no inclination to familiarize myself with this mode of life ; it may do for others , but give me so- briety , with a mind ...
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... morning was glorious , and the rising sun presented a beauti- ful autumnal prospect . 10th . When we reached the Castle and Fal- con , London , I was rejoiced to meet my brother John , who conducted me to Gracechurch street , where my ...
... morning was glorious , and the rising sun presented a beauti- ful autumnal prospect . 10th . When we reached the Castle and Fal- con , London , I was rejoiced to meet my brother John , who conducted me to Gracechurch street , where my ...
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... morning to visit Richard Harford and his wife , five miles off ; the road is here esteemed good , and indeed so the main road is ; but to us the rocks and pre- cipices were alarming , though to be admired as awfully grand . It is a ...
... morning to visit Richard Harford and his wife , five miles off ; the road is here esteemed good , and indeed so the main road is ; but to us the rocks and pre- cipices were alarming , though to be admired as awfully grand . It is a ...
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... morning meeting ; the afternoon being favourable , we returned to Rees Bowen's , and were thankful to be once more quietly and comfortably accommodated . Second - day . My dear friend much indis- handing the cup of affliction . My dear ...
... morning meeting ; the afternoon being favourable , we returned to Rees Bowen's , and were thankful to be once more quietly and comfortably accommodated . Second - day . My dear friend much indis- handing the cup of affliction . My dear ...
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Page 400 - Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn .again and rend you.
Page 429 - For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel ; " In returning and rest shall ye be saved ; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength :
Page 462 - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Page 251 - Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, (Touch not ; taste not ; handle not ; which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men ? Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body ; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
Page 369 - And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, Which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Page 238 - Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him ; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him, purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
Page 124 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 335 - If ye were of the world, the world would love his own : but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Page 230 - Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Page 465 - Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me : that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.