Remarkable Escapes from PerilReligious Tract Society, 1799 - 192 páginas |
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... close of the day Rome would have been his - held for him by an army of forty thousand men , devoted to his person , and for the most part enlisted from the Protestant states of Germany . His civil and military genius , which made him ...
... close of the day Rome would have been his - held for him by an army of forty thousand men , devoted to his person , and for the most part enlisted from the Protestant states of Germany . His civil and military genius , which made him ...
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... close to it . I looked . It was at my very feet . A long brown snake was uncurling himself , and stretch- ing away his lithe and hateful shape from off the very spot on which my right foot would have been placed at the very step I was ...
... close to it . I looked . It was at my very feet . A long brown snake was uncurling himself , and stretch- ing away his lithe and hateful shape from off the very spot on which my right foot would have been placed at the very step I was ...
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... close and rapid succession , in a manner which , were they not so well attested , would appear incredible . rences . In the annals of Christian missions , the name of captain James Wilson will ever hold an honourable place . His ...
... close and rapid succession , in a manner which , were they not so well attested , would appear incredible . rences . In the annals of Christian missions , the name of captain James Wilson will ever hold an honourable place . His ...
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... , history , who can help acknow- ledging the hand of God , whose providence , shrouded in mystery during the course of its development , comes out in vivid distinctness at its close 52 REMARKABLE ESCAPES FROM PERIL .
... , history , who can help acknow- ledging the hand of God , whose providence , shrouded in mystery during the course of its development , comes out in vivid distinctness at its close 52 REMARKABLE ESCAPES FROM PERIL .
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Samuel Manning. development , comes out in vivid distinctness at its close ? " Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments , and his ways past finding out ! " Among the ...
Samuel Manning. development , comes out in vivid distinctness at its close ? " Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments , and his ways past finding out ! " Among the ...
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Página 189 - Oh blameless Bethel! to relieve thy breast? When the loose mountain trembles from on high, Shall gravitation cease, if you go by? Or some old temple, nodding to its fall, For Chartres' head reserve the hanging wall?
Página 157 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Página 25 - Besides, another time, being in the field with one of my companions, it chanced that an adder passed over the highway ; so I, having a stick in...
Página 75 - For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
Página 189 - Eternal Cause Prone for his favourites to reverse his laws? Shall burning .ZEtna, if a sage requires, Forget to thunder, and recall her fires ? On air or sea new motions be impress'd, O blameless Bethel! to relieve thy breast? When the loose mountain trembles from on high, Shall gravitation cease, if you go by? Or some old temple, nodding to its fall, For Chartres...
Página 75 - Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his mercy ; To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
Página 74 - ... proper word, that the mark was put on when the door was open and flat against the wall, and thereby came on the inside when we shut it at night, and the destroying angel passed by it...
Página 72 - There were but two foreigners in the convention, Anacharsis Cloots and myself. We were both put out of the convention by the same vote, arrested by the same order, and carried to. prison together the same night. He was taken to the guillotine, and I was again left. Joel Barlow was with us when we went to prison. Joseph...
Página 153 - A clergyman had come to this city from a short distance in the country, and was sleeping at an inn, when he dreamed of seeing a fire, and one of his children in the midst of it. He awoke with the impression, and instantly left town on his return home. When he arrived within sight of his house, he found it on fire, and got there in time to assist in saving one of his children who, in the alarm and confusion, had been left in a situation of danger.
Página 26 - I, with others, were drawn out to go to such a place to besiege it ; but when I was just ready to go, one of the company desired to go in my room : to which, when I had consented, he took my place; and coming to the siege, as he stood sentinel, he was shot in the head with a musket bullet, and died. Here, as I said, were judgments and mercy, but neither of them did awaken my soul to righteousness ; wherefore I sinned still, and grew more and more rebellious against God, and careless of my own salvation.