Sermons. ...: To which is Prefixed a Short Account of the Life and Character of the Author, Volume 2J. Walker & Company, 1824 |
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... situation of so much uncertainty and darkness , where our knowledge of the hearts and characters of men is so limited , and our judgments concern- ing them are so apt to err , what a continual call do we receive , either to suspend our ...
... situation of so much uncertainty and darkness , where our knowledge of the hearts and characters of men is so limited , and our judgments concern- ing them are so apt to err , what a continual call do we receive , either to suspend our ...
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... situation , whatever it is , with cheerfulness and peace . Prudence directs his inter- course with the world : but no black suspicions haunt his hours of rest . Accustomed to view the characters of his neighbours in the most favourable ...
... situation , whatever it is , with cheerfulness and peace . Prudence directs his inter- course with the world : but no black suspicions haunt his hours of rest . Accustomed to view the characters of his neighbours in the most favourable ...
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... situations to bring it forth to public notice . The prophet Elijah , in a time of prevailing corruption , imagined that all true religion had forsaken the land . I , even I , only , said he to the Lord , am left to serve thee . But the ...
... situations to bring it forth to public notice . The prophet Elijah , in a time of prevailing corruption , imagined that all true religion had forsaken the land . I , even I , only , said he to the Lord , am left to serve thee . But the ...
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... situation of the aged patriarch , hastening to the close of life ; long af flicted for the loss of a favourite son , whom he sup- posed to have been torn in pieces by a beast of prey ; labouring now under anxious concern about his ...
... situation of the aged patriarch , hastening to the close of life ; long af flicted for the loss of a favourite son , whom he sup- posed to have been torn in pieces by a beast of prey ; labouring now under anxious concern about his ...
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... situation which were ever uttered ; - I am Joseph : doth my father yet live ? -What could he , what ought he , in that impassioned moment to have said more ? This is the voice of nature her- self , speaking her own language ; and it ...
... situation which were ever uttered ; - I am Joseph : doth my father yet live ? -What could he , what ought he , in that impassioned moment to have said more ? This is the voice of nature her- self , speaking her own language ; and it ...
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