The Flower Faded: A Short Memoir of Clementine Cuvier, Daughter of Baron Cuvier, with Reflections, by John Angell James |
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... Christ alone could fill the soul in which he had already excited those spiritual appetites which he has promised to supply . Even surrounded as she was by all the enjoyments and illusions of this world , she was only happy as she was ...
... Christ alone could fill the soul in which he had already excited those spiritual appetites which he has promised to supply . Even surrounded as she was by all the enjoyments and illusions of this world , she was only happy as she was ...
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... Christ . Long after every doubt had been re- moved as to the divine inspiration of the Scriptures , she complained that she did not feel her heart sufficiently affected by the remedy which the Gospel revealed , and of which she felt ...
... Christ . Long after every doubt had been re- moved as to the divine inspiration of the Scriptures , she complained that she did not feel her heart sufficiently affected by the remedy which the Gospel revealed , and of which she felt ...
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... Christ answers to all the wishes , and meets all the wants of my soul ; and since I have been enabled to embrace with ardour all its provisions , my heart enjoys a sweet and incomparable tranquillity . Formerly , I vaguely assured ...
... Christ answers to all the wishes , and meets all the wants of my soul ; and since I have been enabled to embrace with ardour all its provisions , my heart enjoys a sweet and incomparable tranquillity . Formerly , I vaguely assured ...
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... I will take my medicine and try every remedy , because I wish to recover for your sakes . " She gave to her * A daughter of Madame Cuvier by a former husband . intended husband a copy of " The Imitation of Christ CLEMENTINE CUVIER . 45.
... I will take my medicine and try every remedy , because I wish to recover for your sakes . " She gave to her * A daughter of Madame Cuvier by a former husband . intended husband a copy of " The Imitation of Christ CLEMENTINE CUVIER . 45.
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... Christ , " in which her trembling hand had marked some passages , and written some lines of Christian affection ; and hav- ing requested him to place his head before her , she laid on it her hand , and said— ' Lord bless us both ! -Lord ...
... Christ , " in which her trembling hand had marked some passages , and written some lines of Christian affection ; and hav- ing requested him to place his head before her , she laid on it her hand , and said— ' Lord bless us both ! -Lord ...
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