The Friend, Volumen1Robert Smith The Friend., 1829 |
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... never to have seen , and almost to have for- to the mode of composition adapted for gotten the existence of some paltry village works of that kind , he can sustain no com- on the border of his dominions . The eigh - parison , I do not ...
... never to have seen , and almost to have for- to the mode of composition adapted for gotten the existence of some paltry village works of that kind , he can sustain no com- on the border of his dominions . The eigh - parison , I do not ...
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... never enjoyed any other in our common district schools . His effusions indi- cate , we should say , considering his disadvantages , a genius unparalleled among American poets . Such richness and sublimity of language , such brilliancy ...
... never enjoyed any other in our common district schools . His effusions indi- cate , we should say , considering his disadvantages , a genius unparalleled among American poets . Such richness and sublimity of language , such brilliancy ...
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... never was an instance in which they at- tempted such interference , except in the recent transactions . There were five monthly meetings in this city , all branches of , and subordinate to the quarterly meeting of Philadelphia . Each of ...
... never was an instance in which they at- tempted such interference , except in the recent transactions . There were five monthly meetings in this city , all branches of , and subordinate to the quarterly meeting of Philadelphia . Each of ...
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... never displayed except by accident . his own principles - and these , however erroneous , possess , when compared with those of the other , much that is both good and noble , and capable of being improved . per- ples are in an unsettled ...
... never displayed except by accident . his own principles - and these , however erroneous , possess , when compared with those of the other , much that is both good and noble , and capable of being improved . per- ples are in an unsettled ...
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... never end . This his whole soul apparently wrapped up in the pur- feet , as a single false step might precipitate high dispensation is , in every respect , adapt- pose of placing his foot exactly on the same spot me into the raging ...
... never end . This his whole soul apparently wrapped up in the pur- feet , as a single false step might precipitate high dispensation is , in every respect , adapt- pose of placing his foot exactly on the same spot me into the raging ...
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Página 83 - These abilities, wheresoever they be found, are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed, but yet to some (though most abuse) in every nation : and are of power, beside the office of a pulpit, to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility, to allay the perturbations of the mind, and set the affections in right tune...
Página 174 - For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance ; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
Página 248 - For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Página 247 - Awake, awake ; put on thy strength, O Zion ; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city : for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. Shake thyself from the dust ; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem : loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
Página 244 - In darkness, and amid the many shapes Of joyless day-light ; when the fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of the world, Have hung upon the beatings of my heart, How oft, in spirit, have I turned to thee, O sylvan Wye ! Thou wanderer thro...
Página 94 - And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Página 53 - But when God commands to take the trumpet, and blow a dolorous or a jarring blast, it lies not in man's will what «he shall say, or what he shall conceal.
Página 4 - The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee. 3 There if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God. 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays, Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise.
Página 244 - On that best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered, acts Of kindness and of love.
Página 141 - For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh : how much more shall the blood of Christ, Who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God...