A Memoir of the Rev. Edward Payson, D. D.: Late Pastor of the Second Church in PortlandAnn L. Payson, 1830 - 444 páginas |
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... sense of the extreme delicacy of my task , as well as of its responsibility . This proceeded , in part , from the nature of the materials of which the work is composed . It has been found a very serious and difficult question , how far ...
... sense of the extreme delicacy of my task , as well as of its responsibility . This proceeded , in part , from the nature of the materials of which the work is composed . It has been found a very serious and difficult question , how far ...
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... sense of the expression , which did not long continue ; for after his seriousness became hab- itual , he was averse to going into company , even to a fault . He dreaded an invitation to a social party , though he had reason to expect ...
... sense of the expression , which did not long continue ; for after his seriousness became hab- itual , he was averse to going into company , even to a fault . He dreaded an invitation to a social party , though he had reason to expect ...
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... sense , to flatter ourselves , that the same causes which have proved fatal to all other governments , will lose their pernicious tendency when exerted on our own . " Alluding to the reigning policy of our government in relation to ...
... sense , to flatter ourselves , that the same causes which have proved fatal to all other governments , will lose their pernicious tendency when exerted on our own . " Alluding to the reigning policy of our government in relation to ...
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... senses , their reason , their oaths , and their consciences at the altar of party - then we may say , that virtue has departed , and that the end of our liberty draweth nigh . " After drawing a most striking and vivid contrast be- tween ...
... senses , their reason , their oaths , and their consciences at the altar of party - then we may say , that virtue has departed , and that the end of our liberty draweth nigh . " After drawing a most striking and vivid contrast be- tween ...
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... senses from being adorned with a refinement to which I had before been a stranger , I gradually grew cold and indifferent to religion ; and , though I still made attempts to reform , they were too transient to be effectual . " From this ...
... senses from being adorned with a refinement to which I had before been a stranger , I gradually grew cold and indifferent to religion ; and , though I still made attempts to reform , they were too transient to be effectual . " From this ...
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Página 140 - A man's heart deviseth his way : but the LORD directeth his steps.
Página 383 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Página 348 - One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Página 328 - Howbeit, in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
Página 338 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Página 125 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Página 233 - And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people (for he was above all the people) ; and when he opened it, all the people stood up : and Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen...
Página 210 - For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and be with Christ; which is far better: nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
Página 79 - He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech. Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul ; To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and to address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent with God's commission to the heart ! So did not Paul.
Página 263 - And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.