Peace in Believing: A Memoir of Isabella Campbell, of Rosneath, Dumbartonshire, Scotland |
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... true disciples of Jesus Christ — viz . a LIFE OF FAITH ; not a life of examination -- a life drawing its vitality from God in Christ , and not from the weak , and wavering , and earthly affections of the human heart . I would not be ...
... true disciples of Jesus Christ — viz . a LIFE OF FAITH ; not a life of examination -- a life drawing its vitality from God in Christ , and not from the weak , and wavering , and earthly affections of the human heart . I would not be ...
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... true delineation of Isabella's charac- ter , that those who behold it may glorify God in her . My study , therefore , has been to keep her continually before them , avoiding whatever might turn away their eyes from the contemplation of ...
... true delineation of Isabella's charac- ter , that those who behold it may glorify God in her . My study , therefore , has been to keep her continually before them , avoiding whatever might turn away their eyes from the contemplation of ...
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... true , what , in all ages , has been expressed in the form of a proverb , " Example is better than precept . " He might have attempted to teach his offspring the princi . ples of religion and morals ; unfolded , to the extent of his own ...
... true , what , in all ages , has been expressed in the form of a proverb , " Example is better than precept . " He might have attempted to teach his offspring the princi . ples of religion and morals ; unfolded , to the extent of his own ...
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... true of him , or his providence , any thing unillustrated by facts of easy comprehension . - It is not , for example , by demonstrations of his necessary exist . ence , or of his possessing all possible perfections , but by individual ...
... true of him , or his providence , any thing unillustrated by facts of easy comprehension . - It is not , for example , by demonstrations of his necessary exist . ence , or of his possessing all possible perfections , but by individual ...
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... true felicity and glory of their nature . He might have lived and died elsewhere ; they might have heard only with the hearing of the ear , of his unspotted holi- ness , unequalled sufferings , and mysterious death ; but , what would ...
... true felicity and glory of their nature . He might have lived and died elsewhere ; they might have heard only with the hearing of the ear , of his unspotted holi- ness , unequalled sufferings , and mysterious death ; but , what would ...
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Page 80 - For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Page 287 - The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Page 224 - Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
Page 121 - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,* And a twoedged sword in their hand...
Page 52 - What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction...
Page 162 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...
Page 287 - For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed ; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
Page 95 - He that cometh from above is above all ; he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth ; he that cometh from heaven is above all. And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth ; and no man receiveth his testimony. He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
Page 96 - Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
Page 151 - And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: 7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.