A Memoir of the Rev. Legh Richmond, A.M.: Of Trinity College, Cambridge ; Rector of Turvey, Bedfordshire ; and Chaplain to His Royal Highness the Late Duke of KentG. & C. & H. Carvill, 1829 - 356 páginas |
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... hope may vanish ; —the fruit may not be apparent ; yet , in after - times , under circumstances of the most unpromising nature - amid scenes , perhaps , of folly , vice , and dissipation - or in the more sober mo- ments of sickness and ...
... hope may vanish ; —the fruit may not be apparent ; yet , in after - times , under circumstances of the most unpromising nature - amid scenes , perhaps , of folly , vice , and dissipation - or in the more sober mo- ments of sickness and ...
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... hope and trust that I have thought more seriously on this subject , and have pursued a more regular train of sound reasoning and self- examination on account of my illness , than if I had enjoyed an un- interrupted series of good health ...
... hope and trust that I have thought more seriously on this subject , and have pursued a more regular train of sound reasoning and self- examination on account of my illness , than if I had enjoyed an un- interrupted series of good health ...
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... hope I have not entirely thrown away ) of making great proficiency in such studies and acquirements , as must and will be the chief basis of my future usefulness and hap- piness . If such be the obligations which I owe to your kindness ...
... hope I have not entirely thrown away ) of making great proficiency in such studies and acquirements , as must and will be the chief basis of my future usefulness and hap- piness . If such be the obligations which I owe to your kindness ...
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... hope I have not failed in the attempt . The church and the law are the two sub- jects to which I have directed my attention . I have consulted my own inclinations , abilities , deficiencies , merits and demerits , and examined them in ...
... hope I have not failed in the attempt . The church and the law are the two sub- jects to which I have directed my attention . I have consulted my own inclinations , abilities , deficiencies , merits and demerits , and examined them in ...
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... hope it will enable me to bear with fortitude those evils which may be in store for me ; for who can expect exemption ? In return for these advantages , I have to offer you my gratitude , and my affection ; and let what will hereafter ...
... hope it will enable me to bear with fortitude those evils which may be in store for me ; for who can expect exemption ? In return for these advantages , I have to offer you my gratitude , and my affection ; and let what will hereafter ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 148 - How that in a great trial of affliction, the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty, abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
Página 57 - Albeit that good works, which are the fruits of faith, and follow after justification, cannot put away our sins, and endure the severity of God's judgment ; yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively faith ; insomuch that by them a li vely faith may be as evidently known, as a tree discerned by the fruit.
Página 251 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Página 279 - In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
Página 142 - And they shall come from the east and from the west, and from the north and from the south ; and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
Página 341 - That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Página 349 - Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
Página 67 - Time hath his revolutions ; there must be a period and an end to all temporal things— -finis rerum, an end of names and dignities, and whatsoever is terrene, and why not of De Vere ? For where is Bohun ? Where is Mowbray ? Where is Mortimer ? Nay, which is more and most of all, where is Plantagenet ? They are entombed in the urns and sepulchres of mortality. And yet let the name and dignity of De Vere stand so long as it pleaseth God!
Página 251 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible.
Página 197 - are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth ; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.