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Page 32 - Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearers.
Page 417 - return of violent pain, and when nearly exhausted he said, "Dear Jesus." It was added: " While on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there.
Page 347 - angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, each in different sort and order, yet all with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.
Page 85 - deliverance of the oppressed and unfriended, in a manner previously never imagined by men ; that He often averts evil consequences, when they seem, to human minds, unavoidable; and that even the wrath of man shall praise Him, and the remainder of wrath He is able to restrain.
Page 36 - What manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hastening unto the coming of the day of
Page 433 - Act entitled, an Act to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the States or Territories, and for their removal west of the Mississippi,
Page 87 - they persevere in silence, is all the rest of the world bound to be silent also ? There is, we admit, a time to be silent, as well as a time to speak; but are not all moral agents, who have the faculty of speaking or writing, to judge on their own responsibility, when this faculty is to be used?
Page 316 - unless we are willing to acknowledge that we are not our own, but are bought with a price ; and that no true Christian liveth to himself;
Page 417 - he burst forth with expressions of rapture which cannot be described :—" Praise him, praise him, praise him in a way which you know not of." It was said, you will soon see Jesus as he is, and you will then know how to praise him. " Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful glory. We cannot understand—we cannot comprehend—wonderful
Page 446 - without interruption or molestation. The treaties with us, and laws of the United States made in pursuance of treaties, guaranty our residence, and our privileges, and secure us against intruders. Our only request is, that these treaties may be fulfilled, and these laws executed. We