Letters of Martha Smith: With a Short Memoir of Her LifePiercy and Reed, Printers, 1844 - 228 páginas |
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... become pleasant to us . I think thou hast known something of this in thy own experience ; it is the true principle of Friends ; but there is so much looking to our friends , and fearing this or the other will not be in accordance with ...
... become pleasant to us . I think thou hast known something of this in thy own experience ; it is the true principle of Friends ; but there is so much looking to our friends , and fearing this or the other will not be in accordance with ...
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... become a spoiled child , and re- fractory , and what could he do ? He could not see with me ; -he had his work and I had mine , and I never blamed him . To one of her friends who had spent the day with her , she said , " Thou must feel ...
... become a spoiled child , and re- fractory , and what could he do ? He could not see with me ; -he had his work and I had mine , and I never blamed him . To one of her friends who had spent the day with her , she said , " Thou must feel ...
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... become so numerous and so great that I have been ready to conclude there must be almost as great a reformation before we be- come what we profess to be , as there was in George Fox's day . My very soul has been grieved in beholding ...
... become so numerous and so great that I have been ready to conclude there must be almost as great a reformation before we be- come what we profess to be , as there was in George Fox's day . My very soul has been grieved in beholding ...
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... become , as it were , an object of pursuit to the mind . Again , they are great things when we look to the influ- ence of example on mankind , and especially on the middle and lower classes , who , aspiring to an equality in appearance ...
... become , as it were , an object of pursuit to the mind . Again , they are great things when we look to the influ- ence of example on mankind , and especially on the middle and lower classes , who , aspiring to an equality in appearance ...
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... become a blemish to the Society of which thou art a member , a cause of grief to thy friends , nor prepare for thyself scenes of anguish through a wounded conscience . M. S. DEAR BROTHER : LETTER V. Solebury , 9th mo . 7 , 1819 . After ...
... become a blemish to the Society of which thou art a member , a cause of grief to thy friends , nor prepare for thyself scenes of anguish through a wounded conscience . M. S. DEAR BROTHER : LETTER V. Solebury , 9th mo . 7 , 1819 . After ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
11th mo 1st mo 2d mo 3d mo 6th mo amongst appears attended Baltimore become believe blessed Buckingham called cause cerning Chester county Christ ciety cousin creature DEAR BROTHER DEAR CHARLES DEAR HUSBAND desire divine doubt duty Edward Hicks elders Elias Hicks expressed faith favored fear feel feel my mind felt Fifth-day First-day hand hear heart hope thou wilt inform thee interesting kind labor leave liberty look Lord M. S. LETTER manifested mankind MARTHA SMITH meeting ment mind month Monthly-meeting morning nature never New-York overseer peace perhaps Philadelphia Plumstead present preserved Quarterly-meeting racter rejoice religion Richard Mott satisfaction seemed sentiments Society Solebury soul spirit stand suffering suppose testimony therein thereof things thou art thought thy letter tion told true trust truth week Yearly-meeting
Passagens conhecidas
Página 197 - Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place ; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed : and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Página 15 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of Heaven.
Página 197 - Jews from another quarter, but thou and thy father's house shall be cut off; and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this...
Página 101 - Behold, how good and how pleasant a thing it is for brethren to dwell together in unity...
Página 187 - The catechism says that the chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy him forever, which of course is applicable mainly to God as seen in his works.
Página 84 - Here is firm footing ; here is solid rock ! This can support us ; all is sea besides • Sinks under us ; bestorms, and then devours. His hand the good man fastens on the skies, And bids earth roll, nor feels her idle whirl.
Página 162 - Through many dangers, toils, and snares, I have already come; 'Twas grace that brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.
Página 25 - But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, nor on the Sabbath-day...
Página 26 - In the first place, I was removed from all the wickedness of the world here. I had neither the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, or the pride of life.