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Page 18
... endeavour after spiritual life , only to be secured by great and incessant exertion , it has been discovered that in very nearly all these cases , the parties had in youth attended some National , or British , or other charity school ...
... endeavour after spiritual life , only to be secured by great and incessant exertion , it has been discovered that in very nearly all these cases , the parties had in youth attended some National , or British , or other charity school ...
Page 20
... endeavour to learn his letters , but failed . On one occasion I was endeavouring to raise some spiritual aspira- tions within him by describing the glories of heaven , and what we lost if we were lost , to which he was deeply attentive ...
... endeavour to learn his letters , but failed . On one occasion I was endeavouring to raise some spiritual aspira- tions within him by describing the glories of heaven , and what we lost if we were lost , to which he was deeply attentive ...
Page 99
... , I conceive , for what purpose , save to endeavour to ease the perturbation of her mind . " The spiritual thraldom , of which this is a specimen , is , of course , most deadly in H 2 THE ROMAN CATHOLIC POPULATION . 99.
... , I conceive , for what purpose , save to endeavour to ease the perturbation of her mind . " The spiritual thraldom , of which this is a specimen , is , of course , most deadly in H 2 THE ROMAN CATHOLIC POPULATION . 99.
Page 166
... endeavour , with the reason of a man , to comprehend fully the Divine Trinity . ' The legend , I added , stated the child to have been an angel ; and , however fabulous , we might learn an important lesson from it - a lesson we are ...
... endeavour , with the reason of a man , to comprehend fully the Divine Trinity . ' The legend , I added , stated the child to have been an angel ; and , however fabulous , we might learn an important lesson from it - a lesson we are ...
Page 191
... endeavour to persuade them to rejoin the Temperance Society , and found they had anti- cipated my request . They are again improving in circumstances , and I have exhorted them , of course , to cease from all self - righteousness , and ...
... endeavour to persuade them to rejoin the Temperance Society , and found they had anti- cipated my request . They are again improving in circumstances , and I have exhorted them , of course , to cease from all self - righteousness , and ...
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