The Christian Pioneer, Volumes 20-23Simpkin, Marshall and Company, 1866 - Baptists |
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... turned towards him . The moment he saw my full face , he exclaimed- 66 66 Why , Mr. Sinden , is it you , sir ? " Yes , " I said , " my name is Sinden ; but do you know me ? " " Yes , sir - yes , full well ; and you ought to know me ...
... turned towards him . The moment he saw my full face , he exclaimed- 66 66 Why , Mr. Sinden , is it you , sir ? " Yes , " I said , " my name is Sinden ; but do you know me ? " " Yes , sir - yes , full well ; and you ought to know me ...
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... turned by the hand of wisdom . MEN'S THOUGHTS are sometimes bitter ; but let them , like sea water , be drawn up to heaven , and they be- come sweet , and descend like gentle rain upon all around them . SOME MEN'S RICHES are like a belt ...
... turned by the hand of wisdom . MEN'S THOUGHTS are sometimes bitter ; but let them , like sea water , be drawn up to heaven , and they be- come sweet , and descend like gentle rain upon all around them . SOME MEN'S RICHES are like a belt ...
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... turned over , and finding me awake , clapped me on the side , saying , ' Brother Nelson , let us be of good cheer ; I have one whole side yet , for the skin is off but one side . " RICHARD REYNOLDS , of Bristol , the eminent quaker ...
... turned over , and finding me awake , clapped me on the side , saying , ' Brother Nelson , let us be of good cheer ; I have one whole side yet , for the skin is off but one side . " RICHARD REYNOLDS , of Bristol , the eminent quaker ...
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... turning towards my mother with the greatest composure , repeated these words- " The God that rules on high , And thunders when he please ; That rides upon the stormy sky , And manages the seas ; This awful God is ours ; Our father and ...
... turning towards my mother with the greatest composure , repeated these words- " The God that rules on high , And thunders when he please ; That rides upon the stormy sky , And manages the seas ; This awful God is ours ; Our father and ...
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... turned out of their livings , with their wives and families , without receiving their accustomed payments ! We almost lose sight of him for the next ten years . What he and his wife and their large family of children suffered no one can ...
... turned out of their livings , with their wives and families , without receiving their accustomed payments ! We almost lose sight of him for the next ten years . What he and his wife and their large family of children suffered no one can ...
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Page 109 - and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly; and from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an abatement. However let us hearken to good advice, and something may be done for us; 'God...
Page 59 - Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (for we walk by faith, not by sight:) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Page 47 - Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Page 112 - And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore. I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care.
Page 87 - Our Friend, our Brother, and our Lord, What may thy service be ? — Nor name, nor form, nor ritual word, But simply following Thee.
Page 60 - And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work...
Page 108 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field, which indeed is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Page 139 - OF all the myriad moods of mind That through the soul come thronging, Which one was e'er so dear, so kind, So beautiful as Longing ? The thing we long for, that we are For one transcendent moment, Before the Present poor and bare Can make its sneering comment. Still, through our paltry stir and strife, Glows down the wished Ideal, And Longing moulds in clay what Life Carves in the marble Real...
Page 63 - Hath He marks to lead me to Him, If He be my Guide? " In His feet and hands are woundprints, And His side.
Page 75 - PRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o:er thee swell and throng ; They will condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. But he who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done, And faints at every woe.