Twice Born, Or, The Two Lives of Henry O. Wills, Evangelist ...

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Wills, 1890 - Christian converts - 224 pages

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Page 108 - Shew me thy ways, O Lord ; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation ; on thee do I wait all the day.
Page 196 - The Lord bless thee, and keep thee : the Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee : the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
Page 39 - Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
Page 155 - This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that JESUS CHRIST came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
Page 12 - Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Page 150 - He shall not cry, nor lift up, Nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench : He shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
Page 167 - Man is the creature of interest and ambition. His nature leads him forth into the struggle and bustle of the world. Love is but the embellishment of his early life, or a song piped in the intervals of the »cts. He seeks for fame, for fortune, for space in the world's thought, and dominion over his fellow men.
Page 167 - Her rest is broken — the sweet refreshment of sleep is poisoned by melancholy dreams — " dry sorrow drinks her blood," until her enfeebled frame sinks under the slightest external injury. Look for her, after a little while, and you find friendship weeping over her untimely grave, and wondering that one, who but lately glowed with all the radiance of health and beauty, should so speedily be brought down to "darkness and the worm.
Page 68 - I will praise thee, O LORD my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
Page 167 - But woman's is comparatively a fixed, a secluded, and a meditative life. She is more the companion of her own thoughts and feelings; and if they are turned to ministers of sorrow, where shall she look for consolation! Her lot is to be wooed and won; and if unhappy in her love, her heart is like some fortress that has been captured, and sacked, and abandoned and left desolate.

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