The Flower Faded: A Short Memoir of Clementine Cuvier, Daughter of Baron Cuvier, with Reflections, by John Angell James |
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... Seek , then , my dear S. A. that in reference to your own trials , you may be of one mind with God in sending them ; and you know what that is , that you might be a partaker of his holiness . An affliction sanctified , is better , said ...
... Seek , then , my dear S. A. that in reference to your own trials , you may be of one mind with God in sending them ; and you know what that is , that you might be a partaker of his holiness . An affliction sanctified , is better , said ...
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... seeking it at the foot of the Cross . My heart is full , and it is now that I understand the angelic song-- ' Glory to God in the highest , PEACE on earth , good- will towards men . ' But that which has especially CLEMENTINE CUVIER . 37.
... seeking it at the foot of the Cross . My heart is full , and it is now that I understand the angelic song-- ' Glory to God in the highest , PEACE on earth , good- will towards men . ' But that which has especially CLEMENTINE CUVIER . 37.
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... seek sincerely there , and only there , THE truth . When I compare the calm and the peace which the smallest and most imperceptible grain of faith gives to the soul , with all that the world alone can give of joy , or happiness , or ...
... seek sincerely there , and only there , THE truth . When I compare the calm and the peace which the smallest and most imperceptible grain of faith gives to the soul , with all that the world alone can give of joy , or happiness , or ...
Page 72
... 14 . The following verses pleasingly illustrate the folly of fixing our affections on any thing earthly , and of seeking our happiness in any thing short of God himself . 1 THE REMONSTRANCE . Oh ! ever thus from childhood's 72 VANITY OF.
... 14 . The following verses pleasingly illustrate the folly of fixing our affections on any thing earthly , and of seeking our happiness in any thing short of God himself . 1 THE REMONSTRANCE . Oh ! ever thus from childhood's 72 VANITY OF.
Page 77
... you imagine a condemned cri- minal , intent at the same moment upon gaining a pardon , and enjoying the society of a party of card players ; or a person 11 afflicted with a fatal disease anxiously seeking a remedy RELIGION . 77.
... you imagine a condemned cri- minal , intent at the same moment upon gaining a pardon , and enjoying the society of a party of card players ; or a person 11 afflicted with a fatal disease anxiously seeking a remedy RELIGION . 77.
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