Memoirs of the Life of the Late Mrs. Catharine CappeLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 - 467 pages |
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... hope . Others again there are , and of these perhaps a countless multitude , who , although they may escape the extreme wretchedness of atrocious vice , yet having no real solicitude to attain " to things that are excellent , " no just ...
... hope . Others again there are , and of these perhaps a countless multitude , who , although they may escape the extreme wretchedness of atrocious vice , yet having no real solicitude to attain " to things that are excellent , " no just ...
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... hope . But she has yet another end in view . It is her wish to state , as accurately as can be recol- lected , what passed in her own mind , upon particular occasions , during the period of infancy and childhood ; being persuaded that ...
... hope . But she has yet another end in view . It is her wish to state , as accurately as can be recol- lected , what passed in her own mind , upon particular occasions , during the period of infancy and childhood ; being persuaded that ...
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... hope , thus simply held out , in the difficult attainment of self - possession and self - government , than could have been de- rived from all the ingenuity of the most artificial and philosophical education ! As my father was himself ...
... hope , thus simply held out , in the difficult attainment of self - possession and self - government , than could have been de- rived from all the ingenuity of the most artificial and philosophical education ! As my father was himself ...
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... hope of their supplying some useful hints to parents , who send their chil- dren to such seminaries , and also to the persons themselves , to whose care the children are com- mitted . On my first arrival , before it was quite settled ...
... hope of their supplying some useful hints to parents , who send their chil- dren to such seminaries , and also to the persons themselves , to whose care the children are com- mitted . On my first arrival , before it was quite settled ...
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... itself , that if they have once been suffered to take deep root in the youth- ful mind , and have been fostered and cultivated there , little hope remains that the baneful in- fluence 48 ( CHAP . 6 . MEMOIRS OF THE LATE.
... itself , that if they have once been suffered to take deep root in the youth- ful mind , and have been fostered and cultivated there , little hope remains that the baneful in- fluence 48 ( CHAP . 6 . MEMOIRS OF THE LATE.
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Page 167 - Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I confess before my Father who is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
Page 163 - 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 359 - That to fear GOD, and keep his commandments, is the whole duty of man...
Page 118 - L. having frequently been recognized in the streets of London by some of his former Sunday pupils, who gratefully acknowledged their obligations to him. After evening service, Mr. Lindsey received different classes of young men and women, on alternate Sundays in his study, for the purpose 6t instruction ; and Mrs. Lindsey in like manner, in another apartment, had two classes of children, boys and girls alternately.
Page 28 - The Lord is my strength and my song, and he is become my salvation; he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Page 117 - I WILL extol thee, my God, O king : and I will bless thy name forever and ever. Every day will I bless thee : and I will praise thy name forever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; and his greatness is unsearchable.
Page 463 - Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord: — Yea, saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them
Page 55 - That keep me from myself; and still delay Life's instant business to a future day: That task, which as we follow, or despise, The eldest is a fool, the youngest wise; Which done, the poorest can no wants endure; And which not done, the richest must be poor.
Page 450 - Behold, Thou hast made my days as it were a span long, and mine age is even as nothing in respect of Thee ; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain ; he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them. And now, Lord, what is my hope : truly my hope is even in Thee.
Page 376 - It was my happiness in my early youth to enjoy the privilege of his acquaintance and correspondence; and now, after the lapse of more than fifty years, I can truly say, that, in the course of a long life, I have never known an individual of a character more elevated and chivalric, acting according to a purer standard of morals, imbued with a higher sense of honor, and uniting more intimately the qualities of the gentleman, the soldier, the scholar, and the Christian.