The Flower Faded: A Short Memoir of Clementine Cuvier, Daughter of Baron Cuvier, with Reflections, by John Angell JamesD. Appleton & Company, 1838 - 192 pages |
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Page 76
... momentous , how awfully momentous a thing true piety is ! It is the transaction of a soul with God on the high concern of eternal salvation ; it is the escape of a sinner from all the con- sequences of his sin ; it is the flight of a ...
... momentous , how awfully momentous a thing true piety is ! It is the transaction of a soul with God on the high concern of eternal salvation ; it is the escape of a sinner from all the con- sequences of his sin ; it is the flight of a ...
Page 78
... desirous of salvation , ask the same momentous question without an intense anxiety of mind . Here then religion be- gins , in a clear perception of our sin both by nature and practice ; a discovering of our being 78 NATURE OF.
... desirous of salvation , ask the same momentous question without an intense anxiety of mind . Here then religion be- gins , in a clear perception of our sin both by nature and practice ; a discovering of our being 78 NATURE OF.
Page 115
... however varied or per- fect , will be but as the garland , beautiful and fragrant as it may be , that adorns the victim led forth to the sacrifice . She The momentous importance and trans- cendent excellence of religion FOR HEAVEN . 115.
... however varied or per- fect , will be but as the garland , beautiful and fragrant as it may be , that adorns the victim led forth to the sacrifice . She The momentous importance and trans- cendent excellence of religion FOR HEAVEN . 115.
Page 116
... momentous importance and trans- cendent excellence of religion , are no less clearly proved by the indubitable fact , that IT IS THE GREAT END OF LIFE - if not , CLEMENTINE CUVIER lived in vain . saw every thing that was desirable in ...
... momentous importance and trans- cendent excellence of religion , are no less clearly proved by the indubitable fact , that IT IS THE GREAT END OF LIFE - if not , CLEMENTINE CUVIER lived in vain . saw every thing that was desirable in ...
Page 123
... with me , has been a lost adventure ! " With all the earnestness then of which I am capable , let me implore you to in- quire , if you have taken a right view of this momentous subject , and to examine whether you have END OF LIFE . 123.
... with me , has been a lost adventure ! " With all the earnestness then of which I am capable , let me implore you to in- quire , if you have taken a right view of this momentous subject , and to examine whether you have END OF LIFE . 123.
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