Forty Years' Familiar Letters of James W. Alexander, D. D.: Constituting, with Notes, a Memoir of His Life, Volumen1C. Scribner, 1860 |
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... truth and charity which it teaches , and were not made , contrary to its nature , the occasion of strife , faction , malig- nity , and narrow impositions . " I did not expect , when I began to write , that I should take up two sheets ...
... truth and charity which it teaches , and were not made , contrary to its nature , the occasion of strife , faction , malig- nity , and narrow impositions . " I did not expect , when I began to write , that I should take up two sheets ...
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... truths which condemn us , and curtail our pleasures ; a feeling that the gate to heaven is a strait , a narrow gate , and that few enter it on account of various encumbrances , these things keep our minds from viewing the truth aright ...
... truths which condemn us , and curtail our pleasures ; a feeling that the gate to heaven is a strait , a narrow gate , and that few enter it on account of various encumbrances , these things keep our minds from viewing the truth aright ...
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... truths presented in the Old and New Tes- taments without finding his belief in them follow . Where there is belief , real , firm belief , that belief will result in corresponding affections ; these affections necessarily lead to a holy ...
... truths presented in the Old and New Tes- taments without finding his belief in them follow . Where there is belief , real , firm belief , that belief will result in corresponding affections ; these affections necessarily lead to a holy ...
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... truth of that solemn declaration , that the carnal mind is enmity against God , and is not , nor can it be , subject to his law . At the time of which I speak , I enjoyed happiness which I can find no words to express , and which has ...
... truth of that solemn declaration , that the carnal mind is enmity against God , and is not , nor can it be , subject to his law . At the time of which I speak , I enjoyed happiness which I can find no words to express , and which has ...
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... truths and realities of Jesus Christ's gospel . I know that there is an exquisite satis- faction in that kindly feeling which Christianity encourages and keeps alive . And I know that had this side of the picture met my eye some years ...
... truths and realities of Jesus Christ's gospel . I know that there is an exquisite satis- faction in that kindly feeling which Christianity encourages and keeps alive . And I know that had this side of the picture met my eye some years ...
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Página 60 - And not a voice was idle : with the din Meanwhile the precipices rang aloud. The leafless trees and every icy crag Tinkled like iron ; while the distant hills Into the tumult sent an alien sound Of melancholy, not unnoticed ; while the stars Eastward were sparkling clear, and in the west The orange sky of evening died away.
Página 173 - Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: but we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us...
Página 60 - And not a voice was idle; with the din Smitten, the precipices rang aloud; The leafless trees and every icy crag Tinkled like iron; while far distant hills Into the tumult sent an alien sound Of melancholy not unnoticed, while the stars Eastward were sparkling clear, and in the west The orange sky of evening died away.
Página 285 - The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise. How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks?
Página 54 - ... world was laid, according to his eternal and immutable purpose, and the secret counsel and good pleasure of his will, hath chosen in Christ unto everlasting glory, out of his mere free grace and love, without any foresight of faith or good works, or perseverance in either of them, or any other thing in the creature, as conditions or causes moving him thereunto, and all to the praise of his glorious grace.
Página 7 - ... or nothing happens to occur. A man that has a journey before him twenty miles in length, which he is to perform on foot, will not hesitate and doubt whether he shall set out or not, because he does not readily conceive how he shall ever reach the end of it: for he knows, that by the simple operation of moving one foot forward first, and then the other, he shall he sure to accomplish it.
Página 347 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened.
Página 310 - But why then publish? Granville the polite, And knowing Walsh, would tell me I could write...
Página 62 - And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. From henceforth let no man trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
Página 310 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...