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... of Christ . [ Preached at the Celebration of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper . ] JOHN , Xvii . 1. Jesus lifted up his eyes to Heaven , and said , JAMES , iii . 17 . gentle SERMON VI . Father ! the hour is come . 69.
... of Christ . [ Preached at the Celebration of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper . ] JOHN , Xvii . 1. Jesus lifted up his eyes to Heaven , and said , JAMES , iii . 17 . gentle SERMON VI . Father ! the hour is come . 69.
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... hours , no less than when surrounded with friends and gay society . From the glare of prosperity he can , without dejection , withdraw into the shade . Excluded from several ... hour of distress C 3 SERM . II . 21 RELIGION UPON ADVERSITY .
... hours , no less than when surrounded with friends and gay society . From the glare of prosperity he can , without dejection , withdraw into the shade . Excluded from several ... hour of distress C 3 SERM . II . 21 RELIGION UPON ADVERSITY .
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Hugh Blair, James Finlayson. sight ! In the dark and solitary hour of distress , with a mind hurt and sore from some recent wound of fortune , how shall he bear to have his character for the first time disclosed to him in that ...
Hugh Blair, James Finlayson. sight ! In the dark and solitary hour of distress , with a mind hurt and sore from some recent wound of fortune , how shall he bear to have his character for the first time disclosed to him in that ...
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... hours when even to the prosperous , in the midst of their pleasures , eternity is an awful thought . But much more when those pleasures , one after another , begin to withdraw ; when life alters its forms , and becomes dark and ...
... hours when even to the prosperous , in the midst of their pleasures , eternity is an awful thought . But much more when those pleasures , one after another , begin to withdraw ; when life alters its forms , and becomes dark and ...
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... hour . His leaf , it is said in the text , shall not wither . It shall not be in the power of time to blast his prosperity : But old age shall receive him into a quiet retreat , where if lively sensations fail , gentle pleasures remain ...
... hour . His leaf , it is said in the text , shall not wither . It shall not be in the power of time to blast his prosperity : But old age shall receive him into a quiet retreat , where if lively sensations fail , gentle pleasures remain ...
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