The Persecuted Family: A Narrative of the Sufferings of the Presbyterians in the Reign of Charles IICrocker & Brewster, 1829 - 150 páginas |
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... torture , or per- ishing on the gibbet . Rapes , robberies , and every species of outrage , were committed by the soldiers with impunity . The west of Scotland was red with the blood of its own inhabitants , shed by their own countrymen ...
... torture , or per- ishing on the gibbet . Rapes , robberies , and every species of outrage , were committed by the soldiers with impunity . The west of Scotland was red with the blood of its own inhabitants , shed by their own countrymen ...
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... torture , or died on the scaffold , and although they had themselves often made the narrowest escape from the vigilance of their fell pursuers , none of them had yet fallen into their hands . The time was not far off , however , when ...
... torture , or died on the scaffold , and although they had themselves often made the narrowest escape from the vigilance of their fell pursuers , none of them had yet fallen into their hands . The time was not far off , however , when ...
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... torture ; but Dalziel , who had better observed Andrew's spirit , resolved to try him first by gentle means . Accordingly , he returned to the young man , and addressed him in the follow- ing manner : - * The curate's language , which ...
... torture ; but Dalziel , who had better observed Andrew's spirit , resolved to try him first by gentle means . Accordingly , he returned to the young man , and addressed him in the follow- ing manner : - * The curate's language , which ...
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... Torture , " exclaimed Macduff , who stood by , " will make you reveal what our mercy has failed to do . " " Yes , " said Dalziel , " we still promise that your father's life shall not be touched . But if you will not make the discovery ...
... Torture , " exclaimed Macduff , who stood by , " will make you reveal what our mercy has failed to do . " " Yes , " said Dalziel , " we still promise that your father's life shall not be touched . But if you will not make the discovery ...
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... torture , and to be cut down like a tree in the verdure of spring . These were the sorrowful and oppressive thoughts which forced themselves on the mind of the young man . Andrew , as we have already said , had by nature sufficient of ...
... torture , and to be cut down like a tree in the verdure of spring . These were the sorrowful and oppressive thoughts which forced themselves on the mind of the young man . Andrew , as we have already said , had by nature sufficient of ...
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Página 52 - A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place; Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More skilled to raise the wretched than to rise.
Página 120 - Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple : and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters : and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Página 52 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, — Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Página 80 - Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale, Yet will I fear none ill ; For thou art with me ; and thy rod And staff me comfort still.
Página 37 - There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Página 79 - Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim — Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.
Página 88 - The Lord giveth, and the Lord ' taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Página 75 - The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Página 66 - Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace. He stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wanderer, binds the broken heart, And...
Página 79 - Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies. Yet few remember them. They lived unknown Till persecution dragged them into fame And chased them up to heaven.