Memorials of the Life and Trials of a Youthful Christian in Pursuit of Health: As Developed in the Biography of Nathaniel Cheever, M. D.C. Scribner, 1851 - 355 páginas |
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... interest must be owing to the pleasure men may take in pursuing the development of a re- pressed and noble nature , through a life of suffering . There are important Christian lessons contained in it , and growing out of it ; and we ...
... interest must be owing to the pleasure men may take in pursuing the development of a re- pressed and noble nature , through a life of suffering . There are important Christian lessons contained in it , and growing out of it ; and we ...
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... interest . He was never anxious about his own rights or conveniences , nor ever fearful in regard to the opinion of others . Hence there was a native , unassumed freedom and independence , along with undissembled affability and kindness ...
... interest . He was never anxious about his own rights or conveniences , nor ever fearful in regard to the opinion of others . Hence there was a native , unassumed freedom and independence , along with undissembled affability and kindness ...
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... interest in statistics , perhaps unusual , though sometimes it is seen apparently unconnected with any generalizing principle or end . He had a fine imagination , and a quick sensibility to the beauties of natural scenery , though ...
... interest in statistics , perhaps unusual , though sometimes it is seen apparently unconnected with any generalizing principle or end . He had a fine imagination , and a quick sensibility to the beauties of natural scenery , though ...
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... interest he ever felt in the cause of Christ , and the lively sense of Divine things he ever manifested . One circumstance which made a deep impression on my mind , I must mention . I do not remember the precise time , but I think it ...
... interest he ever felt in the cause of Christ , and the lively sense of Divine things he ever manifested . One circumstance which made a deep impression on my mind , I must mention . I do not remember the precise time , but I think it ...
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... interest in others ' salvation very deep and engaging . A member of the family says of him at that time , that Doddridge's Rise and Progress , with his Bible and Hymn - book , were his daily companions ; meditation , prayer , and praise ...
... interest in others ' salvation very deep and engaging . A member of the family says of him at that time , that Doddridge's Rise and Progress , with his Bible and Hymn - book , were his daily companions ; meditation , prayer , and praise ...
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Página 21 - I'LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Página 252 - In every joy that crowns my days, In every pain I bear, My heart shall find delight in praise, Or seek relief in prayer.
Página 16 - Thou art so exquisitely wild, 1 think of thee with many fears For what may be thy lot in future years. I thought of times when Pain might be thy guest, Lord of thy house and hospitality; And Grief, uneasy lover! never rest But when she sate within the touch of thee. O too industrious folly! O vain and causeless melancholy ! Nature will either end thee quite; Or, lengthening out thy season of delight, Preserve for thee, by individual right, A young lamb's heart among the full-grown flocks.
Página 235 - Methought, I saw a thousand fearful wrecks ; A thousand men, that fishes gnawed upon ; Wedges of gold, great anchors, heaps of pearl, Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels, All scattered in the bottom of the sea.
Página 89 - Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples : and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
Página 113 - With solemn touches troubled thoughts, and chase Anguish, and doubt, and fear, and sorrow, and pain, From mortal or immortal minds.
Página 22 - SLEEP breathes at last from out thee, My little, patient boy ; And balmy rest about thee Smooths off the day's annoy. I sit me down, and think Of all thy winning ways ; Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink, That I had less to praise.
Página 83 - THE HAPPY WARRIOR WHO is the happy Warrior? Who is he That every man in arms should wish to be? — It is the generous Spirit, who, when brought Among the tasks of real life, hath wrought Upon the plan that pleased his boyish thought: Whose high endeavours are an inward light That makes the path before him always bright...
Página 137 - Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise.
Página 33 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.