The Flower Faded: A Short Memoir of Clementine Cuvier, Daughter of Baron Cuvier, with Reflections, by John Angell James |
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... thing has the freshness and charm of novelty . They roam onwards , pleased with the present , and still more at ... things seen and temporal , and formed exclusively for an earthly existence , while things unseen and eternal are left out ...
... thing has the freshness and charm of novelty . They roam onwards , pleased with the present , and still more at ... things seen and temporal , and formed exclusively for an earthly existence , while things unseen and eternal are left out ...
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... things unseen and eternal are left out of view , and God is not in all their thoughts . Hence , Jehovah , in great mercy , sometimes darkens the whole scene by affliction , that in the bitterness of disappointment they may turn from the ...
... things unseen and eternal are left out of view , and God is not in all their thoughts . Hence , Jehovah , in great mercy , sometimes darkens the whole scene by affliction , that in the bitterness of disappointment they may turn from the ...
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... the study of creation that sublime study , which , while it enlightens and strengthens the human mind , ought to pre- serve it from the deceptive habit of regard- - ing things apart from their relation to each other , 20 MEMOIR OF.
... the study of creation that sublime study , which , while it enlightens and strengthens the human mind , ought to pre- serve it from the deceptive habit of regard- - ing things apart from their relation to each other , 20 MEMOIR OF.
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... things apart from their relation to each other , and distorting them , that they may be subjected to the laws of a ... thing in the free exposition which he made , breathed the feeling of the omnipotence of a supreme cause , and of an ...
... things apart from their relation to each other , and distorting them , that they may be subjected to the laws of a ... thing in the free exposition which he made , breathed the feeling of the omnipotence of a supreme cause , and of an ...
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... , while he said in a voice scarcely ar- ticulate , ' You see what a difference there is between the man of Tuesday , ( we had met on that day , ) and the man of Sunday ; yet so many things remain to be done ! Three 24 MEMOIR OF.
... , while he said in a voice scarcely ar- ticulate , ' You see what a difference there is between the man of Tuesday , ( we had met on that day , ) and the man of Sunday ; yet so many things remain to be done ! Three 24 MEMOIR OF.
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Page 106 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 81 - Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Page 9 - ... our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory...
Page 111 - FATHER, I will that they whom thou hast given me be with me where I am : that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me : for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Page 66 - Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat ; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Page 84 - Christ, unto all and upon all them that believe : for there is no difference ; for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus : whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness . . . that he might be just, and the justifier of him that believeth in Jesus.
Page 83 - Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Page 85 - Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.
Page 83 - For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
Page 183 - Bodily exercise profiteth but little ;" but of the latter sort, he added, "but godliness is profitable to all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come :" and this indeed is our exactest measure.