 | Charles Knight - 1881 - 650 páginas
...a consistent reference to his public life ; in connexion with his religious belief: " Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in covenant...do them some good, and Thee service ; and many of tliem have set too high a value upon me, though others wish and would be glad of my death. Lord, however... | |
 | English history - 1881 - 888 páginas
...I know that I was once in grace." He then turned round, and prayed aloud. "Lord," he said, " though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in covenant with Thee through grace ; iuid I may, I will, come to Thee, for Thy people ! Thou hast made me, though very unworthy, a mean... | |
 | Francis Warre Cornish - 1882 - 444 páginas
...monstrous whale. In the midst of the roaring tempest Oliver was heard praying : " Lord," he said, " although I am a miserable and wretched creature, I...instrument to do them some good and Thee service. . . . Lord, however Thou dost dispose of me, continue and go on to do good for them. Give them consistency... | |
 | James Allanson Picton - 1883 - 548 páginas
...desire to audible utterance in prayer ; and about this time he was heard to say : — " Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in covenant...unworthy, a mean instrument to do them some good, aiid Thee service. This people would faiu him- me live. They think it will be best for them, and that... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1883 - 298 páginas
...by his enthusiasm, he uttered the following prayer : " Lord, although I am a wretched and miserable creature, I am in covenant with Thee through grace, and I may, I will, come unto Thee for my people. Thou hast made me a mean instrument to do them some good, and Thee service... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1884 - 462 páginas
...his enthusiasm, he uttered the following prayer :— "Lord, although I am a wretched and miserable creature, I am in covenant with Thee through grace, and I may, I will, come unto Thee for my people. Thou hast made me a mean instrument to do them some good, and Thee service;... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1885 - 274 páginas
...howled around. His voice found utterance in one last prayer of faith : " Lord," he cried, " though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in covenant...unworthy, a mean instrument to do them some good, and Thee ser1658. Death of Oliver. 191 vice ; and many of them have set a high value upon me, though others... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1885 - 1108 páginas
...certain that he had once been in a state of grace. He died with this prayer : ' Lord, though I urn a miserable and wretched creature, I am in Covenant...grace. And I may, I will, come to Thee, for Thy People. 1 This passage may serve as an example of the difficulties and perplexities Va which a translator of... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1885 - 352 páginas
...grace.' Anon he cries out whilst tossing wildly on his bed, ' Lord, although I am a miserable and a wretched creature, I am in covenant with Thee through grace, and I may and will come to Thee for Thy people. Pardon such as desire to trample upon the dust of a poor worm.... | |
 | Arthur Martin Wheeler - 1886 - 400 páginas
...of all we need to know of the dying Puritan in these eternal respects. " Lord," he muttered, "though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in covenant with Thee through grace, and I may, I will, rome to Thee. For Thy people, Thou hast made me, though very unworthy, a mean instrument to do them... | |
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Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in covenant with Thee through grace. And I may, I will come to thee, for Thy people. Thou hast made me, though very unworthy, a mean instrument to do them some good, and Thee service... 
